Bukovica is a geographical region in

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. It lies in northern Dalmatia, with Lika to the north, Kninska Krajina to the east, and Ravni Kotari to the southwest.

History

Vlachs "Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other E ...

were recorded among the inhabitants of the region in 1420. Their basic economic activity was related to transhumant livestock breeding in conjunction with carrying merchants’ goods. Many Vlachs (also recorded as Morlachs) moved to the Ottoman areas in the

Dalmatian hinterland The Dalmatian Hinterland ( hr, Dalmatinska zagora; it, La Morlacca or ) is the southern inland hinterland in the historical Croatian region of Dalmatia. The name ''zagora'' means "beyond (the) hills", which is a reference to the fact that it is t ...

which were occupied by 1573 from Bukovica.

Geography

Bukovica is a small plateau region about 250 to 300 meters above sea level. The karst landscape covers most of the region up to the

Zrmanja Zrmanja (, it, Zermagna) is a river in southern Lika and northern Dalmatia, Croatia. It is long and its basin covers an area of . It was known to the ancient Romans as ''Tedanius''. The spring of Zrmanja is located in southern part of Lika unde ...

valley.

Towns and villages

Bukovica covers a triangular area between the towns of

Benkovac Benkovac () is a town in the interior of Zadar County, Croatia. Geography Benkovac is located where the plain of Ravni Kotari and the karstic plateau of Bukovica meet, 20 km from the town of Biograd na Moru and 30 km from Zadar. Th ...

, Obrovac, and

Knin Knin (, sr, link=no, Книн, it, link=no, Tenin) is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagr ...

. The region includes the municipalities of Jasenice,

Ervenik Ervenik ( sr-Cyrl, Ервеник) is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. There were 1,105 inhabitants in 2011, and 97.19% of the population are Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous S ...

Kistanje Kistanje ( hr, Kistanje, hr, sr-Cyrl, Кистање) is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. Geography Kistanje is located in the microregion of Bukovica, in Zagora. Kistanje is from county seat Šibenik, from Kni ...

, and

Lišane Ostrovičke Lišane Ostrovičke is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County. According to the 2001 census, there are 764 inhabitants, 93% of which are Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share ...

History

Geography

Towns and villages

See also

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