Korićani ( sr-cyrl, Корићани) is a village in central

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 ...

. Before the

War in Bosnia The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incidents, the war is commonly seen as ha ...

, Korićani was the (administrative) united village. The

Dayton Agreement The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Dejtonski mirovni sporazum, Дејтонски мировни споразум), and colloquially kn ...

is divided this settlement into two entities. Upper Korićani is today in the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: ''Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / ''Федерација Босне и Херцеговине'') is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities composing Bo ...

, and Lower Korićani in the

Republic of 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 ...

Geography

Korićani is located on the slopes of the Vlašić mountain, in the corner of the plateau between

Ugar Ugar may refer to: * Ugar Khurd, town in the state of Karnataka, India * Ugar Budruk, village in the state of Karnataka, India * Ugar (river) The Ugar ( sr-cyrl, Угар, known as the ''Brzica'' until 1878) is a river of Bosnia, a tributary of ...

and Ilomska. In fact, it is enclosed between two parts of

Korićanske stijene Korićanske stijene ( Korićani Cliffs) are nearly vertical cliffs above Ilomska Canyon (on Vlašić Mountain). It is located about half a kilometer from the village Korićani, at an altitude between of about 750 and 1,100 meters. On the right cli ...

: canyon Ilomska and

Pougarje The Ugar ( sr-cyrl, Угар, known as the ''Brzica'' until 1878) is a river of Bosnia, a tributary of the Vrbas river. It originates at the slopes of Vlašić, upstream of Sažići and Melina villages (at around of 1,590 meters above sea lev ...

. The rocks are bent at almost a right angle, which closed Ugar and Ilomska. It extends to an altitude of 1,050–1,200 meters. The road at the entrance to Korićani plateau

History

In Mediaeval Bosnia, in their present territory mentioned city Oštrec and some other old towers. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

in Korićani were a

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stronghold, especially after the fall of

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(1943). The Korićani were briefly placed patients Central Divisional Hospital, during the “Sixth enemy offensive” (January 1944). Then on 12 Divisional Hospitals (from the hidden gorge river

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(near

Šiprage Šiprage ( sr-Cyrl, Шипраге) is a settlement municipality in Kotor Varoš Municipality, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The administrative status of this populated place was changed – from the local community has grown a munici ...

), on January 4, 1944, dislocated in the surrounding villages and further to the Korićani. However, in the

, the name of Korićani and

is related to the brutal massacre on almost vertical ravine above Ilomska. Below part Korićanske Rocks, about miles from the bottom of the village, in the canyon Ilomska, August 21, 1992, members of the army and police of the

are, bursts in the back, shot over 200

Prijedor Prijedor ( sr-cyrl, Приједор, ) is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it had a population of 80,916 inhabitants within its administrative limits. Prijedor is situated in the northwestern part of the Bosanska ...

civilians (

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and

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). It has been proven and the

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Tribunal in

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. There they witnessed the rare survivorsArchived a
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of Prijedorians from the Camp of Trnopolje (nearby

Population

References

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