Udbina
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 Udbina
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| Coordinates: 44°31′50″N 15°45′56″E / 44.5306°N 15.7656°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Lika-Senj County |
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| • Mayor | Ivan Pešut (HDZ) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 1,649 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
Udbina is a village and a municipality in the Lika region of Croatia. It is an administratively part of in the Lika-Senj county.
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[edit] Geography
The village is located in the large karst field called Krbava. The field has a small airport, the only one in Lika.
[edit] History
The Krbava field and Udbina itself was the location of a medieval bishopric and the Battle of Krbava field of September 9, 1493, where the Croats under ban Emerik Derenčin (Hungarian: Imre Derencsényi) and the Frankopans suffered one of the major defeats at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. She was managed by Ottomans between 1527-1699 and included at Sanjak of Lika in Province of Bosnia.
During World War II, Udbina was part of the Independent State of Croatia. In December 1942, the Croatian population was expelled from the town.[1] The Catholic Church of St. Nicholas was subsequently destroyed.[2] After the war the population became mostly ethnic Serb. Udbina had a football club named "Krbava".
Udbina was under control of the Serb forces during the Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995). The Catholic Church has built the Church of Croatian Martyrs in Udbina, to commemorate the town's role in the distant and recent history of the nation: the Battle of Krbava field in 1493 and the recent war for independence in the 1990s.
[edit] Population/Demographics
Udbina has a population of 735, a total of 1,649 in the municipality, 51% which are Croats and 43% which are Serbs (2001 census).
[edit] Villages
Breštane, Bunić, Čojluk, Debelo Brdo, Donji Mekinjar, Frkašić, Grabušić, Jagodnje, Jošan, Klašnjica, Komić, Krbava, Kurjak, Mutilić, Ondić, Pećane, Podlapača, Poljice, Rebić, Srednja Gora, Svračkovo Selo, Šalamunić, Tolić, Vedašić, Visuć
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