Darda, Croatia

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Darda

[[Image:|center]] Coat of arms
Latitude	45° 37' 41N
Longitude	18° 41' 59E
Mayor	Anto Vukoje
Surface (km²)	?
Population	5,394 (village) 7,062 (municipality)
Time zone (UTC)	UTC+1 Central European Time

Darda is a village and municipality just north of Osijek, Croatia, across the Drava river in Baranja. The population of the village is 5,394, with a total of 7,062 people in the municipality.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 History 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The municipality of Darda include following settlements:

• Darda
• Mece
• Švajcarnica
• Uglješ

[edit] Demographics

Largest ethnic groups in the municipality are (census 2001): [1]

• Croats (51.87%)
• Serbs (28.43%)
• Hungarians (8.23%)
• Roma (2.97%)
• Romanians (1.69%)

[edit] History

It was first mentioned in the end of 13th and beginning of 14th century as "Tarda". Ottoman traveler Evlija Celebija in 1663 described Darda as an important market place.

Darda was the place where the war for Croatian independence ended.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Osijek-Baranja County
• Baranja

[edit] External links

• Darda

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