Mijači

Mijači
Village
Mijači
Coordinates: 45°26′49″N 17°28′14″E / 45.44694°N 17.47056°E / 45.44694; 17.47056
Country  Croatia
County Požega-Slavonia County
Municipality Brestovac
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2001 census)
  Total 18
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 34320
Area code(s) 034

Mijači (Serbian Cyrillic: Мијачи) is a village in the Brestovac municipality of the Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there were 18 inhabitants in the village. The village is connected by the D38 state road.

History

The village was known as Mihači until 1900.

During the World War II in Yugoslavia, in 1943,[1] the Yugoslav Partisans formed the 18th National Liberation Brigade in the village, in which the fighters of the 1st and 2nd Slavonian NOP Units, including the whole 2nd Band of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd NOP Unit were joined.[2] In 1944, the Croatian fascist Ustaše had set up camp in the village, with 45 soldiers, and the Partisan Ljubuški battalion had driven them out after an hour.[3]

In the prelude of the Croatian War, the village was part of the SAO Western Slavonia, and subsequently the Republic of Serbian Krajina.

Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001[4]
Serbs 76 (78,35%)
Croats 5 (5,15%)
Others 16 (16,49%)
Total[5] 224 206 207 163 126 97 18

Sources

  1. Slavica Hrečkovski, 1965, Građa za historiju narodnooslobodilac̆kog pokreta u Slavoniji, Volume 4, p. : "prema selu Mijači, gdje je ' 1943. formirana XVIII ..."
  2. Stjepan Brlošić, Đakovština u narodnooslobodilačkoj borbi i socijalističkoj revoluciji: 1941-1945, Skupština općine, 1986, p. : "U selu Mijači, kotar Slavonska Požega, formirana 18. NO brigada. U sastav brigade ušli su borci 1. i 2. slavonskog NOP odreda sa cijelom 2. četom 2. bataljona 2. NOP odreda."
  3. Ivo Smoljan, Neretva, KLEK, 1988, p. : "PO sa jedinicama Ljubuškog bataljona napali su neprijateljski garnizon u Mijači u kome je bilo 45 ustaša. Poslije jednog sata borbe neprijatelj je bio protjeran."
  4. "2001 census by settlement". Central Bureau of Statistics (Croatia) (in Croatian). March 31, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  5. Croatia censuses 1948-1991


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