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Kozara (Козара) is a mountain in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region, bounded by the Sava River to the north, the Vrbas to the east, the Sana to the south, and the Una to the west. Its tallest peak is Lisina (978 m). In 1942 Kozara was the site of the Kozara Offensive, part of the Yugoslav National Liberation War and Partisan resistance during World War II.
Kožara ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кожара) is a river island (ada) in Serbia, located on the left bank of the Danube. It is part of the Belgrade City proper and belongs to the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.
Kožara is a triangularly shaped island, located in the Banat section of the municipality of Palilula between the Danube and the Jojkićev Dunavac canal, ending section of the Vizelj stream in Pančevački Rit (Jojkić's Little Danube, named so after the former mayor of Belgrade, Đurica Jojkić). Kožara covers an area of 0.44 km² and the name is Serbian for the leather (island).
The island is floodable, completely covered with forest and without permanent population. On the Jojkićev Dunavac's mouth into the Danube, across Kožara, a weekend-settlement of Mika Alas is located. There are several permanent elongated bogs on the island.
It represents an oasis of undisturbed natural life even though it is only 600 meters away from the old core of Belgrade (the neighborhood of Dorćol, right across the Danube). Despite this, in 2005 Belgrade City government announced that Kožara is the most likely site of the future much enlarged semi-artificial island envisioned as the twin-island of the Veliko Ratno Ostrvo, also on the Danube, but some 800 meters to the southwest. Unlike Veliko Ratno Ostrvo which is protected by the law and any human interference is prohibited, future Kožara (probably with changed name; temporary name for the time being is Čaplja) is projected as the island- aqua park and major tourist attraction. However, as of August 2006 no work has begun on this project.
Kozara is a 1962 Yugoslav film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is a well known film of the partisan film subgenre which was popular in Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s and it depicts events surrounding the Battle of Kozara.
It won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1962 Pula Film Festival, the Yugoslav national film awards. The film was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize. It was also selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Kozara may refer to:
- Kozara, mountain in western Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Kozara National Park, national park established in 1967 in the area around the Kozara mountain
- Battle of Kozara (also known as Operation West-Bosnien), World War II battle between the Yugoslav partisans and Axis forces at the mountain
- Kozara (film), 1962 Yugoslav film about the Battle of Kozara
- FK Kozara, association football club based in Gradiška in northwestern Bosnia
- Kozara, barracks in Banjaluka
It may also refer to:
- Kožara, island on the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia
Kozara is a village in the municipality of Gradiška, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.