Mlaka is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County.
History
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
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%).
Sights
- Monument and memorial to the victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp
Notable natives and residents
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Oral history interview with Jovanka Stojnić, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; accessed 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Jablanac" (in Croatian). Jasenovac Memorial Area. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Jablanac" (in Croatian). Jasenovac Memorial Area. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr
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