Lika

Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass. Today most of the territory of Lika (Brinje, Donji Lapac, Gospić, Lovinac, Otočac, Perušić, Plitvička Jezera, Udbina and Vrhovine) is part of Lika-Senj County. Josipdol, Plaški and Saborsko are part of Karlovac County and Gračac is part of Zadar County, and it takes up about 12% of Croatia's land area.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Lika
Settlement.settlement_type: Historical region
Settlement.image_map: Lika i Ličko primorje.jpg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Counties
Settlement.subdivision_name: (79%) (14%) (7%)
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Country
Settlement.seat_type: Largest city
Settlement.seat: Gospić
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 6767.4
Settlement.population_total: 50927
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Total % of Croatia
Settlement.population_blank1: 1.19%
Settlement.population_blank2_title: Ethnic groups
Settlement.population_blank2: Croats 84.15%Serbs 13.65%
Settlement.population_demonym: Licaners

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Area: 5000
Image: Croatia-Lika.png

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History
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From the 15th century
Kingdom of Yugoslavia to SFRY
Croatian War of Independence
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{{Infobox settlement | name = Lika | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Historical region | image_map = Lika i Ličko primorje.jpg | map_caption = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Counties | subdivision_name = (79%) (14%) (7%) | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = Largest city | seat = Gospić | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = Lika then became a part of the Kingdom of Croatia in 925, when Duke Tomislav of the Croats received the crown and became King of Croatia.

The name of Lika is derived from old Illyrian language, meaning "body of water"; its cognates are liquor ("fluid") in Latin and liqén ("lake") in modern Albanian. Indeed, a major feature of the Lika landscape are rivers and lakes, as well as marshes and floodplains, many of which have been drained in 18th to 20th centuries. The name initially referred to Lika River, and over time came to denote the region. The first mention of Lika as a toponym appears in 10th-century Constantine Porphyrogenitus' book De Administrando Imperio as , in a chapter dedicated to Croats and the organisation of their state, describing how their ban "has under his rule Krbava, Lika and Gacka".