Kukujevci
Village in Vojvodina, Serbia
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Kukujevci (Serbian Cyrillic: Кукујевци) is a village located in the municipality of Šid, Srem District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 1,955 inhabitants.
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Kukujevci
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| Coordinates: 45°04′N 19°20′E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| Region | Syrmia |
| District | Srem |
| Municipality | Šid |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.70 km2 (12.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,955 |
| • Density | 59.79/km2 (154.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 22 224 |
Name
The name of the village in Serbian is plural.
History
Prior to the Yugoslav Wars, the population of the village was 89% Croat.[3] During the Yugoslav Wars and particularly as a spillover from the Croatian War of Independence local Croat community in Kukujevci was exposed to harassment and persecution by Serbian nationalists leading to community's expulsion from the village.[4] As a consequence of the war demographic structure of the village is today almost entirely different with 90% of population being ethnic Serbs, mostly Serb refugees who left after the collapse of the self-proclaimed SAO Western Slavonia or from other parts of Croatia.[5] The new Serbian population has sought to rename the village to Lazarevo.[6]
