Gračac
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Gračac Грачац (Serbian) |
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 Gračac municipality within Zadar County |
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Goran Đekić (SDSS) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,690 |
| Postal code | 23 440 |
| Area code(s) | +385(0)23 |
Gračac (Serbian Cyrillic: Грачац) is a town and a municipality in the southern part of Lika, Croatia. It is located south of Udbina, northeast of Obrovac, northwest of Knin and southeast of Gospić. The municipality is administratively part of Zadar County.
The total municipality population is 4,690 (census 2011), in the following settlements:
Gračac was ruled by Ottoman Empire between 1527 and 1687 (nominally to 1699) as part of Sanjak of Lika in Bosnia Eyalet before Austrian conquest. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Gračac was part of the Lika-Krbava County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
Note: in some censa, parts of the population listed themselves as Yugoslavs instead of Serb or Croat.
The name Gračac is derived from "gradina" which means an old abandoned castle. Near the town there are Lake Štikada and the karst field of Gračac. The Cerovac caves nearby are open for tourists. The town is on the way into the Lika region of Zadar county, and the surroundings offer good hunting game.
Coordinates: 44°17′50″N 15°51′00″E / 44.29722°N 15.85000°E
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