Udbina

Udbina is a Općina ( municipality ) in Croatia. It is part of Lika- Senj and has 1,874 inhabitants ( 2011 census ), of which 45.04 % are Croats and 51.12 % Serbs.

History

In the Croatian War (1991-1995) the city was under control of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. During the Bosnian War, the airport of Udbina on 21 November 1994 was destroyed by 30 British, French, Dutch and U.S. fighter aircraft as part of Operation Deny Flight within four hours, been having flown from there Serb attacks on UNPROFOR troops near Bihać were.

Personalities

  • Jovanka Broz (1924-2013), partisan and as Tito's wife, the First Lady of the former Yugoslavia

Cities: Gospic | Novalja | Otočac | Senj

Communities: Brinje | Donji Lapac | Karlobag | Lovinac | Perušić | Plitvice Jezera | Udbina | Vrhovine

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