Velika, Croatia

Velika, Croatia
Location of Velika in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°27′00″N 17°39′54″E / 45.45°N 17.665°E / 45.45; 17.665

Velika (Hungarian: Velike) is a village and a municipality in the Požega Valley in Slavonia.

Geography[]

It is located on the southern slopes of Papuk Mountain 12 km north of Požega, in the Požega-Slavonia County, with the elevation of 278 m.

Velika is located on the Požega - Slatina county road and Velika - Požega - Pleternica railway.

Economy[]

Chief occupations include farming, viticulture and tourism (recreational centre).

Demographics[]

There are a total of 5,607 people in the municipality, in the following settlements:^[1]

• , population 158
• , population 354
• , population 25
• , population 84
• , population 275
• Gornji Vrhovci, population 10
• , population 34
• , population 0
• , population 53
• , population 1
• , population 45
• Milivojevci, population 17
• , population 1
• , population 63
• , population 5
• , population 96
• , population 182
• , population 483
• , population 3
• , population 231
• , population 173
• , population 799
• , population 398
• Velika, population 2,117

94% of the population are Croats. There are only 3 Serbian households and few people of Czech, Hungarian, German and Slovenian descent.

History[]

It was ruled by Ottoman Empire between 1532 and 1687 and again between 1690 and 1691 as part of Sanjak of Pojega before Austrian conquest.

References[]

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