Eastern Slavonia

is also sometimes included) [http://www.croatiatouristcenter.com/maps/east_slavonia.gif] .

Due to its wide plains and rivers, the area is economically dependent on agriculture and light industry. The area suffered heavily during the Croatian War of Independence, being the prime battlefield of the war with the pivotal battle of Vukovar. Today, the area is economically ruined, although the Croatian government has offered various incentives for new industries - such as tax exemption - to jumpstart the recovery of the area.

See Slavonia for more details about geography, population, history and economics of the area.

History

lavonia

Slavonia ( _hr. Slavonija) is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the Drava river in the north, the Sava river in the south, and the Danube river in the east.

During the Croatian war of Independence

, when Serb paramilitary units executed over 250 civilians and wounded prisoners.

Parts under local Serb and JNA control became part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) as Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem and was designated by UNPROFOR peacekeeping forces as "Sector East".

Croatian operations that recaptured the rest of Serb-held Croatia did not target these parts of eastern Slavonia which remained under Serb control until 1995, when they agreed to peacefully reintegrate into Croatia by signing the Erdut Agreement, sponsored by the United Nations, that set up a transitional period during which the UNTAES peacekeepers would oversee the peaceful reintegration of this territory into Croatia. This process was completed in 1998.

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