Glamoč

Glamoč
Гламоч
—  Municipality and town  —
Location of Glamoč within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Glamoč
Location of Glamoč
Coordinates:
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 • Municipality president Radovan Marković (SNSD)
Population (2003 census)
 • Total 4,981
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +387 34
Website http://www.opstinaglamoc.ba/

Glamoč (Serbian Cyrillic: Гламоч) is a town and municipality of the same name in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is in Canton 10, in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Potatoes are a major agricultural product of the area.

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Demographics

1971

16.979 total

1991

In 1991 the population of the municipality was 12,421. The ethnic makeup was as follows:

The town itself had a population of 8,635, of which:

2003

There has not been a population census since the war. However, it is known that Bosnian Serbs are a majority in the municipality. In 2003, after the war, the population was estimated to be less than 5000. NATO sources say that 3500 Serbs had returned by 2003 and some 700 Bosnian Muslims. There are also 700 Bosnian Croats there. Data source for 2003[1]

Settlements

Babića BrdoBiličićCrni VrhĆirićiĆoslijeDolacDragnjićDubraveĐuličanGlamočGlavicaHalapićHasanbegovciHasićiHotkovciHozićiHrbineIsakovciJakirKamenKarajzovciKarlovacKopićKorićnaKovačevciKrasinacMalkočevciMalo SeloMaslina StranaMladeškovciOdžakOpačićPerduhovo SeloPetrovo VreloPodglavicaPodgradinaPodgredaPotkrajPopovićiPribeljaPrijaniRadaslijeRajićkeReljino SeloRoreRudineSkucaniStaro SeloStekerovciŠumnjaciVaganVidimlijeVrbaZaglavica i Zajaruga.

History

Ivo Lola Ribar was killed during a Nazi bombing in this area during World War II. A museum dedicated to him operated in this area until 1991. After World War II, Glamoč was a part of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. During most of the Bosnian war, Glamoč was a part of the Republika Srpska. However, in 1995, Croatian Armed Forces took control of it, and has since then been a part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.nato.int/sfor/media/2003/ms030319t.htm
  2. ^ http://www.nato.int/sfor/media/2003/ms030319t.htm

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