Bugojno
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| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| - Municipality president | Hasan Ajkunić (SDA) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 366 km² (141.3 sq mi) |
| Population (= 2002) | |
| - Total | 46,496 |
| - Density | 128/km² (331.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | +387 30 |
| Website: Unofficial web site | |
Bugojno (Cyrillic: Бугојно) is a town and municipality of the same name in central Bosnia and Herzegovina on the river Vrbas. It is located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. The town is 80 km (50 mi) to the northwest from Sarajevo, with some 61,000 inhabitants with an estimated population of 50 000 (as of July, 2007).[2]
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[edit] Geography
The municipality of Bugojno has an average elevation of 570 meters above sea level. Much of its 366 km2 is forested. The terrain is mountainous with several prominent features. Stozer (1662m), Kalin (1,530m) and Rudina (1,385m) are the tallest mountains in Bugojno.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1971
31.856 total
- Muslims - 13.050 (40,96%)
- Croats - 12.040 (37,79%)
- Serbs - 6.295 (19,76%)
- Yugoslavs - 197 (0,61%)
- Others - 274 (0,88%)
[edit] 1991
In 1991 census, the municipality of Bugojno had 46,843 inhabitants, including:
The town of Bugojno had a population of 22, 641 including;
- Bosniaks (6,878), Croats (6,836), Serbs (6,809), Jugoslavs (1,449) and 669 others.
However, in local communities("mjesne zajednice") which included town and its suburbs ethnich composition was:
- Settlement: Bos Srbs Croats Yugos Others Sum B% S% C% Y% O%
- Centar 1893 1573 1897 706 184 6253 30% 25% 30% 11% 3%
- Crnice 336 5 719 11 7 1078 31% 0% 67% 1% 1%
- Cipuljic 59 2998 89 51 29 3226 2% 93% 3% 2% 1%
- Gaj 229 27 592 31 26 905 25% 3% 65% 3% 3%
- Gorica 850 466 960 161 71 2508 34% 19% 38% 6% 3%
- Lug 28 183 1514 17 22 1764 2% 10% 86% 1% 1%
- Novo Naselje 537 1530 539 230 26 2862 19% 53% 19% 8% 1%
- Vrbanja 606 3 620 7 14 1250 48% 0% 50% 1% 1%
- Vrbas 2993 369 1593 227 200 5382 56% 7% 30% 4% 4%
- Vucipolje 348 60 850 1 70 1329 26% 5% 64% 0% 5%
Croats made 34,31% in (9372), Bosnaks 28,84% (7879), Serbs 28,67% (7831), Yugoslavs 5,80% (1586) and others 2,38%(649). Croats made majority in Crnice, Gaj, Gorica, Lug, Vrbanja and Vucipolje, while Centar had a same percentage of Bosniaks and Croats, Bosniaks had majority in Vrbas, and Serbs in Novo Naselje and Cipuljic.
Source: [1].
In 2005, 79% of population of Bugojno municipality were ethnic Bosniaks, while ethnic Croats comprised 19%. It should be noted that this is only an estimate.
[edit] Economy
Bugojno was once a major industrial center in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However hardships caused by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina took a toll on the industry of Bugojno. Forestry has always been an important contributor to the local economy. Winter tourism has emerged in recent years.
[edit] Sport
The town's local football club is FK Iskra.vandali
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