Vukmanić

Vukmanić is a village belonging to Karlovac in Croatia, population 207. It was the birthplace of Ivan Ribar who preceded Josip Broz Tito as post-World War II leader of Yugoslavia.

Demographics

In 1890, the obćina of Vukmanić, with an area of, belonged to the kotar of Vojnić in the županija of Modruš-Rieka. There were 1036 houses, with a population of 6853 : 3435 male and 3418 female. The majority were Croatian or Serbian speakers, but 24 spoke German, 18 spoke Hungarian, 5 spoke Slovene and 17 spoke other languages. The majority were Eastern Orthodox, but 3154 were Catholic. Its 22 villages were divided for taxation purposes into 8 porezne obćine, under the Slunj office.

Infrastructure

In 1913, there were 6 gendarmeries in Vojnić kotar: Barilović, Krnjak, Krstinja, Perjasica, Vojnić and Vukmanić.

Dialect

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