Darda is a village and a municipality just north of Osijek

Osijek

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, Croatia

Croatia

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, across the Drava

Drava

Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...

 river in Baranja. The population is 7,062 people.

Geography

The municipality of Darda includes following settlements:

• Darda (population 5,394)
• Mece
  Mece
  Mece is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Darda municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 840 people.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...
  
  
• Švajcarnica
  Švajcarnica
  Švajcarnica is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Darda municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 231 people.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...
  
  
• Uglješ
  Uglješ
  Uglješ is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Darda municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. The population of the entire settlement is 514 .-References:...
  
  

Demographics

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

• Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
   (51.87%)
• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   (28.43%)
• Hungarians (8.23%)
• Roma (2.97%)
• Romanians
  Romanians
  The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
  
   (1.69%)

History

It was first mentioned in the end of 13th and beginning of 14th century as "Tarda". Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 traveler Evlija Celebija in 1663 described Darda as an important market place.

Darda was the place where the war for Croatian independence ended.