Begovac

On 10 April 1941, while the Royal Yugoslav Army was withdrawing south by a passenger train, while stopped at Blato the Regia Aeronautica bombed the train, resulting in many dead and wounded. The villagers helped transport the wounded to the hospital in Ogulin: major Tihomir Oklobdžija, farmer Pavao Kostelac and the conductor Matija Pintar.{{cite journal |date=2011-12-01 |first=Filip |last=Škiljan |title=Teror ustaškog režima nad srpskim stanovništvom na području kotareva Vrbovsko, Delnice i Ogulin u proljeće i ljeto 1941. godine |pages=343-372 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/76399 |journal=Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu: Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu |eissn=1849-0344 |volume=43 |issue=1 |language=hr |trans-title=Terror of the Ustasha Regime against the Serbian Population in the Territory of the Vrbovsko, Delnice and Ogulin Districts in the Spring and Summer 1941}}{{rp|347}}

On 4 July 1942, Partisans destroyed {{convert|450|m|ft}} of track between Blato and Lička Jesenica. Italian soldiers arrived from Plaški on an armoured train and the Partisans retreated.{{sfn|Trgo|1964|p=390}}

On 1–7 and 8 September, Partisans destroyed about {{convert|8|km|mi}} of railway between the Blato-Lička Jesenica and Javornik{{efn|Opposite Saborsko.}} stations. They burned 4 railway guardposts between Blato and Lička Jesenica and destroyed the water pump in Lička Jesenica. Italian railway guard troops engaged the Partisans in a 2 day battle. The Partisans killed 1 and wounded 8. After the Partisans left, it was estimated the repairs would take several days.{{sfn|Trgo|1964|p=444}}

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According to the 2011 census,{{Croatian Census 2011|S|04|3786}} the village of Begovac has 16 inhabitants. This represents 9.20% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.

The 1991 census Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine. recorded that 99.43% of the village population were ethnic Serbs (173/174) and 0.57% were of other ethnic origin (1/174).

{{Kretanje broja stanovnika

|naslov = Historical population 1857-2011 {{Croatian Census 2011|S|04|3786}}[https://web.dzs.hr/ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr]

|dimx = 550

|dimy =

|stanmax = 320

|crta1 = 100

|crta2 = 50

|a1 = 1857

|a2 = 1869

|a3 = 1880

|a4 = 1890

|a5 = 1900

|a6 = 1910

|a7 = 1921

|a8 = 1931

|a9 = 1948

|a10 = 1953

|a11 = 1961

|a12 = 1971

|a13 = 1981

|a14 = 1991

|a15 = 2001

|a16 = 2011

|p1 = 167

|p2 = 254

|p3 = 259

|p4 = 300

|p5 = 296

|p6 = 238

|p7 = 234

|p8 = 310

|p9 = 296

|p10 = 281

|p11 = 256

|p12 = 218

|p13 = 185

|p14 = 174

|p15 = 25

|p16 = 16

|izvor = Croatian Bureau of Statistics

}}

:NOTE: Known as Begovac Plaščanski until 1991 census, and Begovac from 2001 census on

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• Saborsko massacre

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• {{cite book |date=1964 |editor-first=Fabijan |editor-last=Trgo |title=Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o Narodno-oslobodilačkom ratu Jugoslovenskih naroda |volume=V,32 |url=https://znaci.org/zb/4_5_32.htm}}

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Category:Populated places in Karlovac County

Category:Serb communities in Croatia

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