Otočac
Sign in to savethumb|Town of Otočac within the Lika-Senj County Otočac () is a town in Croatia, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. It lies in the northwestern part of Lika region, in the Gacka river valley. The population of the administrative area of the Town of Otočac was 9,778 in 2011, with 4,240 in Otočac itself, the majority of whom were Croats (91%).
Key facts
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- Otočac
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- Grad Otočac Town of Otočac
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- Town
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- Zeleni parku Otočcu.JPG
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- Park in Otočac
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- Logo Cuidad de Otocac.gif
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- yes
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- 9
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- Croatia
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- Location of Otočac within Croatia
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- Country
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- Region
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- Mountainous Croatia(Lika, Gacka)
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- County
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- border|23px Lika-Senj
- Settlement.leader_party
- Independent
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Goran Bukovac
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thumb|Town of Otočac within the Lika-Senj County Otočac () is a town in Croatia, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. It lies in the northwestern part of Lika region, in the Gacka river valley. The population of the administrative area of the Town of Otočac was 9,778 in 2011, with 4,240 in Otočac itself, the majority of whom were Croats (91%).
==Name== The town Otočac (meaning "small island", surrounded by Gacka River) is known as Otocsán in Hungarian, Ottocio in Italian, and Ottocium in Latin. In historical sources, the name has been rendered as Ottochaz (German and English), Ottocaz (Italian and German), and Ottotschaz, Ottotschan, & Ottocsaz (German).
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