Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
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| Main city | Mostar | ||||
| Head of canton | Miroslav Ćorić | ||||
| Municipalities | Čapljina, Čitluk, Jablanica, Konjic, Mostar, Neum, Prozor-Rama, Ravno, Stolac | ||||
| Area | 4,401.0 km² | ||||
| Population - Total - Density |
224,796 51.08/km² |
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Herzegovina-Neretva is one of the 10 cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The canton mainly comprises the Neretva river valley area and parts of Herzegovina west of Mostar, its administrative center.
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[edit] Municipalities
The canton is split into the municipalities of Čapljina, Čitluk, Jablanica, Konjic, Mostar, Neum, Rama, Ravno and Stolac.
[edit] Geography and features
The canton is one of two cantons in Bosnia and Herzegovina with access to the sea via the municipality of Neum. Neum is a town of 2,000 citizens (1991 census) and the area around the city is rich with historical and archeological remains after the Illyrians. The Illyrians were a people who lived in the Balkans for many thousands of years.
The biggest city in the canton and the fifth biggest city in the entire country is Mostar. Mostar is famous for its old bridge and the old city near the bridge. The bridge was recently reconstructed in the summer of 2004.The opening ceremony was attended by several foreign delegates including Stjepan Mesić, the president of Croatia. Croat forces bombed and destroyed the bridge. Mostar is located on the banks of the Neretva river and is divided between Croats and Bosniaks.
Other famous cities in this canton are Čapljina, Konjic, Jablanica and the world famous Marian Shrine of Međugorje. Jablanica and Konjic are famous for battles during World War II and there is a large museum in Jablanica dedicated to these battles.
The river Neretva runs through the cities of Konjic, Jablanica, Mostar and Čapljina before it flows through Croatia and into the Adriatic Sea. There are also big lakes in the canton such as the Jablanica lake around the city Jablanica. The southern most municipality in the canton is the Neum municipality in the Adriatic sea and the eastern most munucipality is the Ravno municipality along the border with Croatia.
[edit] Ethnic groups
Ethnically, the canton is divided and is a mixed canton between the Bosniak and Croat populations unlike some other cantons which are nearly one-ethnic.
Croats form a majority in the municipalities of Čapljina, Čitluk, Neum, Prozor-Rama, Ravno and Stolac. Bosniaks form a majority in the municipalities of Jablanica and Konjic. The municipality of Mostar in the central part of the canton is largely a mixture of Bosniak and Croat.
In 2003, population of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton numbered 219,223 people, including:
- Croats: 110,714 (50.5%)
- Bosniaks: 102,019 (46.5%)
- Serbs: 5,486 (2.5%)
- others: 1,004 (0.5%)
[edit] See also
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