Lukavac

For other places with the same name, see Lukavac (disambiguation).

Lukavac Лукавац
—  Municipality  —
Location of Lukavac within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lukavac Location of Lukavac
Coordinates: 44°33′N 18°31′E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	The Federation
Canton	Tuzla Canton
Government
• Municipality president	Dževad Mujkić (SDA)
Population
• Total	60,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 35
Website	http://www.lukavac.ba

Lukavac is a town and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is the seat of a municipality within the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Geography

Lukavac covers an area of 352,66 km2. It shares borders with municipalities: of Tuzla, Živinice, Banovići, Zavidovići, Maglaj, Petrovo, Gračanica and Srebrenik.

Apart from the town, the municipality comprises the following villages: Babice Donje • Babice Gornje • Berkovica • Bikodže • Bistarac Donji • Bistarac Gornji • Bokavići • Borice • Brijesnica Donja • Brijesnica Gornja • Caparde • Cerik • Crveno Brdo • Devetak • Dobošnica • Gnojnica • Huskići • Jaruške Donje • Jaruške Gornje • Kalajevo • Komari • Krtova • Kruševica • Lukavac • Lukavac Gornji • Mičijevići • Milino Selo • Modrac • Orahovica • Poljice • Prline • Prokosovići • Puračić • Smoluća Donja • Smoluća Gornja • Semići • Sižje • Stupari • Šikulje • Tabaci • Tumare • Turija • Vasiljevci • Vijenac

Demographics

1971

51.781 total

• Bosniaks - 34.010 (65,68%)
• Serbs - 13.526 (26,12%)
• Croats - 3.111 (6,00%)
• Yugoslavs - 613 (1,18%)
• others - 521 (1,02%)

1991

In the 1991 census, Lukavac municipality had 56,830 residents:

• 66,8% Bosniaks,
• 21,5% Serbs,
• 3,8% Croats,
• and 8% others.

Current population

Today, the municipality of Lukavac has roughly 60 000 residents while the town of Lukavac has some 16,000 residents.

In 2005, 87% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.

Economy

Lukavac has strong chemical industry, like the whole Tuzla region. The main factories are Soda Lukavac, member of Turkish Şişecam group and cement factory Fabrika Cementa Lukavac (FCL).

Sport

The town's football club is FK Radnički Lukavac. There is also Judo Club "GARD" Lukavac [1]

Notable residents

• Amir Osmanović, footballer

External links

• Official site
• Novosti iz Lukavca
• Škola stranih jezika the West u Lukavcu
• Dean Ibrahimagić - stalni sudski tumač za engleski jezik u Lukavcu
• Lukavac Danas - nezavisni medij iz Lukavca
• Lokalna radio-televizijska stanica
• Izrada reklama Lukavac