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Mlaka, Sisak-Moslavina County

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Mlaka
Village
Mlaka is located in Croatia
Mlaka
Mlaka
Location in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°14′06″N 17°01′26″E / 45.23500°N 17.02389°E / 45.23500; 17.02389
Country Croatia
RegionContinental Croatia
County Sisak-Moslavina
MunicipalityJasenovac
Area
 • Total23.6 km2 (9.1 sq mi)
Elevation
94 m (308 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total23
 • Density0.97/km2 (2.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
44324 Jasenovac
Area code(+385) 44

Mlaka is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County.

History

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Mlaka was the location of a Croatian concentration camp during World War II in this area.[3] Mlaka and the nearby village of Jablanac Jasenovački were locations of forced labor of inmates of the Jasenovac concentration camp, after the population of the villages themselves was interned in the camp or forcibly transferred elsewhere.[4] Inmates were also executed there, and five mass graves have been identified in and around Mlaka.[5]

Demographics

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According to the 2011 census,[6] the village of Mlaka has 58 inhabitants. This represents 16.76% of its population prior to the Croatian War of Independence (1991–95).

According to the 1991 census, 304 residents were ethnic Serbs (84.91%), 10 ethnic Croats (2.79%), 10 Yugoslavs (2.79%), 2 Muslims (0.55%), and others (8.92%).

Population change 1857-2011 [6][7]
population
955
1046
1038
1178
1059
1176
943
1106
231
307
526
425
361
346
30
58
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics


Sights

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Notable natives and residents

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References

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  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ Oral history interview with Jovanka Stojnić, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; accessed 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Jablanac" (in Croatian). Jasenovac Memorial Area. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Jablanac" (in Croatian). Jasenovac Memorial Area. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Mlaka". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  7. ^ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr