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Laktac ( sr-cyr, Лактац), is a settlement in the Hrvace municipality in
Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...
.


Geography

Laktac is situated 13 km southeast from Vrlika and 20 km northwest from Sinj, at the foot of the Dinara Mountain Range, on the Cetina river (
Peruća Lake Lake Peruća or Peruča ( hr, Jezero Peruča or ') is the second largest artificial lake in Croatia, after Lake Dubrava. It is located in the Split-Dalmatia County. Location Located in inland Dalmatia, south of the source of the River Cetina, nort ...
). It is located in the wider Dalmatian hinterland.


History

In 1857, while part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia, it had 164 inhabitants. It was inhabited by Orthodox Serbs. It was formerly part of the Sinj municipality. During the
Croatian War The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugos ...
, it was part of Republika Srpska Krajina.


Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village had 2 inhabitants. It was uninhabited during the 2002 census. According to the 1991 census the village had 124 inhabitants, with a majority of ethnic Serbs (80.64%), while the rest did not register ethnicity. Serb returnees have been threatened by a family from neighbouring village Bitelić, who maintain their cattle in Laktac since
Operation Oluja }) was the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and a major factor in the outcome of the Bosnian War. It was a decisive victory for the Croatian Army (HV), which attacked across a front against the self-declared proto-state Re ...
.


Culture and anthropology

Nearest to the village, towards
Koljane Koljane is a small village in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. Koljane is a settlement in the Vrlika municipality, and the majority of the population are Croats. In the 1991 census, the population of Koljane was 285, and the majority were Serbs with ...
, is the Croatian Orthodox
Dragović monastery The Dragović Monastery () is a Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox monastery situated on a hill downstream the Cetina River not far from Vrlika in Croatia. When the artificial Peruća Lake was created, the original monastery sank due to lan ...
. Some '' stećci'' are located on the field between Laktac and Dragović. The historical families of Laktac were all Orthodox Christian, including Bogovac, Bodrožić, Borković, Vinčić, Katić, Kovačić, Miljković, Peović.


See also

* Dabar, Hrvace


References

{{coord, 43, 51, N, 16, 32, E, display=title, region:HR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County