Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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	Location of Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Location of Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Coordinates: 43°39′N 17°45′E / 43.65°N 17.75°E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
	Government
• Municipality president	salem Dedić (SDA)
	Area
• Total	301 km2 (116 sq mi)
	Population
• Total	13,030
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 36
Website	Official Website

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Neretva Bridge, destroyed during the Fourth enemy offensive and recreated for the 1969 film, "The Battle of Neretva."

Jablanica is a town and municipality of the same name in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is situated on the Neretva river and Jablanica lake. Jablanica is a part of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.

[edit] Geography

The mean elevation of Jablanica is 202 metres (663 ft) above sea level. Some 69% of the municipalities 301 km² (116 sq mi) of area is forested. The Jablanica lake is an important geographical as well as economic presence in Jablanica.

[edit] Settlements

• Baćina • Bijela • Čehari • Čivelj • Djevor • Dobrigošće • Dobrinja • Doljani • Donja Jablanica • Donje Paprasko • Dragan Selo • Glodnica • Glogošnica • Gornje Paprasko • Jablanica • Jelačići • Kosne Luke • Krstac • Lendava • Lug • Mirke • Mrakovo • Ostrožac • Poda • Ravna • Risovac • Rodići • Slatina • Sovići • Šabančići • Šanica • Zlate i Žuglići.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

10.938 total

Muslims - 7.429 (67,91%)
Croats - 2.511 (22,95%)
Serbs - 698 (6,38%)
Yugoslavs - 124 (1,13%)
others - 176 (1,63%)

[edit] 1991

In the 1991 census, there were 12,664 inhabitants of the Jablanica municipality: 9,136 were Bosniaks (72.14%), 2,253 Croats (17.79%), 573 Yugoslavs (4.52%), 504 Serbs (3.98%), 198 others (1.56%). The town of Jablanica itself had 5,049 inhabitants with 68% Bosniaks, 15% Croats, 4% Serbs 9% Yugoslavs and 3 % others.

[edit] 2005

No official census has been held since 1991 however in 2005 the municipality poulation was estimated at 13,030.

In 2005, 96% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.

[edit] History

During the Battle of the Neretva in 1943, Jablanica was the site of a successful raid by a group of Partisans led by Josip Broz Tito. A rail bridge was blown over the river while a train was in the middle of crossing. There is a park and monument commemorating this action at the site. The bridge section and the locomotive can still be seen in the river gorge.