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Trpinja

Trpinja
Трпиња (Serbian)
Municipality
Municipality of Trpinja
Općina Trpinja
ТРПИЊА.jpg
Coat of arms of Trpinja
Coat of arms
Općina Trpinja-Општина Трпиња.jpgTrpinja.jpg
Trpinja is located in Croatia
Trpinja
Trpinja
Location of Trpinja in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°25′N 18°54′E / 45.417°N 18.900°E / 45.417; 18.900
Country  Croatia
Region Slavonia (Podunavlje)
County Flag of Vukovar-Syrmia County.svg Vukovar-Srijem
Government
 • Municipal mayor Miroslav Palić (SDSS)
Area
 • Total 123.87 km2 (47.83 sq mi)
Elevation 86 m (282 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 5,572
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 32224 Trpinja
Area code(s) 32
Vehicle registration VU
Official languages Croatian, Serbian
Municipality established April 13, 1997
Website www.opcinatrpinja.hr

Trpinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Трпиња) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County in eastern Croatia.

In Serbian Cyrillic village is known as Трпиња, and in Hungarian as Terpenye.

Villages Trpinja, Bobota and Vera share common legend about origin of their names. According to legend ancestors of today's inhabitants of villages who settled in Great Serb Migrations under Arsenije III Čarnojević were called Bobe. They were fleeing from Ottoman Empire conquest to preserve their faith. Therefore, was formed local phrase which says Bobe suffer for faith or in Serbian Bobe trpiše za veru. From word Bobe was created name Bobota, from word suffer (Serbian:trpiti) was created name Trpinja and from word faith (Serbian:vera) was created name of village Vera.

Another story tells that name Trpinja originated from landowner Trpimir who owned land in the vicinity.

Serbian Language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is official language in the municipality of Trpinja in all settlement except Ćelije along with the Croatian language. The statute guarantees that Serbian Cyrillic alphabet will be used in text of seals and stamps, on plates of representative, executive and administrative bodies of municipality, as well as on those of legal persons with public authorities. Pre-school education for Serbian community that is under local jurisdiction is organized and conducted in the Serbian language and Cyrillic alphabet according to local statute.

Municipality is located on border between historical regions Slavonia and Syrmia in the southern part of Pannonian Basin in Podunavlje region. Municipality total area is 123.87 km2 (47.8 sq mi). River Vuka flows through the municipality in length of 8 kilometers and also an artificial Bobota Canal in length of 20 kilometers. The territory of the municipality is completely flat very fertile black soil.


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