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{{Infobox settlement
| name               =
| official_name      = Dalj
| native_name        = {{native name|sr-Cyrl|Даљ|italics=off}}<ref name="Prijedlog izvještaja">{{cite web|url=https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/Report/PeriodicalReports/CroatiaPR5_hr.pdf | title=Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima | date=October 2013 | author=Government of Croatia | publisher=[[Council of Europe]] | page=36 | language=hr | access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref>
| settlement_type    = [[Settlement (Croatia)|Village]] ([[village#Slavic countries|Selo]])
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage|position=center
|photo1a =Milutin Milanković Center Dalj.jpg
|photo2a =Dalj-Даљ 04.jpg
|photo2b =Dalj-Даљ 05.jpg
|photo3a =Sjedište općine Erdut.jpg
|photo3b =Manastir u Dalj planini-Манастир у Даљској планини 06.jpg
|photo3c =Katolička crkva u Dalju.jpg
|photo4a =Elementary school in Dalj-Даљ.jpg
|photo4b =Srednja škola Dalj.jpg
|photo4c =Dalj-Даљ 02.jpg
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| image_caption      = Clockwise, from top: [[Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković"]], [[Danube]] riverfront, Roman Catholic church, [[Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja]], [[Dalj High School]], Dalj Elementary School, Municipal building, [[Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj]], central image: [[Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Dalj Planina]]
| pushpin_map        = Croatia Osijek-Baranja County#Croatia#Europe
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Dalj in Osijek-Baranja County
| pushpin_label      = Dalj
| coordinates        = {{coord|45|29|N|18|59|E|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Croatia}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Counties of Croatia|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Osijek-Baranja}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[Municipalities of Croatia|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Erdut]]
| governing_body     = Local Committee
| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 73.7
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m        =
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2021">{{Croatian Census 2021|S}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_total   = 2877
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban   =
| population_density_urban_km2 =
| population_demonym  = Daljac ([[Male|♂]]) Daljanka ([[Female|♀]])<br />
<small>(per [[grammatical gender]])</small>
| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset         = +1
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Croatia|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 31226
| area_code          = +385 31
| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of Croatia|OS]]
| blank_name_sec1    = Official languages
| blank_info_sec1    = [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]]<ref name="Prijedlog izvještaja">{{cite web|url=https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/Report/PeriodicalReports/CroatiaPR5_hr.pdf | title=Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima | date=October 2013 | author=Government of Croatia | publisher=[[Council of Europe]] | page=36 | language=hr | access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref>
}}
'''Dalj''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Даљ}},<ref name="Prijedlog izvještaja" /> {{langx|hu|Dálya}}, {{langx|de|Dallia}}, {{langx|la|Teutoburgium}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teutoburgium {{!}} Hrvatska enciklopedija |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=61079 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.enciklopedija.hr}}</ref>) is a village on the [[Danube]] in eastern [[Croatia]], near the confluence of the [[Drava]] and Danube, on the border with [[Serbia]]. It is located on the [[D519 (Croatia)|D519 road]], south of its intersection with the [[D213 road]] and the [[Vukovar]]–Erdut railway.
