Udbina

Udbina

Udbina is a village in the Lika region of Croatia. It is an administratively part of in the Lika-Senj county.

The village is located in the large karst field called Krbava. The field has a small airport, the only one in Lika.

The Krbava field and Udbina itself was the location of a medieval bishopric and the Battle of Krbava field of September 9, 1493, where the Croats under ban Emerik Derenčin (Hungarian: "Imre Derencsényi") and the Frankopans suffered one of the major defeats at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. She was managed by Ottomans between 1527-1699 and included at Sanjak of Lika in Province of Bosnia.

Udbina was under control of the Serb forces during the Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995). Before the war town was almost entirely populated by ethnic SerbsFact|date=August 2008.

The Catholic Church is building the Church of Croatian Martyrs in Udbina, to commemorate the town's role in the distant and recent history of the nation.

Population/Demographics

Udbina has a population of 735, a total of 1,649 in the municipality, 51% which are Croats and 43% which are Serbs (2001 census).


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