List of minefields in Croatia
As of November 2022, minefields in Croatia cover 171.4 square kilometres (66.2 square miles) of territory. The minefields (usually known as "mine suspected areas" or MSA) are located in 6 counties and 29 cities and municipalities. These areas are thought to contain approximately c.13,588 land mines, in addition to unexploded ordnance left over from the Croatian War of Independence.[1][2]
The area suspected of containing land mines is marked using more than 8,022 warning signs. Based on the analysis of the area structure in MSAs, at the end of 2020, after the demining, technical survey and general and supplementary general survey, it was determined that 98.7% of MSAs are forests and forest areas, while 1.1% MSAs of the Republic of Croatia are agricultural land, and 0.2% of MSAs are categorized as "other areas" (water, wetlands, rocks, landslides, rocks, shores, etc.).[3][4]
| County | 1 January 2021 | 1 January 2022 | Demining plan in 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bjelovar-Bilogora | Demined in 2005[5] | ||
| Brod-Posavina | Demined in 2018[6] | ||
| Dubrovnik-Neretva | Demined in 2014[5][7] | ||
| Karlovac | 42.2 (16.3) | 38.1 (14.7) | −19.6 (−7.6) |
| Lika-Senj | 93.0 (35.9) | 86.7 (33.5) | −13.6 (−5.3) |
| Osijek-Baranja | 17.6 (6.8) | 11.1 (4.3) | −3.9 (−1.5) |
| Požega-Slavonia | Demined in 2022[8] | ||
| Sisak-Moslavina | 42.2 (16.3) | 34.8 (13.4) | −8.7 (−3.4) |
| Split-Dalmatia | 19.2 (7.4) | 18.1 (7.0) | −2.5 (−0.97) |
| Šibenik-Knin | 12.6 (4.9) | 9.3 (3.6) | −1.3 (−0.50) |
| Virovitica-Podravina | Demined in 2014[5] | ||
| Vukovar-Syrmia | Demined in 2016[5][9] | ||
| Zadar | Demined in 2021[2] | ||
| Zagreb | Demined in 2005[5] | ||
| Total | 239.4 (92.4) | 204.4 (78.9) | −55.9 (−21.6) |
References
- "Minska situacija u RH" [Mine situation in Croatia]. Ravnateljstvo civilne zaštite (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Svečano obilježen završetak razminiranja Zadarske županije" [The demining of the Zadar County was solemnly marked]. Ministarstvo unuratnjih poslova (in Croatian). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Izvješće o provedbi plana protuminskog djelovanja i utrošenim financijskim sredstvima za 2021. godinu" [Report on the implementation of the mine action plan and the financial resources spent for 2021] (PDF). Hrvatski sabor (in Croatian). Croatian Government. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "117. sjednica Vlade Republike Hrvatske" [117th Session of the Government of the Republic of Croatia]. Vlada Republike Hrvatske (in Croatian). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Mjesec zaštite od mina: U Hrvatskoj još uvijek veliki broj zaostalih eksplozija iz rata" [Mine Protection Month: Croatia still has a large backlog of war explosions]. Hrvatski crveni križ (in Croatian). 4 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Brodsko-posavska županija slobodna od mina: Pronađeno i uništeno 1700 komada eksplozivnih ostataka rata" [Brod-Posavina County free of mines: 1,700 explosive remnants of war found and destroyed]. Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Miličić Vukosavić, Nila (28 June 2014). "Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija očišćena od mina" [Dubrovnik-Neretva County cleared of mines]. HRT (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Pejaković, Mateo (21 November 2022). "Požeško-slavonska županija je od danas i službeno bez mina" [As of today, Požega-Slavonia County is officially mine-free]. požeški.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- "Vukovarsko-srijemska županija u cijelosti očišćena od mina" [Vukovar-Srijem County completely cleared of mines]. Vukovarsko-srijemska županija (in Croatian). 17 February 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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