Grabovo is a
settlement south of
Vukovar
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,
Croatia
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. The location was established as a ''pustara'', a
Pannonian type of
hamlet
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.
It consists of two hamlets, Ovčara and Jakobovac, in the north, which are administratively part of the city of Vukovar, and have a total population of 47, and an uninhabited section in the south which is administratively under the municipality of
Tompojevci
Tompojevci (, Rusyn: Томпоєвци, sr-cyr, Томпојевци) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia.
The village of Tompojevci was first mentioned in the 13th century, in Hungarian documents as Tomtele ...
.
Before the
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...
, Grabovo had 192 inhabitants. In 1991, 154 inhabitants were expelled from Grabovo, and to this day no one has returned to Grabovo.
Ovčara is best known for the
Ovčara camp and the
Ovčara massacre of 1991.
Ovčara and Jakobovac each used to be registered as a standalone settlement, but were joined under the name Grabovo in 1991, and subsequently administratively split in 2001.
References
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Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County