Kordun

The main areas of Kordun are located in Karlovac County

The Kordun (Croatian pronunciation: [kǒrduːn]) region is a part of central Croatia from the bottom of the Petrova Gora (Peter's mountain) mountain range, which extends along the rivers Korana and Slunjčica, and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The southern border of Kordun touches the Lika region. Most of Kordun with its centre Slunj belongs to Karlovac County (Slunj, Cetingrad, Krnjak, Rakovica and Vojnić). Vrginmost belongs to Sisak-Moslavina County. In former times, this region belonged to the Habsburg Military Frontier towards the Ottoman Empire.

The area has rich wood resources. Today, the economic situation is slowly improving, but there is still a large tendency of emigration from the region to larger cities. A typical phenomenon of this region is the porous composition of the karst soil (consisting of limestone), which creates numerous crater-like dolines (sinkholes, Croatian dolina).

See also

• Geography of Croatia

Sources

• Kordun at enciklopedija.hr (Croatian)

External links

• Information about Kordun

Regions of Croatia
Principal historical regions	Croatia proper Dalmatia Slavonia Istria
Smaller regions	Croatia proper Banovina Bilogora Croatian Littoral Gorski Kotar Kordun Krbava Kvarner Lika Međimurje Moslavina Pokuplje Prigorje Turopolje Vinodol Zagorje Žumberak Dalmatia Bukovica Kninska Krajina Konavle Kosinj Ravni Kotari Zagora Slavonia Cvelferija Požega Valley Spačva Syrmia Podunavlje Other Baranya Podravina Posavina
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Coordinates: 45°07′N 15°35′E / 45.117°N 15.583°E / 45.117; 15.583