Gornja Ploča is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the Lika-Senj County

Lika-Senj County

Lika-Senj county is a county in Croatia that includes most of the Lika region and some northern coastline of the Adriatic near the town of Senj, including the northern part of the Pag island...

, Croatia

Croatia

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. The settlement is administered as a part of Lovinac

Lovinac

Lovinac is a municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia.-Geography:The village is located on the fields of Lika , and is visited by more people, largely due to the new highway that has been built along the village...

 municipality.

Location

Gornja Ploča is placed between Gospić

Gospic

Gospić is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj county. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field....

 and Gračac. It is located 27 kilometers from Gospić, and 3,6 kilometers from the Zagreb-Split highway

A1 (Croatia)

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. Gornja Ploča is located on state road D522, that connects the highway with Udbina

Udbina

Udbina is a village and a municipality in the Lika region of Croatia. It is an administratively part of in the Lika-Senj county.-Geography:The village is located in the large karst field called Krbava...

 and Plitvice. From Lovinac is situated 8 km.

Population/Demographics

According to national census of 2001, population of the settlement is 22. The majority of the population are Serbs.

Year	Population
1857	1.163
1869	1.343
1880	1.287
1890	1.435
1900	1.555
1910	1.410
1921	1.452
1931	1.502
1948	996
1953	939
1961	924
1971	675
1981	494
1991	344
2001	22

Sources

• Gornja Ploča Lika