Kula Atlagića (Serbian Cyrillic: Кула Атлагић) is a settlement in the Benkovac municipality, in the Zadar County in Croatia. It is located in the Ravni Kotari region of Dalmatia. The settlement is inhabited by ethnic Serbs.
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Geography
Administratively part of the Benkovac municipality in the Zadar County, it is geographically located in the Ravni Kotari region of Dalmatia, in the central part of the country. It is situated 2km northwest of Benkovac by the road to Smilčić, on the edge of Bukovica and Ravni Kotari.
History
The settlement received its name from the feudal family Atlagić, which during the Ottoman period built a tower house (kula) here.
During the Croatian War (1991–95) the settlement was part of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a Serb break-away state.
Culture
There is an old Serbian Orthodox church dedicated to St. Nicholas, built in 1446, a newer Serbian church, and a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St. Peter, in the settlement.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, there were 184 inhabitants. In 2001 that number was 151. In 1991, the settlement had a total population of 913, out of whom Serbs were 855, Croats 43, Yugoslavs 11, and others and unknown 4.