Buhača Explained

Official Name:Buhača
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Buhača in Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:45.1881°N 15.7561°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Continental Croatia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Karlovac
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Cetingrad
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5.9
Elevation M:220
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:30
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:47222 Cetingrad

Buhača (or Buvača) is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Cetingrad, Karlovac County. It is connected by the D216 highway.

History

The Eastern Orthodox church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, built in the Byzantine style in 1800. In the World War II, the temple devastated and looted by the Ustashas. After the war it was repaired. The church is situated on small hill above Maljevac settlement and is very visible from the main road connecting Velika Kladuša and Vojnić. The roof of the church is in terrible condition. The parochy includes Maljevac, Maljevačko Selište, Buhača, Cetingrad, Vališ Selo and Grabarska in neighboring Bosnia.[2]

Until 1991, the village was part of the settlement of Maljevac in the municipality of Slunj. It is an independent settlement since 2001.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Buhača has 36 inhabitants.


Notable natives and residents

References

45.1881°N 15.7561°W

Notes and References

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  2. Filip Škiljan, Kulturno-historijski spomenici Korduna, Srpsko Narodno Vijeće, Zagreb, 2007.
  3. https://books.google.co.ke/books/about?id=jSzNAQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y Milan Vujaklija, "A lexicon of foreign words and expressions", first printed in Belgrade, 1936.