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Sunja
Sunja Railway station
Sunja Railway station
Sunja is located in Croatia
Sunja
Sunja
Location of Sunja in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°22′N 16°34′E / 45.367°N 16.567°E / 45.367; 16.567
Country Croatia
RegionContinental Croatia (Banovina)
County Sisak-Moslavina
Area
 • Total288.40 km2 (111.35 sq mi)
House Destroyed during the Croatian War of Independence
Sunja Croatia 1995. Released in Public Domain thanks to Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso's "Cercavamo la pace" crowd-sourcing project

Sunja is a municipality in Croatia in the Sisak-Moslavina County.

Population

The municipality has a total population of 5,748 (census 2011), in the following settlements:[2]

In the 2011 census, there were 4,264 (74.18%) Croats and 1,280 (22.27%) Serbs.[3]

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Sunja was part of the Zagreb County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

References

  1. ^ "Općine na područjima posebne državne skrbi Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Croatian Chamber of Economy. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Sunja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  3. ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Sisak-Moslavina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.