Bihać
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Bihać
Бихаћ | |
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Coat of arms of Bihać Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bihać within Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | The Federation |
| Canton | Una-Sana Canton |
| Government | |
| • Municipality president | Emdžad Galijašević (SDA) |
| Area | |
| • City | 163 km2 (63 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 900 km2 (300 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 43,007 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 61,186 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ZIP code | 77000 |
| Area code | +387 37 |
| Website | www |
Bihać (Cyrillic: Бихаћ; pronounced [bǐxaːt͡ɕ]) is a city on the River Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. It has 61,186 inhabitants.[2] Bihać is located in the Una-Sana Canton (Canton I) of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, municipality of Bihać had 56,621 residents, including:[3]
- Bosniaks - 49,550 (88.07%)
- Croats - 3,265 (5.8%)
- Serbs - 910 (1.61%)
- Others - 2,536 (4.5%)
Economy
The agricultural sector is significant, due to the large and fertile soil.[4]
Notable people
- Saša Matić, pop singer
- Alen Islamović, singer, lead vocalist of the bands Divlje Jagode and Bijelo Dugme
- Azra Kolaković, singer
- Džanan Musa, basketball player
- Irfan Ljubijankić, facial surgeon, classical music composer, politician and diplomat of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Borislav Stanković, former basketball player and coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991
- Safet Nadarević, footballer
- Zele Lipovača, leading member of the Bosnian hard rock band Divlje Jagode
- Zlatko Dedič, footballer
- Nihad Hasanović, writer and translator
- Faruk Šehić, poet
- Mersada Bećirspahić, former basketball player
- Mehmed Alajbegović, politician and lawyer
- Ferid Džanić, World War II Axis soldier (SS Handschar Division)
- Saša Radulović, Serbian engineer and politician
Settlements
- Bajrići
- Brekovica
- Bugar
- Ćukovi
- Doljani
- Donja Gata
- Dubovsko
- Gorjevac
- Grabež
- Grmuša
- Hrgar
- Izačić
- Jezero
- Kalati
- Kulen Vakuf
- Lohovo
- Lohovska Brda
- Mala Peća
- Mali Skočaj
- Međudražje
- Muslići
- Ostrovica
- Papari
- Praščijak
- Pritoka
- Račić
- Rajinovci
- Ripač
- Spahići
- Srbljani
- Velika Gata
- Veliki Skočaj
- Veliki Stjenjani
- Vikići
- Vrsta
- Zavalje i Zlopoljac
See also
- Siege of Bihać
- University of Bihać, opened in 1997
- NK Jedinstvo Bihać, local soccer club
Notes
- ^ World Gazetteer
- ^ "Saopstenje : Dirst Release" (PDF). Bhas.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ "Census of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013: Final results" (PDF). Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ Arnautovic, Marija (21 September 2012), Bosnian Town Preserves Coexistence Legacy: Bihać is one of the few places where conflict failed to drive a wedge between communities, vol. TRI Issue 757, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, retrieved 27 December 2015
References
- 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.
External links
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