Situated on the banks of the Danube river, it shares its border with Serbia and the municipality of Bač on the opposite side.

Despite functioning independently as a municipality in its own right, Borovo is closely related with the neighbouring town of Vukovar.

This volatile atmosphere culminated in the 1991 Battle of Borovo Selo, one of the first armed clashes in the conflict which became known as the Croatian War of Independence.

Borovo became a part of the self-proclaimed unrecognized SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia within the self-declared proto-state Republic of Serbian Krajina until 1995.

[7] The territory of the municipality is almost completely flat as it is located in Pannonian Plain, and it consist of fertile black soil adequate for the agricultural production of crops.

[7] Per 2011 census, settlement itself was by population larger than some of the towns in Croatia with notable examples being Krapina, Pazin, Glina or Senj.

[9] In 1935 Borovo even included and airfield and Yugoslav airliner Aeroput connected the town with regular flights to Belgrade and Zagreb.

[11] The company produced everything from shoe polish to shoeboxes and was selling its products across the former Yugoslavia through the 620 local Borovo shops.

[11] On 31 of March 1991 Serbian National Council of Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (body established on 7 of January 1991) organized a meeting in Borovo where it declared unification of the SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia with Vojvodina calling for an urgent extraordinary meeting of the Assembly of Vojvodina and National Assembly of Serbia to confirm the decision.

[12] The return of Goran Hadžić from the prison in Zagreb temporarily deescalated situation with most of road barricades being removed till the end of the first week of April.

[14] On 1 of May 1991 elderly Serb resident of Bršadin was killed by his Hungarian neighbour with media reporting that the murderer was a member of HDZ leading to blockade of the D55 road despite victim's family calls against it.

[15] Serbian media reported that the victim worn Serbian tricolor and was murdered by a Croat while at the same night 2 Croatian policemen were taken hostages in Borovo in the event which will next day lead to the Battle of Borovo Selo leading to the direct involvement of the Yugoslav People's Army in the conflict in the region.

Twelve Croatian policemen and one Serb paramilitary were killed in the battle before the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) units from Osijek intervened and stopped the fighting.

[19] On June 25, 1991, at the same day as the Socialist Republic of Croatia declared its withdrawal from Yugoslavia, a self-proclaimed Serbian Autonomous Oblast SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia was established.

After the fall of Republic of Serbian Krajina rump Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia remained as a short-lived Serb parallel entity.

[20][8] Second largest ethnic group were Croats (332) and there was also number of individuals who declared as follows: Ukrainians (8), Slovenians (2), Slovaks (23), Pannonian Rusyns (10), Russians (2), Romani (12), Poles (2), Germans (4), Macedonians (2), Hungarians (22), Czechs (3), Montenegrins (11), Bosniaks (14), Albanians (5) and others.

[8] About 100 individuals from younger generation left the village since the end of the war in search for a job in countries such as England, Norway, Australia and Canada.

Beginning in 1941 and during the World War II in Yugoslavia the Novo Borovo, a local factory weekly, published a section in German language called "Kamerad.

[27] Borovo is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.

[28] Croatian War of Independence and transformation from socialist economic system into capitalism lead to deindustrialization in the Borovo municipality.

Huge part of the population reoriented themselves to the work in agriculture while the smaller section started small private businesses.

In 1936, the new building was officially opened under the name of State Folk School of Knight King Alexander First Unifier.

[31] "Branislav Nušić" Cultural and Artistic Society, established in 1951 and reinitiated in 1996, has four sections: folklore, art, drama recitation and tamburitza with about 200 active members.

[31] Association of Serbs of Ozren and Posavina was established in 2009 bringing together post-World War II settlers who moved to the village from 1953 onwards.

[31] Association collaborate with partner organizations from Petrovo, Derventa, Bosanski Brod and other locations in Republika Srpska and the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[32] Jovica Sremac Punoš was a club's player that played in Serbian First League in 1939/1940 season, just before World War II.

[32] General Consul of Serbia in Vukovar Nataša Kelezić, Milorad Pupovac, Mile Horvat, Vojislav Stanimirović and Dragan Crnogorac attended the match.