Čista Mala ( sr-cyr, Чиста Мала) is a village in
Croatia
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, in the municipality/town of
Vodice,
Šibenik-Knin County
Šibenik-Knin County (; ) is a county in southern Croatia, located in the north-central part of Dalmatia. The biggest city in the county is Šibenik, which also serves as county seat. Other notable towns in the county are Knin, Vodice, Drniš a ...
.
Geography
Čista Mala is located in
Ravni Kotari
Ravni Kotari (; ) is a geographical region in Croatia. It lies in northern Dalmatia, around Zadar and east of it. It is bordered by Bukovica to the northeast, lower Krka to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea. The largest settlement in the region ...
, 7 km from
Skradin
Skradin is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia. It is located near the Krka (Croatia), Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, from Šibenik and from Split, Croatia, Split. The main attraction of the park, Slapo ...
, and 10 km north of
Vodice.
History
The
Serbian Orthodox church
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of St. Nicholas was built in 1873.
The settlement was previously part of the
Šibenik
Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...
municipality.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census,
the village of Čista Mala has 119 inhabitants. This represents 19.97% of its pre-
war
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population according to the 1991 census.
The 1991 census
[Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine.] recorded that 93.96% of the village population were ethnic
Serbs
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(560/596), 0.67% were
Yugoslavs
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(4/596), 4.03% were ethnic
Croats
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(24/596), and 1.34% were of other ethnic origin (8/596).
Demographic history
*2011 census: 119 inhabitants.
*2001 census: 80 inhabitants.
*1991 census: 596 inhabitants. 560 Serbs, 24 Croats, 4 Yugoslavs, 8 others and unknown.
*1981 census: 577 inhabitants. 432 Serbs, 96 Yugoslavs, 19 Croats, 30 others and unknown.
:
Anthropology
The native families (''starosjedioci''), all Orthodox by faith, were the: Berić, Vukojević, Vukša, Grulović, Dobrić, Lalić, Manojlović, Popović, Samardžić, Stjelja.
References
External links
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Populated places in Šibenik-Knin County