Ljubuški
Ljubuški
Љубушки | |
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Grad Ljubuški Град Љубушки City of Ljubuški | |
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Ljubuški Location of Ljubuški within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Coordinates: 43°11′53″N 17°32′48″E / 43.19806°N 17.54667°ECoordinates: 43°11′53″N 17°32′48″E / 43.19806°N 17.54667°E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Canton | West Herzegovina |
Geographical region | Herzegovina |
Government | |
• Mayor | Vedran Markotić (HDZ BiH) |
Area | |
• City | 292.7 km2 (113.0 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | |
• City | 28,184 |
• Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
• Urban | 4,023 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Post code | 88320 |
Area code | +387 039 |
Website | www |
Ljubuški (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубушки) is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the West Herzegovina Canton, a unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's here that is located the Kravica cascades, near the settlement of Studenci.
History[]
The town was first mentioned in 1444.
Yugoslav Wars[]
During the Bosnian War, Ljubuški served as the headquarters of the Croatian Defence Forces.[citation needed]
Settlements[]
Demographics[]
Population[]
Population of settlements – Ljubuški municipality | |||||
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Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
Total | 28,269 | 27,603 | 28,340 | 28,184 | |
1 | Cerno | 403 | 355 | ||
2 | Crveni Grm | 1,081 | 885 | ||
3 | Grab | 1,344 | 1,155 | ||
4 | Grabovnik | 396 | 423 | ||
5 | Grljevići | 475 | 315 | ||
6 | Hardomilje | 730 | 889 | ||
7 | Hrašljani | 481 | 798 | ||
8 | Humac | 1,572 | 2,775 | ||
9 | Klobuk | 1,579 | 1,232 | ||
10 | Lipno | 536 | 223 | ||
11 | Lisice | 567 | 652 | ||
12 | Ljubuški | 2,804 | 3,700 | 4,198 | 4,023 |
13 | Miletina | 427 | 376 | ||
14 | Mostarska Vrata | 381 | 491 | ||
15 | Orahovlje | 207 | 216 | ||
16 | Otok | 549 | 590 | ||
17 | Pregrađe | 641 | 861 | ||
18 | Proboj | 769 | 701 | ||
19 | Prolog | 726 | 667 | ||
20 | Radišići | 2,502 | 2,363 | ||
21 | Šipovača | 623 | 643 | ||
22 | Stubica | 299 | 305 | ||
23 | Studenci | 1,190 | 1,143 | ||
24 | Teskera | 285 | 396 | ||
25 | Vašarovići | 970 | 801 | ||
26 | Veljaci | 1,218 | 1,249 | ||
27 | Vitina | 2,154 | 1,951 | ||
28 | Vojnići | 644 | 576 | ||
29 | Zvirići | 275 | 272 |
Ethnic composition[]
Ethnic composition – Ljubuški town | |||||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||||
Total | 4,023 (100,0%) | 4,198 (100,0%) | 3,700 (100,0%) | 2,804 (100,0%) | |||||
Croats | 3,352 (83,32%) | 2,658 (63,32%) | 2,164 (58,48%) | 1,328 (47,36%) | |||||
Bosniaks | 581 (14,44%) | 1,174 (27,97%) | 1,037 (28,02%) | 1,308 (46,64%) | |||||
Unaffiliated | 30 (0,746%) | ||||||||
Albanians | 23 (0,572%) | ||||||||
Serbs | 18 (0,447%) | 53 (1,263%) | 51 (1,370%) | 88 (3,130%) | |||||
Others | 13 (0,323%) | 133 (3,168%) | 35 (0,940%) | 37 (1,310%) | |||||
Unknown | 6 (0,149%) | ||||||||
Yugoslavs | 180 (4,288%) | 413 (11,16%) | 43 (1,530%) |
Ethnic composition – Ljubuški municipality | |||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
Total | 28,184 (100,0%) | 28,340 (100,0%) | 27,603 (100,0%) | 28,269 (100,0%) | |||
Croats | 27,271 (96,76%) | 26,127 (92,19%) | 25,334 (91,78%) | 26,198 (92,67%) | |||
Bosniaks | 717 (2,543%) | 1,592 (5,618%) | 1,498 (5,427%) | 1,812 (6,410%) | |||
Unaffiliated | 51 (0,181%) | ||||||
Serbs | 41 (0,145%) | 65 (0,229%) | 83 (0,301%) | 118 (0,417%) | |||
Unknown | 36 (0,128%) | ||||||
Others | 35 (0,124%) | 329 (1,161%) | 173 (0,627%) | 92 (0,325%) | |||
Albanians | 30 (0,106%) | ||||||
Montenegrins | 2 (0,007%) | ||||||
Slovenes | 1 (0,004%) | ||||||
Yugoslavs | 227 (0,801%) | 515 (1,866%) | 49 (0,173%) |
Sports[]
The city is home to Bosnia and Herzegovina's most successful handball club, HRK Izviđač, with eight Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship titles won, two football clubs, and NK Ljubuški, and basketball club.
Notable people[]
- Mehmed-beg Kapetanović Ljubušak, Bosnian writer and official
- Mirko Alilović, handball player
- Andrija Artuković, Ustaše official
- Petar Barbarić, a venerable Catholic
- Tomislav Brkić, tennis player
- Gordan Bunoza, footballer
- Denis Buntić, handball player
- Nikola Katić, footballer
- Blaž Kraljević, commander of the Croatian Defence Forces (HOS)
- Izidor Papo, academic
- Božo Skoko, Croatian academic
- Peter Tomich, World War II hero, awarded with the Medal of Honor for heroics at Pearl Harbor
- Vjekoslav Vrančić, minister of NDH and writer
References[]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ljubuški. |
- Ljubuški official webpage
- www.ljubuski.info (in Croatian)
- www.ljubusaci.com (in Bosnian)
- www.ljubuski.com
Categories:
- Ljubuški
- Populated places in Ljubuški