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Misoča

Coordinates: 43°57′N 18°17′E / 43.95°N 18.28°E / 43.95; 18.28
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Misoča
Village
Map of Misoča
Map of Misoča
Misoča is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Misoča
Misoča
Coordinates: 43°57′N 18°17′E / 43.95°N 18.28°E / 43.95; 18.28
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Sarajevo
MunicipalityIlijaš
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Misoča is one of the largest settlements of the Ilijaš Municipality, known in Bosnian as Naselje Misoča. It is the biggest community in the municipality of Ilijaš with 981[1] residents. Ethnically, the majority of the settlement consists of Bosniaks, numbering at 857 people, 121 are Serbs, 6 are Croats, 9 are classified as others.[citation needed] Otherwise, the community of Misoča is known as the place with the first organized Bosniak defense against local Serbs.

Misoča is the largest area in the municipality Ilijaš, Sarajevo Canton.[citation needed]

History

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Prior to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina,[when?] the settlement was separated into two parts: Donja Misoča and Gornja Misoča.[citation needed] Now,[when?] it is simply known as Misoča, with one local community – Misoča. Places in Misoča are: Bare, Dedići, Glavica, Matorugin Han, Katane, Misoča, Mlini, Pušine, and Strana. [citation needed] Misoča is 18 kilometers far from Sarajevo and only one mile from the municipality of Ilijaš.

References

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  1. ^ Federal Office of Statistics - Population of places grouped according to ethnicity Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine