Sinac

Sinac is a village near Otočac, Croatia. In the 2011 census, it had 563 inhabitants. in the 2021 census it had 498 inhabitants

Geography
It has an elevation of about 450 meters and a total area of about 37.4 kilometers2 above sea level and is located southeast of Otočac.

History
In July 2023, a monument to the people of Sinca who died in the Homeland War was unveiled in the town: Mate Laškarin died in 1991 in Drenovo Klanac as a member of the MUP reserve, Zoran Dubravčić in 1992 in Otočac as a member of the 2nd Battalion, 133rd Brigade of the HV, Milan Mravinac in 1993 in Sinac as a member of the Sinac ZNG Company, Božo Tonković in 1994 in Udol Sinac as a member of the Artillery-Rocket Division of the 133rd Brigade, and in the same unit was Zvonko Dubravčić, who was killed on August 4, 1995 in Sinac. ..

Demographics and Population by Year

 * 2021 – 489
 * 2011 – 563
 * 2001 – 630
 * 1991 – 1041 (Croats - 1037, Others - 4)
 * 1981 – 1044 (Croats - 1037, Yugoslavs - 3, Serbs - 1, Others - 3)
 * 1971 – 1142 (Croats - 1135, Serbs - 4, Others - 3)

Famous people

 * Mate Šepo Nikšić, folk poet
 * Josip Sarkotić
 * Stjepan Sarkotić, Croatian general of the Austro-Hungarian army