Orašje

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Orašje Орашје
Location of Orašje within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Orašje Location of Orašje
Coordinates: 45°15′N 18°41′E / 45.25, 18.683
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
- Municipality president	Đuro Topić (HDZ)
Population (1991 census)
- Total	28,211
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 31
Website: http://www.orasje.ba

Orašje is a town in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the river Sava on the border with Croatia. Orašje is the center of the Posavina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies across the Sava river from Županja in Croatia.

Because of the war, some of the pre-war municipality now lies in Republika Srpska.

[edit] Population/Demographics

[edit] 1971

25.740 total

• Croats - 19.354 (75,19%)
• Serbs - 4.266 (16,57%)
• Muslims - 1.867 (7,25%)
• Yugoslavs - 131 (0,50%)
• Others - 122 (0,49%)

[edit] 1991

In the 1991 census the municipality of Orašje had 28,211 residents, of which 75.27% Croats, 14.96% Serbs, 6.77% Bosniaks, 2.15% Yugoslavs and 0.86% others. The town of Orašje itself had 3,901 inhabitants: 47% Bosniaks, 23% Serbs, 15% Croats, 12% Yugoslavs and 3% others.

[edit] Sports

The local football club is HNK Orašje.

[edit] External links

• Official site of the municipality

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