Hrvaćani ( sr-cyrl, Хрваћани) is a village in the
Kotor Varoš
Kotor Varoš ( sr-cyrl, Котор Варош) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the municipality has a population of 19,710 inhabitants, while the town of Kotor Varoš has a population o ...
municipality,
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...
entity,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
. The center of the settlement is at an altitude of 470 m. Along the village, in the direction northeast–southwest, flows the Hrvaćanska river, a right tributary of the
Vrbanja river
The Vrbanja ( sr-Cyrl, Врбања) is a river in Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina; with Ugar (river), Ugar, the largest right tributary of the Vrbas (river), Vrbas. Its basin covers an area of approximately 703.5 km2. The Vrbanja has ...
. Its mouth is below the village Dabovci.
According to 2013 preliminary data of the first post-war census, 429 inhabitants were registered.
History
The word ''Hrvaćani'' in Bosnia was used in olden times as another term for Serbs of
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
. The name thus denotes a settlement settled and established by Orthodox Serbs from the territory of Croatia.
During
World War II
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, the village was a site of
Yugoslav Partisan
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...
operations. The village was taken by the
Chetniks
The Chetniks,, ; formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland; and informally colloquially the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationalist m ...
at one point.
During the
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...
(1991–95), Hrvaćani was a site of atrocities against the Bosniak population, covered in several indictments and convictions at the
Hague Tribunal. Locals were tortured, murdered and persecuted, estates were destroyed. Locals first fled to
Večići
Večići is a village in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kotor Varoš municipality of the Republika Srpska region in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It spread at Večićko polje (Večići's field), nearby the mouth of Cvrcka (in Vrbanja river) ...
, and then, together with other refugees in the region, went further or were transferred to the camp which was in Elementary School in
Grabovica, where they disappeared without a trace.
Sports
The association football club Ravnogorac plays in the
Republika Srpska League.
Population
References
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Populated places in Kotor Varoš
Villages in Republika Srpska