Vukmanić is a village belonging to

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, population 207 (2011). It was the birthplace of

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who preceded

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as post-

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leader of

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Demographics

In 1890, the ''obćina'' of Vukmanić (court at Vukmanić), with an area of , belonged to the ''kotar'' of Vojnić (Vojnić

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but Krnjak court) in the ''županija'' of Modruš-Rieka (

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court and financial board). There were 1036 houses, with a population of 6853 (highest in Vojnić kotar): 3435 male and 3418 female. The majority were Croatian or Serbian speakers, but 24 spoke

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, 18 spoke Hungarian, 5 spoke Slovene and 17 spoke other languages. The majority were

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, but 3154 were

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. Its 22 villages were divided for taxation purposes into 8 ''porezne obćine'', under the

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office.

Infrastructure

In 1913, there were 6 gendarmeries in Vojnić kotar:

Barilović Barilović is a village and a municipality in central Croatia, in the Karlovac County. History During the Gomirje conflict, Lord Barilović had raised the issue of Vlach soldiers taking over their castle at the Pressburg Diet of 1604, which decid ...

, Krnjak, Krstinja, Perjasica, Vojnić and Vukmanić.

Demographics

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