Open AccessMigrations and origin of the population in the Jadar region - western Serbia
Author(s) -
D Mirko Grcic
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
glasnik srpskog geografskog društva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-078X
pISSN - 0350-3593
DOI - 10.2298/gsgd0401041g
Subject(s) - serbian , turkish , refugee , population , geography , ottoman empire , ancient history , empire , turkish population , history , economic geography , demography , political science , archaeology , sociology , law , politics , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry , chemistry , genotype , gene
Complete population of Jadar region was disturbed by migrations and re-migrations during the 18th and 19th century. Great majority of the population do not originate from Jadar, but represent a kind of "complex", population settled in certain historical circumstances from different Serbian regions. That was influenced by transit and border location of the Jadar region between Turkish and Austrian Empires in the 18th century, and between Serbia and Turkish Empire in the 19th century. Considerable number of refugees was settled in this area from the war-affected Bosnia and Croatia in the late 20th century. The paper statistically analyzes the origin and migrations of the population