Čapljina
Čapljina
Чапљина | |
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Grad Čapljina Град Чапљина City of Čapljina | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Post code | 88300 |
Area code | +387 36 |
Website | www |
Čapljina (Cyrillic: Чапљина, pronounced [t͡ʃâpʎina]) is a city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the border with Croatia a mere 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Adriatic Sea.
The river
The city has a rich
History
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Not much is known about this city but it was founded by Romans in 5 BC. However, ancient Greek, and later Roman maps clearly show that the area was populated by several native
Čapljina is situated in the wider Neretva valley region (the original homeland of ancient Illyrian people of Ardiaei), and its name derives from čaplja which means 'heron'. The Latin word for heron is ardea, a word that bears striking similarity with the name of Ardiaei, and it might possibly be its cognate. This theory opens up many possibilities for the interpretation of the original homeland of the Ardiaei and the etymology of their name. For example, heron might have had totemic pagan value among local Illyrians, due to its presence in this area, and it is not implausible to conclude that one of those Illyrian peoples named itself after a heron, the Ardiaei.
The Latin word ardea might be a Latin translation of some original Illyrian word for 'heron' that Romans found when they settled in this area, or the 'ardea' itself, could have been an Illyrian word taken by Romans, who might have slightly altered it and integrated it into their language, the Latin. Indeed, the word Ardiaei is found in ancient Greek sources predating the arrival of Romans and their language to the Illyrian lands. It is also possible that ancient Illyrians or Romans named this place 'the place of heron(s), and the Slavic settlers, who settled in the former Illyrian lands around 6th century A.D. translated the name of this place into their language(s), which in turn gave 'Čapljina', "the place of heron(s)".[2]
The Prebilovci massacre, in which around 4,000 people (mainly Serbs) were killed total, including 300 villagers from the Prebilovci thrown into a pit, is one of the most significant atrocities in this area during the Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia. Out of about 700 villagers from Prebilovci, fewer than 200 survived.[citation needed] As a revenge, In 1942, the Serbian royalist Chetniks attacked several villages in the Čapljina area. The village of Hotanj was burned, and many Croat and Bosniak civilians were killed.[3]
Since World War II it has been an important road and rail transportation link, connecting the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the port of Ploče in Croatia. During the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina the city was taken over by the Croatian Defence Council, which expelled the non-Croat population and set up concentration camps for Bosniaks at Gabela camp[4] and Dretelj camp.
During the summer of 2007
Status
In May 2019, the Municipality of Čapljina became an
Settlements
- Bajovci
- Bivolje Brdo
- Bobanovo selo
- Crnići
- Čapljina
- Čeljevo
- Doljani
- Domanovići
- Dračevo
- Dretelj
- Dubravica
- Gabela
- Gabela Polje
- Gnjilišta
- Gorica
- Grabovina
- Hotanj
- Jasenica
- Klepci
- Lokve
- Modrič
- Opličići
- Počitelj
- Prćavci
- Prebilovci
- Sjekose
- Stanojevići
- Struge
- Svitava
- Ševaš Njive
- Šurmanci
- Šuškovo
- Tasovčići
- Trebižat
- Višići
- Zvirovići
Demographics
Population
Population of settlements – Čapljina municipality | ||||||||
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Settlement | 1948. | 1953. | 1961. | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
