Busovača

Coordinates: 44°06′N 17°53′E / 44.100°N 17.883°E / 44.100; 17.883
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Busovača
Бусовача
municipality
UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+387 30
Websitehttps://opcina-busovaca.com/

Busovača (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Бусовача) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located 60 km (37 mi) from Sarajevo, 21 km (13 mi) from Zenica, and 30 km (19 mi) from Travnik.

History

During the Croat–Bosniak War, the city saw heavy fighting between the Bosnian Army and the Croatian Defence Council. Busovača, with its small economy and infrastructure, is becoming an important crossroad between bigger cities.[citation needed][clarification needed]

Demographics

1971

14.428 total

  • Croats - 7,646 (53%)
  • Bosniaks - 5,896 (40.9%)
  • Serbs - 735 (5.1%)
  • Yugoslavs - 60 (0.4%)
  • others - 91 (0.65%)

1991

18.879 total

  • Croats - 9,093 (48.1%)
  • Bosniaks - 8,451 (44.8%)
  • Serbs - 623 (3.3%)
  • Yugoslavs - 510 (2.7%)
  • Others - 202 (1%)[1]

2013

17.910 total

  • Croats - 8,873 (49.5%)
  • Bosniaks - 8,681 (48.5%)
  • Serbs - 205 (1.1%)
  • Others - 151 (0.8%)[2]

Notable Peoples

Settlements

Bare
BukovciBuselji • Busovača • CaricaDobraljevo
Dolac
Donja RovnaGornja Rovna
Grablje
GraniceGusti GrabHozanovići
Hrasno
Javor
JazvineJelinakKaćuniKaonikKatići
Kovačevac
Krčevine
Krvavičići
Kula
Kupres
Lončari
MehurićiMerdani
Mihaljevići
MilaviceNezirovićiOčehnićiOselištePodbarePodjelePodstijena
Polje
ProsjePutišRavanSkradno
Solakovići
Strane
Stubica
ŠudineTurićiZarače

References

  1. ^ "Bosnian Congres - census 1991 - Central Bosnia". www.hdmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 1999. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Famous persons: Mirnesa Bešlić