Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Jablanica
Јабланица
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Municipality coat of arms
Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina highlighting the town or municipality location
General Information
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Land area
Population (2005 census) 13,030
Population density
Area code +387 36
Mayor Salem Dedić (SDA)
Website http://www.jablanica.ba

Jablanica is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is situated on the Neretva river in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity.

In the 1991 census, there were 12,664 inhabitants of the Jablanica municipality: 9,136 were Bosniaks (72.14%), 2,253 Croats (17.79%), 573 Yugoslavs (4.52%), 504 Serbs (3.98%), 198 others (1.56%).

As of April 2005, there are 13,030 inhabitants in the municipality of Jablanica.

Neretva Bridge, destroyed during the Fourth enemy offensive and recreated for the 1969 film, "The Battle of Neretva."
Neretva Bridge, destroyed during the Fourth enemy offensive and recreated for the 1969 film, "The Battle of Neretva."

During World War II, Jablanica was the site of a successful raid by a group of Partisans led by Josip Broz Tito. A rail bridge was blown over the river while a train was in the middle of crossing. There is a park and monument commemorating this action at the site. The bridge section and the locomotive can still be seen in the river gorge.

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Municipalities of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Flag
Čapljina | Čitluk | Jablanica | Konjic | Mostar | Neum | Prozor-Rama | Ravno | Stolac


 
Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zastava Bosne i Hercegovine

Coordinates: 43°39′35″N, 17°46′12″E