Gornji Humac
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Gornji Humac is a
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
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on the island of
Brač Brač is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, with an area of , making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide.D113 highway. On March 8, 1944, German troops executed 24 local men from the town of Gornji Humac, including the local parish priest. For this reason, Gornji Humac is the only place in Croatia where there is no celebration of the
International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive righ ...
on March 8.


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Brač Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub