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Puračić

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Puračić
Пурачић
Village
Puračić is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Puračić
Puračić
Coordinates: 44°32′49″N 18°28′36″E / 44.54694°N 18.47667°E / 44.54694; 18.47667
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Tuzla
MunicipalityLukavac
Area
 • Total2.59 sq mi (6.71 km2)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total2,909
 • Density1,100/sq mi (430/km2)

Puračić (Cyrillic: Пурачић) is a village in the municipality of Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Puračić is one of the most famous villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is known for its popular fun fair.

History

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Puračić in its distant past was a station on a road from Tuzla over Visoko to Istanbul. Because of that, it was a very important road as a center where trading took place.

The Puračić Market

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One of the villages oldest traditions, it still sticks around even today, is a market every Thursday. Surprisingly, the appearance of the market has only one story: The Ottoman Empire, one Thursday in the middle of October, 1824., decided to open it for the first time. The man behind it was Husein-kapetan Gradašćević.

From the very beginning the market was considered one of the cheapest and best ones in the South-East parts of Bosnia. It was also very well known for its animal market, as, very often, butchers from Sarajevo went to the market.

Demographics

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According to the 2013 census, its population was 2,909.[2]

Ethnicity in 2013
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Bosniaks 2,654 91.2%
Serbs 22 0.8%
Croats 16 0.6%
other/undeclared 217 7.5%
Total 2,909 100%

References

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  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. ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved January 22, 2022.