Čitluk

This article deals with the Bosnian-Herzegovinian town of Čitluk. For the location in the Serbian municipality of Sokobanja see Čitluk (Sokobanja) .

Čitluk Читлук
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Federation of BiH
Canton :	Herzegovina-Neretva
Coordinates :	43 ° 14 '  N , 17 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 13 '48 "  N , 17 ° 42' 0"  E
Height :	210  m. i. J.
Area :	181  km²
Residents :	18,552 (2013)
Population density :	102 inhabitants per km²
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Marin Radišić ( HDZ BiH )
Website :	www.citluk.ba

Čitluk (Latin Aequum ) is a place and the associated municipality in the south of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Čitluk is located in the western part of the Herzegovina-Neretva canton in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina .

geography

The municipality is geographically characterized primarily by the wooded mountains that run parallel to the deeply cut Neretva valley and by the Crnica ridge in the south. The community has a total area of ​​approximately 181 square kilometers.

The municipality of Čitluk borders the municipality of Široki Brijeg in the north, the municipality of Mostar in the northeast, and Čapljina in the south and southeast and Ljubuški in the southwest .

population

Population in the municipality of Čitluk by nationality (1991):

• Total 1991: 14,710
• Croatians: 14,543 (98.87%)
• Bosniaks : 110 (0.75%)
• Serbs : 19 (0.13%)
• Others: 38 (0.26%)

The population of Čitluk is 99% Roman Catholic .

Localities

1. Bijakovići
2. Biletići
3. Biletići Polje
4. Blizanci
5. Blatnica (Gornja i Donja)
6. Dobro Selo
7. Čalići
8. Čerin
9. Čitluk (city)
10. Dragicina
11. Gornji Veliki Ograđenik
12. Gornji Mali Ograđenik
13. Donji Veliki Ograđenik
14. Donji Mali Ograđenik
15. Gradnići
16. Hamzići
17. Krehin Gradac
18. Krućevići
19. Međugorje
20. Mostarsko Cerno
21. Paoca
22. Služanj
23. Tepčići
24. Vionica

history

• Around the middle of the 1st century, veterans of Legio VII Claudia and Legio XI Claudia were settled in Aequum (Čitluk).
• Arrival of the Slavs in the Roman provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia in 626 .
• From the 7th century under the rule of local Croatian princes.
• From 925 - 1102 in the Kingdom of Croatia .
• From 1918 Čitluk belonged to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes . In 1929 its name was changed to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia .
• 1939–1941 part of the Banovina Hrvatska .
• 1941–1945 with the Independent State of Croatia .
• 1945–1992 in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina of the (Socialist) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).
• 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement . Čitluk became part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

traffic

The municipality is well connected by the main roads Mostar – Ljubuški and Široki Brijeg – Čapljina. The railway line Ploče – Mostar runs along the Neretva valley on the southeast border of the municipality with a railway station in Biletići Polje.

Culture and sights

The pilgrimage town of Međugorje is located in the municipality . The municipality of Čitluk is also known for its viticulture.

Sports

• Football: NK Brotnjo Čitluk
• Basketball: KK Brotnjo Čitluk

Personalities

• Mate Bulić (* 1957 in Donja Blatnica ), singer
• Marin Čilić (* 1988), tennis player
• Zoran Planinić (* 1982), basketball player
• Ivan Dodig (born 1985), tennis player

Web links

• Čitluk Municipality (Croatian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lawrence JF Keppie: Legions and veterans: Roman army papers 1971-2000 (Mavors. Roman Army Researches Volume 12) , Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3-515-07744-6 , p. 304