Doboj South

Doboj South
Municipality

Coat of arms

Location of Doboj South within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity The Federation
Canton Zenica-Doboj Canton
Government
  Municipality president Jasminka Begić (SDP)
Area
  Total 10,2 km2 (39 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
  Total 4,409
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +387 32
Website http://www.dobojjug.ba

Doboj South (Doboj Jug) is a small rural municipality in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It borders with Doboj municipality, part of Republika Srpska entity.

About Doboj South

The municipality Doboj South is a newly formed municipality, established as a direct consequence of war activities in this area. It is not a very large municipality, and covers an area of 80 square kilometers. It spreads around the roads Zenica-Doboj-jug-Doboj and Zenica-Doboj-jug-Usora-Tešanj-Teslić. It nestles between the Bosna and Usora Rivers.

Famous graveyard of tanks located within the Doboj South municipality reminds everyone of the horrors of war and warning never to repeat these atrocities again.

Inhabited places

Municipality consists of the villages of Matuzići and Mravići.

Traffic

The state road M-17, a traffic artery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, runs across most of the municipal area.

Sport

The local football club, NK Gradina Doboj-Jug, plays in the Regional League in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

External links

Coordinates: 44°41′16″N 18°03′06″E / 44.6878°N 18.0517°E / 44.6878; 18.0517

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