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| Etymology:Croatian:turopolje,lit. 'aurochs field' | |
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| Country |  Croatia |
| Traditional capital | Velika Gorica |
| a Turopolje is not designated as an official region, it is ageographic region only. | |
Turopolje (Croatian pronunciation:[tûropoʎe]) is a region inCroatia between the capital cityZagreb andSisak. The administrative center of the Turopolje region is the town ofVelika Gorica.
Turopolje forms part ofPosavina, a region south of Zagreb bordering the right banks of theSava River on the east, and theVukomericke Gorice hills to the southwest. It extends across an alluvial plain 45 km in length and up to 23 km in width. The area of the region occupies an area of about 600 km2, with an average elevation of 110 m above sea level. Turopolje is divided into two halves by the riverOdra and its tributaryLomnica.
The nameTuropolje stems from the Croatian and Old Slavic wordTur 'aurochs' (Bos primigenius), a type of wild cattle present in the area during theMiddle Ages.
Velika Gorica is the largest settlement and is first mentioned asGorica in 1228. Other settlements include Mraclin (since prehistoric times), Staro Čiče (Bronze Age), Šćitarjevo (Roman empire), Lukavec (defense castle dating to the 15th century), Lekenik,Vukojevac, Peščenica, Buševec, Ogulinec, Vukovina, Poljana Lekenička and Brežana Lekenička.
The village ofVukojevac is currently in the middle of an environmental battle in order to reroute the proposed highway between Zagreb and Sisak.
There is a pig breed from the region named theTuropolje pig.
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