Podgorač ( sr-Cyrl, Подгорач, ) is a municipality in

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. In the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,877 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements: * Bijela Loza, population 147 * Budimci, population 670 * Kelešinka, population 57 * Kršinci, population 126 * Ostrošinci, population 95 * Podgorač, population 866 * Poganovci, population 235 *

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, population 283 * Stipanovci, population 398 In the same census, 81% of the population were

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and 16.20%

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. Colonist settlements of Ličani and Rudolfovac were established on the territory of the village municipality during the

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Politics

Minority councils

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and

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each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Podgorač Municipality.

References

Literature

* Municipalities of Croatia {{OsijekBaranja-geo-stub