Kestenovac
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Kestenovac is a small village in Lika
, Croatia
. It has a population of about 30 people. It has an area of 3.3 km2 and around 70 buildings. The inhabitants of Kestenovac are Serbian
, and the main religion in the village is Serbian Orthodox Church
.
In the village there was an elementary school which was destroyed in the 1991 War
.
Kestenovac is located near Ljutoč and Plješevica
mountains, and is also near the River Una and Štrbački Buk
waterfalls. It belongs to the Donji Lapac
municipality.
Lika
Lika is a mountainous region in central Croatia, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. It has a population of about 30 people. It has an area of 3.3 km2 and around 70 buildings. The inhabitants of Kestenovac are Serbian
Serbs of Croatia
Višeslav of Serbia, a contemporary of Charlemagne , ruled the Županias of Neretva, Tara, Piva, Lim, his ancestral lands. According to the Royal Frankish Annals , Duke of Pannonia Ljudevit Posavski fled, during the Frankish invasion, from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs in western Bosnia, who...
, and the main religion in the village is Serbian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...
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In the village there was an elementary school which was destroyed in the 1991 War
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...
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Kestenovac is located near Ljutoč and Plješevica
Plješevica
Plješivica or Plješevica is a mountain in Croatia and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, part of the Dinaric Alps. It stretches in the direction north–south, and it extends from the mountain pass that separates it from Mala Kapela, along the Krbava field to the west and the Una River...
mountains, and is also near the River Una and Štrbački Buk
Štrbački Buk
The Štrbački Buk waterfalls are on the Una River, spanning the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The closest settlements to the waterfalls are the villages of Donji Štrbci and Kestenovac on the Croatian side, and the villages of Doljani and Ćukovi on the Bosnian side....
waterfalls. It belongs to the Donji Lapac
Donji Lapac
Donji Lapac is a small town and municipality in Lika, Croatia. The majority of the population are Serbs.-Geography:Donji Lapac is located a region of eastern Lika called Ličko Pounje, by the river Una that flows near the town in the valley between mountain Plješevica and Una on the altitude of 582m...
municipality.