Glamoč

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Glamoč
Гламоч
Location of Glamoč within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Glamoč is located in Bosnia
Glamoč
Location of Glamoč
Coordinates: 44°03′N 16°51′E / 44.05°N 16.85°E / 44.05; 16.85
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 - Municipality president Radovan Marković (SNSD)
Population (2003 census)
 - Total 4,981
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +387 34
Website http://www.glamoc.com
Glamoč

Glamoč (Serbian Cyrillic: Гламоч) is a town and municipality of the same name in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is in Canton 10, in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

16.979 total

[edit] 1991

In 1991 the population of the municipality was 12,421. The ethnic makeup was as follows:

The town itself had a population of 8,635, of which:

[edit] 2003

There has not been a population census since the war. However, it is known that Bosnian Serbs are a majority in the municipality. In 2003, after the war, the population was estimated to be less than 5000. NATO sources say that 3500 serbs had returned by 2003 and some 700 Bosniaks. There are also 700 Bosnian Croats there.

Estimation: 4,981 total

  • 3,387 Bosnian Serbs
  • 802 Bosnian Croats
  • 792 Bosniaks

Data source for 2003 [1]

[edit] 2008

Recent published data [2] indicates that there are 5,900 people living in Glamoc.

  • Bosnian Serbs – 4,000 (67.80%)
  • Bosnian Croats – 1,000 (16.95%)
  • Bosniaks – 900 (15.25%)

[edit] History

During the Bosnian war, Glamoc was part of Republika Srpska. However in 1995 Croatian Armed Forces took control of it, and has since then been a part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.nato.int/sfor/media/2003/ms030319t.htm
  2. ^ http://www.glamoc.com/stanovnistvo.html
  3. ^ http://www.nato.int/sfor/media/2003/ms030319t.htm

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 44°03′N 16°51′E / 44.05°N 16.85°E / 44.05; 16.85