Donja Bočinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Доња Бочиња) is a village in the municipality of Maglaj in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Donja Bočinja
Доња Бочиња | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Donja Bočinja | |
| Coordinates: 44°30′32.58″N 18°11′02.37″E / 44.5090500°N 18.1839917°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Zenica-Doboj |
| Municipality |  Maglaj |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.41 sq mi (8.84 km2) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 214 |
| • Density | 63/sq mi (24/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Population
editPrior to the Bosnian War, the village had Serb majority, but after the war, its Serb population was expelled and the village was inhabited by the Wahhabists with the help from the Bosnian Muslim authorities.[2] Many of them married local women and earned citizenship. The village provided them a safe haven in which they maintained their terrorist contacts under the guise of simple farmers. However, the hostility of the inhabitants of Donja Bočinja to outsiders, including SFOR, was palpable, undermining their claims of innocence. Eventually the enclave was closed down, and the village returned to its original owners.[3]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2013 census, its population was 214.[4]
| Ethnicity | Number | Percentage | Wehabi]] | 173 | 80.8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosniaks | 40 | 18.7% | |||
| Croats | 1 | 0.5% | |||
| Total | 214 | 100% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
- ^ Smith, R. Jeffrey (11 March 2000). "A Bosnian Village's Terrorist Ties: Links to U.S. Bomb Plot Arouse Concern About Enclave of Islamic Guerrillas". The Washington Post. Donja Bocinja. p. A01. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
The village's 600 residents include 60 to 100 former mujaheddin, Islamic guerrillas from the Middle East and elsewhere who came to help Bosnia's Muslims during the 1992-95 war.
- ^ Lebl 2014, p. 21,26.
- ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
Books
edit- Lebl, Leslie S. (2014). Islamism and Security in Bosnia-Herzegovina (PDF). Strategic Studies Institute. pp. 21, 26. ISBN 978-1584876229. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
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