Bobota, Croatia

Bobota
Бобота (Serbian)
World War II memorial
Galium verum Midsummer wreath
Elementary School
Bobota
Bobota
Bobota
Coordinates: 45°23′45″N 18°51′19″E / 45.395934°N 18.855382°E / 45.395934; 18.855382
Country Croatia
RegionSlavonia (Podunavlje)
County Vukovar-Syrmia
MunicipalityTrpinja
Government
  BodyLocal Committee
Area
  Total
34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
1,202
  Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Boboćanin () Boboćanka ()
(per grammatical gender)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
32 225 Bobota
Vehicle registrationVU
Official languagesCroatian, Serbian

Bobota (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобота) is a village in the Municipality of Trpinja in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. Regional Bobota Canal, the first major water management project in modern-day Croatia in the post-Roman Empire period, was named after the village.

According to 2011 Census Bobota, had a population of 1,491 inhabitants. Bobota is centrally located within the municipality and is its largest settlement with its total population just marginally ahead of Trpinja. The village is located south of the D2 road and part of the Osijek Airport plot, including a part of the runway, is within its cadastral boundaries. The village is also located centrally in the triangle of the nearby cities of Osijek, Vukovar and Vinkovci.