Divoselo
Divoselo | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Divoselo | |
| Coordinates: 44°29′46″N 15°21′51″E / 44.49611°N 15.36417°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Lika-Senj |
| Municipality | Gospić |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.1 km2 (17.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 1 |
| • Density | 0.022/km2 (0.056/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Divoselo (Serbian Cyrillic: Дивосело) is a village in the Gospić municipality in the Lika region of central Croatia. It is located near Gospić, connected by the D25 highway.
History[edit]
During the WWII Genocide of Serbs by the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime, more than 900 Serbs were massacred in Divoselo.[3]
The Serb community was ethnically cleansed from the area during the Operation Medak Pocket (September 1993) of the Croatian War (1991–95), when the Croatian Army took it from the break-away Republic of Serbian Krajina. Earlier, the Battle of Gospić (1991) included firefights between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Croatian National Guard in the village.
Demographics[edit]
The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 589 inhabitants, all of whom were Serbian Orthodox ("Vlach").[4]
The 1991 census registered 344 residents, out of whom 304 were ethnic Serbs. The 2011 census registered 4 residents.
Notable natives and residents[edit]
- Nada Dimić (1923–1942) - antifascist, partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
- Mile Počuča (1899–1980) - antifascist, partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Zatezalo, Đuro (1989). Kotar Gospić i Kotar Perušić u narodnooslobodilačkom ratu, 1941-1945. Karlovac: Historijski arhiv u Karlovcu. p. 180. ISBN 978-8680783048.
- ^ Šarić, Marko (2009). "Predmoderne etnije u Lici i Krbavi prema popisu iz 1712./14.". In Željko Holjevac (ed.). Identitet Like: Korijeni i razvitak (PDF) (in Croatian). Vol. 1. Zagreb: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar. p. 375. ISBN 978-953-6666-65-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Divoselo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr". Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ "Slavno Divoselo spalo na četvero stanovnika". portalnovosti.com (in Serbian). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Borimo se za svaki dah, za svaki dan". portalnovosti.com (in Croatian). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Gojko Matić: Heroj selo Divoselo / Gojko Matić: Heroic village of Divoselo". maz.h,Gojko Matić (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 July 2018.
44°29′46″N 15°21′51″E / 44.49611°N 15.36417°E
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