Administratively, it is a part of the municipality of [[Erdut]], [[Osijek-Baranja County]]. Although the namesake of the municipality is the Erdut village, Dalj is the largest settlement of the municipality and its administrative, cultural and economic center.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 25, 2001|title=Statute of the Municipality of Erdut|url=https://opcina-erdut.hr/dokumenti|access-date=November 24, 2020|language=hr}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Rodna kuća Milutina Milankovića.jpg|thumb|right|House in Dalj where [[Milutin Milanković]] was born]]
===Prehistory===
One [[Scordisci]] [[archaeological site]] in Dalj dating back to late [[La Tène culture]] was [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavated]] in the 1970s and 1980s as a part of [[Rescue archaeology|rescue excavations]] in eastern Croatia.<ref name="La Tène">{{cite journal |last1=Dizdar |first1=Marko |date=2016 |title=Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange. |url=https://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576%200x003437f9.pdf |journal= Boii - Taurisci: Proceedings of the International Seminar, Oberleis-Klement, June 14th-15th, 2012 |pages=31–48 |publisher=[[Austrian Academy of Sciences Press]] |access-date=22 January 2019 }}</ref> The archaeological site was a part of the settlement network of Scordisci in the area of [[Vinkovci]].<ref name="La Tène"/>
===Croatian War of Independence===
During the [[Croatian War of Independence]], the village became the site of the [[Dalj massacre]] - killing of 39 [[prisoners of war]] in August 1991. The prisoners were Croatian policemen, [[Croatian National Guard]] troops and [[Civil defence]]men and killed after the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] and [[List of Serbian paramilitary formations|Serbian paramilitaries]] captured Dalj on 1 August. [[Goran Hadžić]], [[Croatian Serb]] political leader at the time, was charged with [[war crime]]s by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) in relation to these atrocities.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Nova TV (Croatia)]]|url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ni-nakon-20-godina-za-pokolj-u-dalju-nitko-nije-osudzen.html|date=1 August 2011|language=hr|title=Ni nakon 20 godina od pokolja u Dalju nitko nije stao pred lice pravde|trans-title=Even after 20 years since the Dalj massacre, nobody was tried for the crime|author=Branimir Felger}}</ref>
The ICTY also charged Hadžić with illegal detention of hundreds of civilians in Dalj police station and a hangar near village's railway station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/hadzic/ind/en/had-ii040716e.htm|publisher=[[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]]|title=The Prosecutor of the Tribunal Against Goran Hadžić - Indictment|date=21 May 2004}}</ref> The detainees were beaten and otherwise physically abused.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Novi list]]|url=http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Svijet/Svjedok-na-sudenju-Hadzicu-o-mucenju-u-Dalju-Cigaretom-sam-palio-tetovazu-da-mi-ne-odsjeku-ruku|language=hr|title=Svjedok na suđenju Hadžiću o mučenju u Dalju: Cigaretom sam palio tetovažu da mi ne odsjeku ruku|trans-title=Witness at Hadžić Trial on Torture in Dalj: I Had to Burn off a Tattoo with a Cigarette, Otherwise They Would Cut off my Hand|date=16 October 2012|access-date=13 July 2013|archive-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821150518/http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Svijet/Svjedok-na-sudenju-Hadzicu-o-mucenju-u-Dalju-Cigaretom-sam-palio-tetovazu-da-mi-ne-odsjeku-ruku|url-status=dead}}</ref> After Hadžić was diagnosed with a terminal illness, his trial was discontinued in 2015. He died in July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ristic|first=Marija|date=13 July 2016|title=Croatian Serb Wartime Leader Goran Hadzic Dies|website=Balkan Insight|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2016/07/13/croatian-serb-wartime-leader-goran-hadzic-dies-07-13-2016/|accessdate=15 August 2021}}</ref>
==Demographics==
According to the 2011 census<ref>{{Cite web |last=Croatian Bureau of Statistics |date=2013 |title=2011 Census - Croatian Bureau of Statistics (Erdut Municipality) |url=https://web.dzs.hr/Hrv_Eng/publication/2012/SI-1469.pdf |website=Croatian Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> the Erdut municipality (part of which is Dalj) has a population of 7,308. The municipal population consists of [[Serbs of Croatia|Serbs]] (55.56%), [[Croats]] (37.96%) and [[Hungarians of Croatia|Hungarians]] (5.06%).
==Education==
===Secondary===
{{main article|Dalj High School}}
'''Dalj High School''' is public high school in Dalj. School offers students the following educational programs: Economist, Commercial Officer (in Serbian), Agricultural Technician and Agricultural Technician General.
==Notable natives and residents==
* [[Jovan Isailović Jr.]], 19th century painter
* [[Milutin Milanković]], Serbian scientist
* [[Vasilije Trbić]], Serbian [[Chetnik]] commander
* Časlav Ocić, Serbian economist and academician
* [[Danica Tomić]], the first woman pilot in Yugoslavia
* [[Alexander Cvijanović]], Yugoslav-American architect
==See also==
*[[Erdut]]
*[[Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković"]]
*[[Dalj High School]]
*[[Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj]]
*[[Dalj massacre]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Dalj}}
{{Erdut Municipality}}
{{Joint Council of Municipalities}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County]]
[[Category:Joint Council of Municipalities]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Danube]]
[[Category:Serb communities in Croatia]]
[[Category:Croatia–Serbia border]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Croatia]]
[[Category:La Tène culture]]