Velika, Croatia

Velika (Hungarian: Velike) is a village and a municipality in the Požega Valley in Slavonia.

[4] Ethnic minorities in the municipality include the Serbs (220) and to a lesser extent people of Czech, Hungarian, German and Slovenian descent.

Colonist settlement of Požeški Aleksandrovac (later renamed Antunovac) was established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.

[5] Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.

[7] It was ruled by Ottoman Empire between 1532 and 1687 and again between 1690 and 1691 as part of Sanjak of Pojega before Austrian conquest.fy This Požega-Slavonia County geography article is a stub.

Coat of arms of Požega-Slavonia County
Coat of arms of Požega-Slavonia County