Prozor-Rama

Prozor-Rama Прозор-Рама
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Federation of BiH
Canton :	Herzegovina-Neretva
Coordinates :	43 ° 49 '  N , 17 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 49 '12 "  N , 17 ° 36' 36"  E
Height :
Area :	477  km²
Residents :	16,297 (2013)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 36
Postal code :	88440
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Jozo Ivančević ( HDZ 1990 )
Website :	www.prozor-rama.org

Prozor-Rama (German outdated Prosser ) is a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina . The municipality is located in the north of Herzegovina and has an area of ​​about 480 km². It belongs to the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton within the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The main town of Prozor (7,000 inhabitants) is located about 55 km north of Mostar and 70 km west of Sarajevo .

On the territory of the municipality, in the valley of the Upper Rama, there is a large Ramsko jezero reservoir .

history

Panorama of Prozor

Numerous testimonies from the Moustérien (125,000 to 60,000 BC), the Eneolite (2400 to 1800 BC) and from the Illyrian and Roman times have been found in the villages of the municipality of Rama (including the remains of a basilica of St. Barbara from the 6th century AD).

In the 7th century the Slavs immigrated to the area of ​​Rama.

population

At the 2013 census, the population was well over 14,000.

• Croatians: 10,702 (74.94%)
• Bosniaks: 3,525 (24.58%)
• Serbs: 3 (0.02%)
• Others: 50 (0.35%)

Personalities

• Diva Grabovčeva († around 1680 ), legendary Catholic martyr
• Marijan Ćavar (* 1998), football player

Web links

Commons : Prozor-Rama  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Croatian)
• Private internet portal Rama-Prozor (Croatian)

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. 63