Suhopolje | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Suhopolje in Croatia |
Coordinates: | 45.8°N 17.5°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 166.6 |
Area Urban Km2: | 29.7 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 5267 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2237 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Suhopolje is a settlement and an eponymous municipality in Slavonia, Croatia.
It is located on the northern slopes of the Bilogora mountain in the region of Podravina, 10 km southeast of Virovitica; elevation 118 m.
In the 2011 census, the total population of the Suhopolje municipality was 6,683, with 2,696 people in Suhopolje itself and the rest in a number of surrounding villages:
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[2] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Suhopolje.[3]