Bužim (Serbian Cyrillic: Бужим) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Bosanska Krajina in the most northwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Bužim | |
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Town and municipality | |
.jpg) Bužim | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bužim within Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| Coordinates: 45°03′N 16°02′E / 45.050°N 16.033°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Una-Sana |
| Geographical region | Bosanska Krajina |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Mersudin Nanić (SDA) |
| Area | |
| • Town and municipality | 129 km2 (50 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Town and municipality | 19,340 |
| • Density | 157.3/km2 (407/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,191 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 37 |
| Website | www |
Geography
editBužim borders Bosanska Krupa to the east, Cazin to the south, Velika Kladuša to the west and north, and the Republic of Croatia to the northeast. Geographically most of the municipality is mountainous. The total land area of Bužim is about 129 km2 (50 sq mi) with a population of 20,000.[2][3] Bužim is about 180–400 meters above sea-level.
History
editThe area of the Bužim municipality was inhabited before the arrival of the Romans. The population of this area was engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding, mining and trade. The existence of a mint in the 14th century indicates that trade was developed during those times. Bužim was the center of trade in the region even after the Ottoman conquest.[4]
Before the war, the town of Bužim was officially part of the Bosanska Krupa municipality. In 1996 Bužim became a municipality itself. The town was defended by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the most elite and well known brigades of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 505th Brigade, was formed and based in Bužim.[original research?]
Due to so many twins being born in Bužim, there is an effort to declare it the "Town of Twins".[5]
Demographics
editPopulation
edit| Population of settlements – Bužim municipality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 12,579 | 15,413 | 16,940 | 19,340 | |
| 1 | Bag | 644 | 571 | ||
| 2 | Bužim | 1,312 | 1,550 | 1,697 | 2,191 |
| 3 | Dobro Selo | 1,752 | 2,242 | ||
| 4 | Konjodor | 1,762 | 2,085 | ||
| 5 | Lubarda | 2,944 | 3,198 | ||
| 6 | Mrazovac | 3,149 | 3,653 | ||
| 7 | Varoška Rijeka | 4,992 | 5,400 | ||
Ethnic composition
edit| Ethnic composition – Bužim town | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 2,191 (100,0%) | 1,697 (100,0%) | 1,550 (100,0%) | 1,312 (100,0%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 2,181 (99,54%) | 1,643 (96,82%) | 1,468 (94,71%) | 1,275 (97,18%) | |||
| Unknown | 4 (0,183%) | ||||||
| Serbs | 2 (0,091%) | 20 (1,179%) | 20 (1,290%) | 29 (2,210%) | |||
| Unaffiliated | 2 (0,091%) | ||||||
| Croats | 1 (0,046%) | 3 (0,177%) | 7 (0,452%) | 2 (0,152%) | |||
| Slovenes | 1 (0,046%) | ||||||
| Others | 21 (1,237%) | 18 (1,161%) | 6 (0,457%) | ||||
| Yugoslavs | 10 (0,589%) | 37 (2,387%) | |||||
| Ethnic composition – Bužim municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 20,298 (100,0%) | 16,940 (100,0%) | 15,413 (100,0%) | 12,579 (100,0%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 19,298 (99,78%) | 16,680 (98,47%) | 15,091 (97,91%) | 12,280 (97,62%) | |||
| Unknown | 22 (0,114%) | ||||||
| Croats | 8 (0,041%) | 5 (0,030%) | 16 (0,104%) | 18 (0,143%) | |||
| Unaffiliated | 6 (0,031%) | ||||||
| Slovenes | 4 (0,021%) | ||||||
| Serbs | 2 (0,010%) | 91 (0,537%) | 124 (0,805%) | 229 (1,820%) | |||
| Others | 141 (0,832%) | 63 (0,409%) | 50 (0,397%) | ||||
| Yugoslavs | 23 (0,136%) | 119 (0,772%) | 2 (0,016%) | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bužim, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023: Best Places to Visit". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "Intervju". opcinabuzim.ba. 2013.
- ^ "World Phenomenon in BiH: A City with about 200 Twins". Sarajevo Times. 3 April 2023.
- ^ Jokić, Gojko (1969). Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Tourist Guide. Association of Journalists of Bosnia-Herzegovina. p. 98.
- ^ "Remote corner of Bosnia to declare itself "Town of Twins"". MSN. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
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