Total | 22,086 | 24,364 | 25,543 | 28,240 | 26,032 | 27,882 | 28,122 | |
1 | Bivolje Brdo | 841 | 1,026 | |||||
2 | Čapljina | 4,647 | 6,191 | 7,461 | 6,340 | |||
3 | Čeljevo | 1,058 | 1,256 | |||||
4 | Doljani | 365 | 495 | |||||
5 | Domanovići | 1,270 | 1,493 | |||||
6 | Dračevo | 630 | 556 | |||||
7 | Dretelj | 576 | 569 | |||||
8 | Gabela | 2,440 | 2,315 | |||||
9 | Gnjilišta | 345 | 315 | |||||
10 | Gorica | 456 | 442 | |||||
11 | Grabovina | 947 | 960 | |||||
12 | Hotanj | 275 | 451 | |||||
13 | Lokve | 587 | 861 | |||||
14 | Opličići | 1,386 | 1,268 | |||||
15 | Počitelj | 905 | 799 | |||||
16 | Prćavci | 260 | 255 | |||||
17 | Ševaš Njive | 262 | 243 | |||||
18 | Struge | 437 | 433 | |||||
19 | Šurmanci | 403 | 301 | |||||
20 | Svitava | 319 | 239 | |||||
21 | Tasovčići | 1,675 | 1,950 | |||||
22 | Trebižat | 1,399 | 1,272 | |||||
23 | Višići | 1,788 | 1,765 | |||||
24 | Zvirovići | 440 | 373 |
Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition – Čapljina town | |||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
Total | 6,340 (100,0%) | 7,461 (100,0%) | 6,191 (100,0%) | 4,647 (100,0%) | |||
Croats | 4,724 (81,82%) | 3,067 (41,11%) | 2,542 (41,06%) | 1,854 (39,90%) | |||
Bosniaks | 687 (11,90%) | 2,191 (29,37%) | 1,661 (26,83%) | 1,605 (34,54%) | |||
Others | 187 (3,239%) | 229 (3,069%) | 46 (0,743%) | 40 (0,861%) | |||
Serbs | 176 (3,048%) | 1 267 (16,98%) | 896 (14,47%) | 945 (20,34%) | |||
Yugoslavs | 707 (9,476%) | 955 (15,43%) | 125 (2,690%) | ||||
Albanians | 35 (0,565%) | 20 (0,430%) | |||||
Montenegrins | 31 (0,501%) | 36 (0,775%) | |||||
Macedonians | 16 (0,258%) | 11 (0,237%) | |||||
Slovenes | 9 (0,145%) | 11 (0,237%) |
Ethnic composition – Čapljina municipality | ||||||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | 1961. | 1953. | 1948. | ||||
Total | 28,122 (100,0%) | 27,882 (100,0%) | 26,032 (100,0%) | 28,240 (100,0%) | 25,543 (100,0%) | 24,364 (100,0%) | 22,086 (100,0%) | |||
Croats | 20,538 (78,52%) | 14,969 (53,69%) | 13,931 (53,51%) | 16,884 (59,79%) | 15,444 (60,46%) | 17,072 (70,07%) | 15,699 (71,08%) | |||
Bosniaks | 4,541 (17,36%) | 7,672 (27,52%) | 6,830 (26,24%) | 6,999 (24,78%) | 5,630 (22,04%) | |||||
Serbs | 714 (2,730%) | 3,753 (13,46%) | 3,467 (13,32%) | 3,896 (13,80%) | 4,076 (15,96%) | 3,355 (13,77%) | 2,670 (12,09%) | |||
Others | 364 (1,392%) | 441 (1,582%) | 87 (0,334%) | 113 (0,400%) | 393 (1,54%) | 3,937 (16,16%) | 3,717 (16,83%) | |||
Yugoslavs | 1 047 (3,755%) | 1 591 (6,112%) | 206 (0,729%) | |||||||
Montenegrins | 49 (0,188%) | 79 (0,280%) | ||||||||
Albanians | 42 (0,161%) | 25 (0,089%) | ||||||||
Macedonians | 23 (0,088%) | 16 (0,057%) | ||||||||
Slovenes | 12 (0,046%) | 18 (0,064%) | ||||||||
Roma | 4 (0,014%) |
Ethnic composition (1991) – Čapljina municipality by settlements | |||||||
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Settlement | Total | Croats | Muslims | Serbs | Yugoslavs | Others | |
total | 27,882 | 14,969 | 7,672 | 3,753 | 1,047 | 441 | |
1 | Bajovci | 181 | 176 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Bivolje Brdo | 841 | 256 | 562 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
3 | Crnići | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Čapljina | 7,461 | 3,067 | 2,191 | 1,267 | 707 | 229 |
5 | Čeljevo | 1,058 | 827 | 194 | 1 | 8 | 28 |
6 | Doljani | 365 | 357 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Domanovići | 1,270 | 326 | 727 | 186 | 21 | 10 |
8 | Dračevo | 630 | 582 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 7 |
9 | Dretelj | 576 | 508 | 53 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
10 | Dubravica | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Gabela | 2,440 | 2,046 | 32 | 324 | 24 | 14 |
12 | Gnjilišta | 345 | 338 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
13 | Gorica | 456 | 380 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
