Kijani Explained

Official Name:Kijani
Native Name:[1]
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:44.34°N 15.8983°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Zadar County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Gračac
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:27.1
Elevation M:628
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:25
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:23440 Gračac
Area Code:+385 (23)

Kijani (Serbian: Кијани)[1] is a village in the Gračac municipality in Croatia.

History

At least 14 Serb civilians were killed by the Croatian Army in the village during and in the aftermath of Operation Storm in August 1995.[3] [4]

Population

According to the 2011 census, Kijani had 56 inhabitants.

Population[5]
1857 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
481 735 534 543 601 580 543 588 519 490 444 351 259 222 16 56

Napomena: In census period 1857–1880 it include data for the settlement of Gubavčevo Polje and part of data for the settlement of Glogovo.

1991 census

According to the 1991 census, settlement of Kijani had 222 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as this:

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Kijani had 580 inhabitants, which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Population by languageCroatian or Serbian
Kijani580
Total580 (100%)
Population by religionEastern OrthodoxRoman Catholics
Kijani57010
Total570 (98.27%)10 (1.72%)

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima . October 2013 . Government of Croatia . . 36 . hr . PDF . 30 November 2016.
  2. cs1.
  3. Web site: Press release on non-prosecuted crimes committed during and immediately after the military operation "Storm“ . 9 July 2012 . Documenta . Centre for Dealing with the Past.
  4. https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/118/118-00000000-WRI-02-07-EN.pdf Internationasl Court of Justice; Witness statement
  5. http://www.dzs.hr – Republika Hrvatska – Državni zavod za statistiku: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001.