Raška Gora
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Raska Gora Raшка Гора |
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| State : | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity : | Federation of BiH | ||
| Canton : | Herzegovina-Neretva | ||
| Municipality : | Mostar | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 26 ' N , 17 ° 48' E | ||
| Height : | 650 m. i. J. | ||
| Residents : | 35 (2013) | ||
Raška Gora is a place near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is located west of the Neretva on a wooded high plateau above the river's gorge and consists of several small settlements.
Surname
The name of the place is composed as follows:
- Raška is the noun "Rašak" ( water chestnut and water chestnut ) derived adjective
- gora means forest or wooded mountain
population
At the last census before the Bosnian War in 1991, the place had 236 inhabitants, of whom 138 described themselves as Croatians and 98 as Serbs. There were no Muslim residents. At the 2013 census, only 35 people lived in Raška Gora.