14 | Grabovina | 947 | 817 | 29 | 57 | 29 | 15 |
15 | Hotanj | 275 | 178 | 93 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
16 | Jasenica | 165 | 1 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
17 | Klepci | 417 | 14 | 0 | 383 | 13 | 7 |
18 | Lokve | 587 | 0 | 395 | 192 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Opličići | 1,386 | 108 | 916 | 357 | 0 | 5 |
20 | Počitelj | 905 | 172 | 660 | 20 | 36 | 17 |
21 | Prćavci | 260 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Prebilovci | 174 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 0 | 2 |
23 | Sjekose | 169 | 146 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
24 | Stanojevići | 194 | 31 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Struge | 437 | 284 | 130 | 2 | 16 | 5 |
26 | Svitava | 319 | 317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
27 | Ševaš Njive | 262 | 69 | 191 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
28 | Šurmanci | 403 | 354 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
29 | Tasovčići | 1,675 | 294 | 511 | 698 | 138 | 34 |
30 | Trebižat | 1,399 | 1,371 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
31 | Višići | 1,788 | 1,207 | 528 | 23 | 15 | 15 |
32 | Zvirovići | 440 | 431 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Culture
In the Čapljina area, cultural associations include the following:
- HKUD Čapljina
- HKUD Sveti Ante (Dretelj)
- HKUD Seljačka Sloga (Trebižat)
- HKUD "Zora" Struge-Gorica
- KUD "Kolo Dubravsko" (Bivolje Brdo)
Notable residents
- Dejan Aćimović (born 1963), Croatian actor
- Dragan Bender (born 1997), Croatian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Milorad Ekmečić (1928–2015), Serbian historian
- Mirsad Fazlagić (born 1943), retired Yugoslav footballer
- Nikica Jelavić (born 1985), Croatian footballer
- Vukašin Mandrapa (? - 1943), Serbian Orthodox saint
- Semjon Milošević (born 1979), retired footballer
- Slobodan Praljak (1945–2017), Croatian general, politician, and writer
- Admir Salihović (born 1988), Bosnian footballer
- Ivo Prskalo (born 1948), retired Yugoslav and Australian footballer
- Dada Vujasinović (1964–1994), Serbian journalist and news reporter
- Jasmin Repeša (born 1961), Croatian basketball coach
- Pamela Ramljak (born 1979), Croatian singer
- Marko Vego (1907–1985), Yugoslav archeologist, epigrapher and historian
- Nikola Prce (born 1980), Bosnian handball player
- Josip Šutalo (born 2000), Croatian football player
Sports
- HNK Čapljina (football)
- GOŠK Gabela (football)
- HKK Čapljina Lasta (basketball)
Twin towns – sister cities
Čapljina is twinned with:
References
- ^ "Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 5". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
- ^ Adzanela, Ardian. "Cultural Treasure of Bosnia and Herzegovina edition-Prehistoric and Ancient Period- Book 2- Illyrian Bosnia and Herzegovina-an Overview of a Cultural Legacy/ Ancient Illyrians of Bosnia and Herzegovina".
- ISBN 978-953-6491-28-5.
- ^ Predmet Prlic i drugi (IT-04-74) - Optuznica, UN.org; accessed 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Više požara oko Čapljine".
- ^ "Sjednice Vlade Federacije BiH".
- ^ Ašćerić, Selma (23 May 2019). "Općina Čapljina i službeno postala Grad Čapljina" [Municipality of Čapljina officially became the City of Čapljina]. Istinomjer. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Gradovi prijatelji". koprivnica.hr (in Croatian). Koprivnica. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Čapljina i Požega potpisali sporazum o bratimljenju". hms.ba (in Bosnian). Hrvatski Medijski Servis. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Pobratene občine". vrhnika.si (in Slovenian). Občina Vrhnika. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
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