Okučani is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
and
municipal
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
centre in western
Slavonia
Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja ...
,
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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. It is located 19 km southeast of
Novska
Novska is a town in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. It is located in western part of the historic region of Slavonia, between Kutina and Nova Gradiška, linear distance southeast of the capital, Zagreb.
Demographics
Novska has a total pop ...
and 17 km west of
Nova Gradiška
Nova Gradiška is a town located in the Brod-Posavina County of Croatia, population 14,229 (2011). It is located in the historic region of Slavonia, near the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The first word in the name means ''New'', and there ...
.
[Okučani]
Entry in Croatian Encyclopaedia
The ''Croatian Encyclopedia'' ( hr, Hrvatska enciklopedija) is a Croatian national encyclopedia published by the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography
The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography ( hr, Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krl ...
. Access date 29th July 2021.
History
Before 18th century, village was known by the name of ''Dijanovci'', when it was renamed in Okučani, by the
meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...
("okuka") of the Sloboština river.
[
Okučani was captured and incorporated into the Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Western Slavonia early in the ]Croatian War for Independence
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 ...
. After being annexed by the unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina
The Republic of Serbian Krajina or Serb Republic of Krajina ( sh, Република Српска Крајина, italics=no / or РСК / ''RSK'', ), known as the Serbian Krajina ( / ) or simply Krajina, was a self-proclaimed Serb proto-state, ...
, Okučani and the rest of the pocket were liberated by Croatian Forces after Operation Flash
Operation Flash ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Operacija Bljesak, Операција Бљесак) was a brief Croatian Army (HV) offensive conducted against the forces of the self-declared proto-state Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) from 1&nda ...
on May 1, 1995.
Notable people
See also
*Okučani railway station
Okučani railway station ( hr, Željeznička stanica Okučani) is a railway station on Novska–Tovarnik railway in Croatia. Located in Okučani. Railroad continued to Novska in one and the other direction to Nova Gradiška. Okučani railway st ...
References
External links
Opcina webpage in Croatian
Town Webpage in Croatian
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Populated places in Brod-Posavina County
Slavonia
Municipalities of Croatia