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Bijakovići

Coordinates: 43°11′N 17°42′E / 43.183°N 17.700°E / 43.183; 17.700
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Bijakovići
Village
Bijakovići is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bijakovići
Bijakovići
Coordinates: 43°11′N 17°42′E / 43.183°N 17.700°E / 43.183; 17.700
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
CantonHerzegovina-Neretva
MunicipalityČitluk
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Bijakovići is a village in the municipality of Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

The village is within the area served by the Franciscans of Medjugorje. In 1981, Mount Podbrdo in Bijakovići was the site of the initial alleged apparitions of the image the visionairies referred to as Gospa.[2]

References

  1. ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
  2. ^ Herrero, Juan A. (1999). "Medjugorje: Ecclesiastical Conflict, Theological Controversy, Ethnic Division". In Joanne M. Greer, David O. Moberg (ed.). Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. Stamford, Connecticut: JAI Press. p. 139. ISBN 0762304839.

43°11′N 17°42′E / 43.183°N 17.700°E / 43.183; 17.700