Gunja
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Gunja is a village and municipality in the hinterland of the left banks of the Sava in the region of Spačva
Spacva (region)
Spačva is a small geographical region in Croatia. It is located in south-western Syrmia, around Spačva river. There is also a place named Spačva, which is situated in this region.-See also:*Syrmia...

, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

, 31.42 km southeast of Županja
Županja
Županja is a city in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, located 254 km east of Zagreb. It is administratively part of the Vukovar-Syrmia county. It is inhabited by 12,185 people ....

; elevation 84 m. In the 2001 census, the population was 5,003, with 64.3% declaring themselves 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...

 and 13.77% Bosniaks
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

. Chief occupations include farming, forestry, wood processing and the building trade (brickyards). It is a small village directly across the river from the city of Brčko
Brcko (city)
Brčko is a city in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, administrative seat of the Brčko District. It lies on the country's border along the Sava river across from Gunja, Croatia...

 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. During the war in Bosnia, many Muslim and Croat citizens of Brčko lived as refugees in Gunja. Most families in Gunja had fallout shelters to protect themselves and their neighbours from Yugoslav army plane attacks.

The people live 1 naselja:
  • Gunja
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