Orahov Do

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Orahov Do (also Orahovi Do, Orovi Do, Cyrillic Орахов До; literal translation is "walnut dale") is a village in Ravno municipality Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is only a few kilometers away from the border with Croatia on the road from the Adriatic coast to Popovo polje.

Village is inhabited by Catholic Croats. In the 1991 census, the village had 42 residents, including:[1]

It is notable for having been the birthplace of a Dubrovnik trader Nikola Bošković, father of the famed astronomer Ruđer Bošković.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Demografija Trebinja - Nacionalni sastav po naseljenim mjestima, 1991., reproduction of the 1991 census data at the Bosnian Wikipedia

Coordinates: 42°49′41″N 17°55′37″E / 42.8281°N 17.9269°E / 42.8281; 17.9269

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