Otok () is a town in eastern

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, located 20 km south of

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, in eastern

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. The settlement gained the status of town by the decision of the

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on July 13, 2006. At the time, nearby Privlaka was a part of the municipality, but was subsequently declared a municipality in its own right. The population of the town of Otok is 6,343 (census 2011), with 4,694 residents in Otok itself and 1,649 in the nearby village of

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. In the census of 2011, 99.31% of the population declared themselves

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Otok (settlement)

1991 census

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Otok had 3,568 inhabitants which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

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* Cities and towns in Croatia Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Populated places in Syrmia {{VukovarSyrmia-geo-stub