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![[Municipaity flag]](../images/h/hr-sk-dk.gif)
Flag of Donji Kukuruzari - Image by Željko Heimer, 1 June 2013
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The municipality of Donji Kukuruzari (2,047 inhabitants in 2001) is located some 30 km south of Sisak. The municipality is made of 15 villages. The largest of them is not the village of Donji Kukuruzari (226 inh., municipal seat) but the village of Donja Velešnja (358 inh.). About 20% of the population are Serbs.
The village of Umetić (124 inh.) is the birth place of Feldmarshal Svetozar Borojević von Bojna (1856-1920), the highest ranking Croat in the Austrian-Hungarian military, who was leading the Austrian-Hungarian forces in the First World War on the Italian front.
Željko Heimer, 24 May 2008
The symbols of Donji Kukuruzari were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.
The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 12 April 2009
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Coat of arms of Donji Kukuruzari - Image by Željko Heimer, 1 June 2013
The coat of arms of Donji Kukuruzari (poster Likovna rješenja službenih grbova odobrena od Ministarstva uprave a na temelju pozitivne ocjene od Povjerenstva za odobrenje grba i zastave, Heraldic Art, Rijeka, 2006) is "Gules a braided basket or and in chief two maize ears also or". The maize (Croatian, kukuruz) cobs make the arms canting canting.
Željko Heimer, 12 April 2009