Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ravno Равно
Location of Ravno within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ravno Location of Ravno
Coordinates: 42°53′N 17°58′E / 42.883°N 17.967°E / 42.883; 17.967
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Herzegovina-Neretva
Government
• Municipality president	Andrija Šimunović (HDZ BiH)
Area
• Total	286 km2 (110 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	3,328
• Density	11,6/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 36

Ravno is a town and seat of its municipality in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. Ravno was a separate county until 1963, when it became a part of the Trebinje municipality. In 1994, the border changed and Ravno became a municipality again. This time however, part of the frontier lands of Trebinje municipality were added as part of Ravno. When Ravno inherited part of the former Trebinje municipality it had an area of 447 km² (173 sq mi). These added borderlands went under the title Travunian Marches (Trebinjska Krajina) and were mostly inhabited by Serbs.

Demographics

According to the 1991 census, Ravno had 198 inhabitants.

• 87.37% Croats
• 8.08% Serbs
• 2.52% Yugoslavs
• 0.5% Muslims
• 1.5% others

Settlements

Baljivac, Belenići, Bobovišta, Cicrina, Čavaš, Čopice, Čvaljina, Dvrsnica, Glavska, Golubinac, Gorogaše, Grebci, Ivanica, Kalađurđevići, Kijev Do, Kutina, Nenovići, Nevada, Orahov Do, Podosoje, Prosjek, Ravno, Rupni Do, Slavogostići, Slivnica Bobani, Slivnica Površ, Sparožići, Šćenica Bobani, Trebimlja, Trnčina, Uskoplje, Velja Međa, Vlaka, Vukovići, Začula, Zagradinje, Zaplanik and Zavala, and parts of settlements: Baonine, Orašje Popovo and Rapti Bobani.

Ravno during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ravno was first attacked in early October 1991 by JNA forces, which levelled the village on the way to attack Dubrovnik in the Croatian War of Independence.

Ravno again suffered heavy damage during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when the majority of villages were destroyed. The area around Ravno was used as a corridor from where Dubrovnik county in Croatia was continuously attacked.

Notable people

• Dominik Andrijašević (fl. 1596–1637), Ragusan Franciscan bishop
• Nikola Bošković (1642–1721), Ragusan trader and father of Roger Joseph Boscovich

References

External links

• http://www.rb-donjahercegovina.ba
• (Croatian) YouTube video on Ravno in the war

Municipalities of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Čapljina Čitluk Jablanica Konjic Mostar Neum Prozor-Rama Ravno Stolac

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Coordinates: 42°53′N 17°58′E / 42.883°N 17.967°E / 42.883; 17.967