Smoković

Smoković is a village in Croatia, in the municipality of Zemunik Donji, Zadar County.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Smoković has 110 inhabitants. This represents 10.69% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.
The 1991 census recorded that 96.12% of the village population were ethnic Serbs, 1.26% were Yugoslavs, 1.26% were ethnic Croats, and 1.36% were of other ethnic origin.

The Church of St. George in Smoković was originally built in 1567. After the Croatian Army took control of the village on January 24, 1993, the church was destroyed with only parts of the apse and entrance wall remaining. It was rebuilt in 2014 with donations from the United States and Canada communities. The church is surrounded by a cemetery, and its icons were relocated to the Serbian Orthodox Church Museum in Belgrade for safekeeping during the war.