Kukar is a small village in Croatia

Croatia

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 located approximately 3 km from the town of Vrlika

Vrlika

Vrlika is a small town and municipality in inland Dalmatia, Croatia. The closest large towns are Sinj, Knin, and Drniš. The town of Vrlika has a population of 959, while the municipality has a population of 2,705 . There are 2,670 Croatian speakers, 16 Serbian speakers and 19 speakers of other...

 under the mountain Dinara

Dinara

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. It is part of the Vrlika municipality, within Split-Dalmatia County

Split-Dalmatia County

Split-Dalmatia County is the central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242...

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History

The history of the village of Kukar is closely tied with the history of the town and municipality of Vrlika

Vrlika

Vrlika is a small town and municipality in inland Dalmatia, Croatia. The closest large towns are Sinj, Knin, and Drniš. The town of Vrlika has a population of 959, while the municipality has a population of 2,705 . There are 2,670 Croatian speakers, 16 Serbian speakers and 19 speakers of other...

. The village is named after the Croat tribe Kukari (singular Kukar), that had a privilege to choose the Croatian king (besides 11 other privileged Croat tribes).

Demography

It is populated by both Orthodox

Eastern Orthodox Church

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 Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 and Roman Catholic Croats

Croats

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Since 1995, few villagers mostly elderly pensioners, both Serbs and Croats have returned to Kukar.