Mlaka, Croatia

Mlaka
Mlaka
Village
	Mlaka Location in Croatia
	Coordinates: 45°14′06″N 17°01′26″E
Country	Croatia
Region	Continental Croatia
County	Sisak-Moslavina
Municipality	Jasenovac
Area [1]
• Total	23.6 km2 (9.1 sq mi)
Elevation	94 m (308 ft)
Population (2021)[2]
• Total	23
• Density	0.97/km2 (2.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	44324 Jasenovac
Area code	(+385) 44

Mlaka is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County. It is a new territorial organization that has been formed from the former large municipality of Novska.

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%).

'Population change 1857-2011 [6][7]

population	955	1046	1038	1178	1059	1176	943	1106	231	307	526	425	361	346	30	58
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics

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, 2021 Census". 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.
"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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[1] Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.

[Census_2021-2] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.

[3] Oral history interview with Jovanka Stojnić, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; accessed 11 March 2016.

[4] "Jablanac" (in Croatian). Jasenovac Memorial Area. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[5] "Jablanac" (in Croatian). Jasenovac Memorial Area. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[census2011-6] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Mlaka". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

[7] Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr