Buhača (or Buvača) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in central

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, in the municipality of

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Karlovac County Karlovac County () is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side st ...

. It is connected by the D216 highway.

History

The

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church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, built in the

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in 1800. In the

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, the temple devastated and looted by the Ustashas. After the war it was repaired. The church is situated on small hill above

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settlement and is very visible from the main road connecting

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and

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. The roof of the church is in terrible condition. The parochy includes

, Maljevačko Selište, Buhača,

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and Grabarska in neighboring Bosnia. Until 1991, the village was part of the settlement of

in the municipality of

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. It is an independent settlement since 2001.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Buhača has 36 inhabitants.
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Notable natives and residents

* Milan Vujaklija ((1891–1955) - a linguist, writer and translator, the author of the ''Dictionary of Foreign Words and Expressions''Milan Vujaklija, "A lexicon of foreign words and expressions", first printed in Belgrade, 1936.
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buhaca Populated places in Karlovac County Serb communities in Croatia