page_title: Minefields in Croatia
section_title: Existing minefields
hierarchical_section_title: Minefields in Croatia / Existing minefields
caption_attribution_description: English: Table information about mines near Žitnić, Croatia
context_page_description: Minefields in Croatia cover 351.00 square kilometres of territory. As of 2019, the minefields are located in 54 cities and municipalities within 8 counties. These areas are thought to contain approximately 31,000 land mines, in addition to unexploded ordnance left over from the Croatian War of Independence. Land mines were used extensively during the war by all sides in the conflict; about 1.5 million were deployed. They were intended to strengthen defensive positions lacking sufficient weapons or manpower, but played a limited role in the fighting.
  After the war 13,000 square kilometres of territory was initially suspected to contain mines, but this estimate was later reduced to 1,174 square kilometres after physical inspection. As of 2013 demining programmes were coordinated through governmental bodies such as the Croatian Mine Action Centre, which was hiring private demining companies employing 632 deminers. The areas are marked with 12,280 warning signs.
  As of 4 April 2013, 509 people had been killed and 1,466 injured by land mines in Croatia since the war; with these figures including 60 deminers and seven Croatian Army engineers killed during demining operations.
context_section_description: As of 26 February 2019, there were 351.00 square kilometres (135.52 square miles) of Croatian territory suspected to contain land mines. These areas are located in 9 counties and 54 cities and municipalities. They are thought to contain approximately 31,000 land mines, as well as unexploded ordnance left over from the Croatian War of Independence. Areas suspected to contain land mines are marked with more than 12,000 warning signs. Areas thought to contain unexploded ordnance (but no land mines) are marked with 409 warning signs. Suspected minefields are primarily located in forests (62 percent); the remainder are on agricultural land (26 percent), karst and shrubland (12 percent).
caption: Standard minefield sign
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