Baljci
Baljci is an uninhabited village in the Dalmatian hinterland, southeast of Knin in the Šibenik-Knin County. Baljci lies underneath the Svilaja mountain and near the source of the river Čikola.
Baljci | |
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Village | |
  Baljci Location of Baljci in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 43°49′N 16°18′E | |
| County | Šibenik-Knin County |
| Municipality | Ružić |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 2 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
The population of the municipality was 470 in 1991, with 453 (96.38%) declaring themselves Serbs. The village was part of the Drniš municipality before the Yugoslav Wars. As a Serbian village, it became part of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. Since US MPRI and Croats action Operation Storm the village of Baljci is uninhabited, with its former residents and their descendants scattered all over the world.
Culture
The village krsna slava (Serbian Orthodox patron saint veneration) was that of St. John the Baptist (Jovanjdan), on July 7. The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist was built in 1730.
Anthropology
Families
Families that lived in the village prior to 1991.
- Arambašić, Serbs, slava of St. Nicholas (Nikoljdan)
- Bašić, Serbs, Nikoljdan
- Bešević, Serbs, Nikoljdan
- Bibić, Serbs, slave Sv. Nikola
- Vidović, Croats
- Džaleta, Serbs, Nikoljdan
- Gegić, Serbs, slava of Lazarus Saturday (Lazareva Subota)
- Gligorić, Serbs, slava of St. George (Đurđevdan)
- Gugić, Croats
- Gutić, Serbs, Đurđevdan
- Janković, Serbs, Lazareva Subota
- Jošić, Serbs, Lazareva Subota
- Klisurić, Serbs, Lazareva Subota
- Milanković, Serbs, Lazareva Subota
- Mudrić, Serbs,
- Obradović, Serbs, Nikoljdan
- Poplašen, Serbs,
- Radomilović, Serbs, Đurđevdan
- Romac, Serbs,
- Tarlać, Serbs, Nikoljdan
- Tetek, Serbs, Nikoljdan
- Tošić, Serbs, Đurđevdan