Bihać
Bihać
Бихаћ | |
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Grad Bihać Град Бихаћ City of Bihać | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
ZIP code | 77000 |
Area code | +387 37 |
Website | www |
Bihać (Cyrillic: Бихаћ) is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. In 2013 its population was 56,261.
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
History
According to documents and historical sources, the first medieval urban settlements and towns around the
In 1530 Austria sent troops to defend seven key strongholds in Croatia, one of them was Bihać and another the nearby Ripač.
During
Bihać was
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The Seal and Armorial Bearings of Bihać town from the 14th century.
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Siege of Bihać in 1592
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Bihac fortress (Wihitsch), 1686
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Coffee pavilion in Bihac, c. 1900
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Bihac Orthodox Church and Medresa, c. 1910
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Rural houses in Bihac, c. 1930
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Partisans in Bihać, 1942
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First session of the AVNOJ in Bihać, 1942
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, the city of Bihać has a population of 56,261 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
Ethnic group | Population 2013[11] |
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Bosniaks | 49,550 (88.1%) |
Croats | 3,265 (5.8%) |
Serbs | 910 (1.62%) |
Yugoslavs | 21 (0.04%) |
Others/Unspecified | 2,536 (4.47%) |
Total | 56,261 (100%) |
In the 1991 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina the ethnic composition of the municipality was 46,737 Bosniaks, 12,689 Serbs, 5,580 Croats, 4,356 Yugoslavs and 1,370 Others.[12]
Religion
Majority religion in Bihać city is
Geography
Climate
Climate data for Bihać (1961–1990, extremes 1949–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
30.8 (87.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
38.9 (102.0) |
41.2 (106.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
42.0 (107.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
1.7 (35.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −24.8 (−12.6) |
−29.2 (−20.6) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.4 (34.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−29.2 (−20.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 85.8 (3.38) |
90.8 (3.57) |
99.2 (3.91) |
115.0 (4.53) |
116.3 (4.58) |
109.0 (4.29) |
105.9 (4.17) |
109.5 (4.31) |
107.9 (4.25) |
109.6 (4.31) |
146.2 (5.76) |
113.6 (4.47) |
1,308.8 (51.53) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 157.4 |
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 16.2 | 13.4 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 13.1 | 57.5 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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79.8 | 76.7 | 70.6 | 66.7 | 68.9 | 70.5 | 69.3 | 73.1 | 76.5 | 77.6 | 78.9 | 80.6 | 74.1 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.3 | 74.0 | 125.4 | 152.1 | 202.1 | 219.7 | 265.6 | 228.2 | 171.6 | 117.4 | 73.2 | 50.3 | 1,737.9 |
Source: Meteorological Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina[13][14] |
Economy
The agricultural sector is significant, due to the large and fertile soil.[15]
Notable people
- Mehmed Alajbegović, politician and lawyer
- Mersada Bećirspahić, basketball player
- Christopher Corvinus (Christopher Hunyadi, 1499–1505), Prince of Hungary and the last male member of the Hungarian Royal House of Hunyadi
- Zlatko Dedić, Slovenian footballer
- Ferid Džanić, World War II Axis soldier (SS Handschar Division)
- Nihad Hasanović, writer and translator
- Divlje Jagode and Bijelo Dugme
- Azra Kolaković, singer
- Divlje Jagode
- Irfan Ljubijankić, facial surgeon, classical music composer, politician and diplomat of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Dejan Matić, singer
- Saša Matić, pop singer
- Džanan Musa, basketball player, European U16 champion
- Milan Muškatirović, water polo goalkeeper and professor of organic chemistry
- Saša Radulović, Serbian engineer, politician and former Minister of Economy
- Branka Raunig, archaeologist and museum curator
- Faruk Šehić, poet
- Borislav Stanković, Serbian basketball player, coach and secretary General of FIBA
Twin towns – sister cities
Bihać is twinned with:
- Bondeno, Italy[16]
- Kikinda, Serbia[17]
- Kuşadası, Turkey[18]
- Nagykanizsa, Hungary[19]
- Novo Mesto, Slovenia[20]
- Reșița, Romania[21]
- Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France[22]
See also
- Fethija mosque
- Siege of Bihać (disambiguation)
- University of Bihać, opened in 1997
- NK Jedinstvo Bihać, local soccer club
- Željava Air Base
- Bihać Republic
- Una National Park
- Bihać Oblast
Notes
- 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.
References
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