Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje

Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Горњи Вакуф-Ускопље
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Federation of BiH
Canton :	Central Bosnia
Coordinates :	43 ° 56 '  N , 17 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 56 '0 "  N , 17 ° 35' 0"  E
Height :	670  m. i. J.
Area :	402  km²
Residents :	22.304
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km²
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Sead Čaušević (SDA / SBB)
Website :	www.gornjivakuf-uskoplje.ba

Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje is a town and municipality in the Central Bosnia Canton in the center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The community has an area of ​​402 km² and is made up of 14 local communities.

Old town of Gornji Vakuf

geography

The Ždrimačka jezera are located in the municipality, about three kilometers southeast of the center of Gornji Vakuf .

Local communities

• Bistrica
• Boljkovac
• Bojska
• Dobrošin
• Grnica
• Donja Ricica
• Pajić Polje
• Paloc
• Pidriš
• Ploča
• Podgrađe
• Uzričje
• Voljevac
• Voljice
• Ždrimci
• Trnovaca
• Kute
• Vilic Polje
• Krupa
• Mackovac

history

The place and the region are known for the extraction and processing of iron. There were already several iron mines in ancient times. Iron products have been traded since the 16th century. Among other things, the traditional Turkish coffee grinders were produced in the region.

population

The 1991 census showed the following composition:

• Muslims - 14,063 (55.8%)
• Croatians - 10,706 (42.6%)
• Serbs - 150 (0.6%)
• Others - 262 (1%)

War 1992 to 1995

During the Bosnian War , Gornji Vakuf was one of the places hardest hit by the clashes between the Army of Bosnian Croats ( HVO ) and the predominantly Bosniak ARBiH . The city was badly destroyed and in fact split into two ethnically homogeneous communities: Gornji Vakuf (Bosniak) and Uskoplje (Croatian). In 2001, Gornji Vakuf and Uskoplje were merged into one municipality with the new name Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje .

traffic

In 1945 Gornji Vakuf got a train station because the Yugoslav State Railways (JDŽ) extended the Lašva – Donji Vakuf – Bugojno / Jajce line from Bugojno to Gornji Vakuf. The railway with a Bosnian gauge of 760 mm ran over the Komar Pass with a cogwheel drive . The narrow-gauge trains or their locomotives were affectionately called "Ćiro" in the Yugoslav vernacular. In 1972 the narrow-gauge railway was stopped and the tracks dismantled.

Personalities

• Josip Mlakić , writer
• Branko Mikulić (1928–1994), politician
• Ahmet Muminović (1945–2019), comic book artist, author and journalist
• Nihad Alibegović (* 1962), singer
• Matej Delač (* 1992), football player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marko Plešnik: Discover Bosnia-Herzegovina: On the way between the Save and the Adriatic . P. 192
2. ↑ http://cms.stiftung-mercator.ch/cms/front_content.php?idcat=136  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Decision providing the Agreement on Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje from August 2, 2001, which unites Gornji Vakuf and Uskoplje into one municipality ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• How students overcome the boundaries between Gornji Vakuf and Uskoplje. From: FOCUS-SCHULE No. 2 (2007)