Gračanica (Doboj)

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Gračanica
Грачаница

Gračanica coat of arms (Doboj)

Gračanica (Doboj) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Basic data
State : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity : Federation of BiH
Coordinates : 44 ° 42 '  N , 18 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 42 '13 "  N , 18 ° 18' 38"  E
Height : 190  m. i. J.
Area : 219.5  km²
Residents : 45.220
Population density : 206 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : +387 (0) 35
Postal code : 75320
Structure and administration (as of 2012)
Mayor : Nusret Helić ( SDP )
Website :
Sokolac Rogatica Rudo Višegrad Pale Foča Gacko Kalinovik Nevesinje Bileća Trebinje Ravno Ljubinje Konjic Istočni Mostar Berkovići Neum Mostar Stolac Čapljina Čajniče Goražde Pale-Prača Ustiprača Foča-Ustikolina Srebrenica Bratunac Milići Han Pijesak Zvornik Bijeljina Brčko Ugljevik Lopare Vlasenica Šekovići Osmaci Olovo Ilijaš Hadžići Ilidža Trnovo Istočni Stari Grad Istočna Ilidža Vogošća Sarajevo-Stari Grad Sarajevo-Centar Sarajevo-Novi Grad Istočno Novo Sarajevo Novo Sarajevo Visoko Glamoč Livno Bosansko Grahovo Kupres Kupres (RS) Šipovo Jajce Donji Vakuf Bugojno Gornji Vakuf Prozor-Rama Jablanica Tomislavgrad Posušje Grude Široki Brijeg Ljubuški Čitluk Fojnica Kreševo Kiseljak Busovača Novi Travnik Travnik Zenica Vitez Kakanj Vareš Breza Kladanj Živinice Kalesija Sapna Teočak Tuzla Lukavac Čelić Srebrenik Banovići Zavidovići Žepče Maglaj Tešanj Usora Dobretići Gradačac Gračanica Doboj Istok Velika Kladuša Cazin Bužim Bosanska Krupa Bihać Bosanski Petrovac Drvar Sanski Most Ključ Petrovac (RS) Istočni Drvar Ribnik Mrkonjić Grad Jezero Kneževo Kotor Varoš Teslić Banja Luka Oštra Luka Krupa na Uni Prijedor Novi Grad Kostajnica Kozarska Dubica Gradiška Srbac Laktaši Čelinac Prnjavor Derventa Doboj Stanari Modriča Brod Pelagićevo Donji Žabar Orašje Domaljevac-Šamac Šamac Odžak VukosavljeLocation of the municipality of Gračanica (Doboj) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (clickable map)
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Gračanica ( Serbian - Cyrillic Грачаница ; German outdated Gratschanitz ) is a city in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina , in the canton of Tuzla in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The municipality covers a large part of the plain of the Spreča river in the lower course of the river and part of the Trebava Mountains .

Today's urban area covers an area of ​​219.5 km², is made up of 18 villages and in 2013 had around 45,000 inhabitants. Gračanica borders the municipality of Gradačac in the north, Srebrenik in the east and Lukavac in the southeast and Petrovo in the south. In the west, the municipality borders on the town of Doboj and the small municipality of Doboj Istok .

Aerial view of Gračanica

history

Before the Bosnian War in 1991, the city ​​covered an area of ​​387 km², consisted of 28 localities and had 59,134 inhabitants. After the war and the Dayton Treaty , a part of the municipality was created into the municipality of Petrovo , which has since been part of the Republika Srpska .

Gračanica received city status in 1548. Gračanica experienced the strongest development at the end of the 17th century, during the reign of Ahmed-paša Budimlija , who built the city mosque, the hammam and the Sahat Kula (clock tower), which has been the town's landmark since then.

population

For the 2013 census, designated themselves

  • 43,857 inhabitants as Bosniaks (96.99%)
  • 157 as Serbs (0.35%)
  • 72 as Croatians (0.16%)
  • 1,134 as members of other groups (2.51%)

traffic

Since 1886 a railway has run from Doboj through the Spreča valley to the industrial city of Tuzla . From 1898 to 1967 a 6-kilometer branch line in Bosnian gauge connected Gračanica with the Karanovac station on the Doboj – Tuzla railway line .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine: Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini, 2013. Rezultati popisa. (pdf, 19.7 MB) Sarajevo, June 2016; P. 59