Grabovo is a settlement south of Vukovar, Croatia. The location was established as a pustara, a Pannonian type of hamlet.[3] It consists of two hamlets, Ovčara and Jakobovac, in the north, which are administratively part of the city of Vukovar, and have a total population of 47,[4][5] and an uninhabited section in the south which is administratively under the municipality of Tompojevci.[6][7]

Grabovo
Grabovo is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Grabovo
Grabovo
Grabovo is located in Croatia
Grabovo
Grabovo
Coordinates: 45°16′34″N 19°3′36″E / 45.27611°N 19.06000°E / 45.27611; 19.06000
Area
 • Total6.0 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)

Before the Croatian War of Independence, Grabovo had 192 inhabitants. In 1991, 154 inhabitants were expelled from Grabovo, and to this day no one has returned to Grabovo.[8]

Ovčara is best known for the Ovčara camp and the Ovčara massacre of 1991.

Ovčara and Jakobovac each used to be registered as a standalone settlement, but were joined under the name Grabovo in 1991, and subsequently administratively split in 2001.[9]

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. ^ Barišić Bogišić, Lidija (2022). O neslavenskom stanovništvu na vukovarskom području. Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada. p. 142. ISBN 978-953-169-497-1.
  4. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: City of Vukovar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  5. ^ "Naselje: Grabovo-dio(Ovčara,Jakobovac)". ARKOD (in Croatian). Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  6. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Municipality of Tompojevci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  7. ^ "Naselje: Grabovo-dio". ARKOD (in Croatian). Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  8. ^ "Naselja Općine – Općina Tompojevci" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  9. ^ "Vukovarsko-srijemska županija - broj stanovnika po naseljima". PC AXIS baze podataka. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2003. Retrieved 2013-09-08.[permanent dead link]