Grabovo, Croatia
Settlement in Tompojevci Municipality, Croatia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Coordinates: 45°16′34″N 19°3′36″E | |
Area | |
• Total | 6.0 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 0 |
• Density | 0.0/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]