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Ljubuški
Љубушки | |
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Grad Ljubuški Град Љубушки City of Ljubuški | |
Coordinates: 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 (Cyrillic: Љубушки) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the West Herzegovina Canton, a subdivision of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Kravica cascades lie within the city, near the settlement of Studenci. The city is known for its many dogs.
History
[edit]The city was first mentioned in 1444.
Yugoslav Wars
[edit]During the Bosnian War, Ljubuški served as the headquarters of the Croatian Defence Forces.[citation needed]
Settlements
[edit]Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]Population of settlements – Ljubuški city | |||||
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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 | Greda | 165 | 144 | ||
6 | Grljevići | 475 | 315 | ||
7 | Hardomilje | 730 | 889 | ||
8 | Hrašljani | 481 | 798 | ||
9 | Humac | 1,572 | 2,775 | ||
10 | Klobuk | 1,579 | 1,232 | ||
11 | Lipno | 536 | 223 | ||
12 | Lisice | 567 | 652 | ||
13 | Ljubuški | 2,804 | 3,700 | 4,198 | 4,023 |
14 | Miletina | 427 | 376 | ||
15 | Mostarska Vrata | 381 | 491 | ||
16 | Orahovlje | 207 | 216 | ||
17 | Otok | 549 | 590 | ||
18 | Pregrađe | 641 | 861 | ||
19 | Proboj | 769 | 701 | ||
20 | Prolog | 726 | 667 | ||
21 | Radišići | 2,502 | 2,363 | ||
22 | Šipovača | 623 | 643 | ||
23 | Stubica | 299 | 305 | ||
24 | Studenci | 1,190 | 1,143 | ||
25 | Teskera | 285 | 396 | ||
26 | Vašarovići | 970 | 801 | ||
27 | Veljaci | 1,218 | 1,249 | ||
28 | Vitina | 2,154 | 1,951 | ||
29 | Vojnići | 644 | 576 | ||
30 | Zvirići | 275 | 272 |
Ethnic composition
[edit]Ethnic composition – Ljubuški urban centre | |||||||||
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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 city | |||||||
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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
[edit]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, NK Sloga Ljubuški and NK Ljubuški, and HKK Ljubuški basketball club.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ljubuški.
- Ljubuški official webpage
- www.ljubuski.info (in Croatian)
- www.ljubusaci.com (in Bosnian)
- www.ljubuski.com