Potoci (Mostar)

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Potoci
Потоци
Potoci (Mostar) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Basic data
State : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity : Federation of BiH
Canton : Herzegovina-Neretva
Municipality : Mostar
Coordinates : 43 ° 25 '  N , 17 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 24 '34 "  N , 17 ° 52' 43"  E
Height : 90  m. i. J.
Residents : 2,183 (2013)
Telephone code : +387 (0) 36
Postal code : 88208
Structure and administration (as of 2011)
Mayor : Salem Bubalo ( SDA )

Potoci ( Cyrillic Потоци ) is a place in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ), which belongs to the city of Mostar . The place name means "brooks".

geography

Potoci is 9.3 km northeast of the city center of Mostar on the right side of the Neretva . Potoci borders (clockwise) on the places Humilišani, Zijemlje, Kutilivač, Vrapčići, Vojno and Željuša, which also belong to Mostar. The settlement of Omanovića Avlija is part of Potoci.

In Potoci the Sušica stream flows into the Neretva.

history

Remains of settlements in Potoci from Roman times were discovered in 1882.

In 1958, the Mostar Military Technical Institute was opened in Potoci , a branch of the Belgrade Military Technical Institute. Chemical weapons were produced in this facility . From 1959 to 1965 phosgene was produced there on a smaller scale , and from 1970 sarin and mustard gas . In addition, research was carried out on other substances that could potentially be used in the war. With the increasing destabilization of Yugoslavia from the end of 1990, the production of chemical weapons ceased. In July 1991 the research equipment began to be shipped to the Central Institute in Belgrade and large parts of the arsenal in Potoci were destroyed. The facility was officially decommissioned in January 1992 and completely demolished in 2004.

During the Bosnian War , the Potoci Primary School served as an internment camp for Croatian prisoners from June to December 1993.

religion

Potoci Orthodox Church

In Potoci there is a Sunni mosque as well as a Catholic and an Orthodox church.

Demographics

Potoci counted 2183 inhabitants in the 2013 census , of which 1160 identified themselves as Bosniaks , 759 as Croatians and 226 as Serbs . 21 residents belonged to other groups or did not want to assign themselves. The average age was 40.2 years and thus slightly above the average for Mostar (39.9 years).

Before the Bosnian War, Potoci still had 2931 inhabitants in 1991.

Web links

Commons : Potoci (Mostar)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Obilježen Dan šehida Bijelog Polja , Islamic Community Mostar, August 25, 2011, accessed on February 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ Mostar: Novi pomor ribe na ušću potoka Sušica , Faktor.ba, February 13, 2020, accessed on February 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ W. Radimsky: Roman tombs at Han Potoci next Mostar. , Biodiversity Heritage Library, accessed February 19, 2020.
  4. ↑ a b Military Technical Institute-Mostar , Nuclear Threat Initiative , June 10, 2014, accessed February 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ Emina Dizdarevic: Witness Statements Describe Forced Labor and Suspected Rape of Potoci Prisoners , Justice Report, February 17, 2016, accessed February 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ a b c Mostar population census 2013 , Statistika.ba, accessed on February 19, 2020.