Talk:Dubrovnik Highlands

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Can someone add the name of the region in the local language?

Alan. --84.69.50.193 06:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

In the local language, this part is known as Dubrovacko Zahumlje. However, one must point out that the historic borderlands that make up this name has never officially existed, and is only in use in 4 municipalities of Bosnia & Herzegovina(Ravno, Neum, Capljina & Stolac). This means that as mentioned below, the wider aspect of what is considered "Zahumlje", is widely questionable.

All that we know about that name is that it was a Kingdom in the early middle ages. However, Trebinje is neither the capital of it, nor has ever been connected to it. Someone did make that up! Furthermore, It should be noted, that all 4 municipalities, are by culture and heritige Roman Catholic & Croatian, with ruins dating back to Roman times. Neum, was part of the Dubrovnik Republic, at one time or another, with further borderlands of Ravno (Cicrina, Orahov Do, Humac etc)shadowing military strongholds along the coast. Furthermore,during the mid-Ottoman Period Stolac, Capljina, and Gabela all had sizeable Ragusan Trader Communities, with special privaliges(freedom of trade, movement and tax exemptions).

James. --192.168.1.109 15:22, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] There is no such place?!

Dubrovnik Highlands is not what you call the Trebinje and popovo polje region. Someone made that up. That name never existed in History, and I'm very angry that this name has been up here for the last 1 year, and no one bothered to take it down.

It just shows the stupidity of Wikipedia!!

Since it has been here for so long,.. let it stay. Croats seem not to mind the fact that some Serb is using the good name of Dubrovnik for his own interest.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.194.240.65 (talk) 15:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC).