Sovići
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Sovići Совићи |
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| State : | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity : | Federation of BiH | ||
| Canton : | West Herzegovina | ||
| Municipality : | Grude | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 24 ' N , 17 ° 20' E | ||
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| Area : | 31 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,799 (2013) | ||
| Population density : | 90 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Telephone code : | +387 (0) (+387) 39 | ||
| Postal code : | 120928 | ||
| Structure and administration (as of 2013) | |||
| Mayor : | Mario Vlašić / Zoran Vlašić | ||
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Sovići , more precisely Sovići Donji and Sovići Gornji , are local communities ( Mjesna zajednica , MZ for short ) of the large municipality of Grude in the southwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
The elongated street village is located in the southwestern part of the canton of West Herzegovina and has 2,550 inhabitants; mostly Croatians .
Sovići Donji consists of the settlements Vlašići, Prlići, Pejići, Šimići, Pejića Draga, Čuljci, Bošnjaci and Bobanova Draga with a total of 1,500 inhabitants in 340 households (2013).
population
Sovići has 2,799 inhabitants in 193 households (2013). In 1991 Sovići had 2664 inhabitants; including 2643 Croatians, 2 Yugoslavs , 1 Serb and 18 others.
religion
The residents of Sovići are mostly Roman Catholic ; his parish belongs to the Mostar-Duvno diocese .
Personalities
- Rafael Boban (1907 – after May 1945), Ustaša officer and commander of the "Black Legion" ( Crna Legija )
- Mate Boban (1940–1997), politician, President of the Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna
- Boro Grubišić (* 1952), physician and politician ( HDSSB ), member of the Croatian Parliament ( Sabor )
- Ivan Prlić (* 1951), Croatian political emigrant and revolutionary
- Marko Grubišić (* 1958), Croatian political prisoner during the time of Yugoslavia
- Jerko Grubišić (* 1966), Croatian football coach
Roman Catholic Church in Sovići
Street in Sovići
Sovići, Grude
Place name sign in Sovići
Web links
- Internet presence of the local community Sovići Donji. Retrieved December 3, 2013 (Croatian).
- Website of the parish of Gorica-Sovići. Retrieved December 3, 2013 (Croatian).
swell
- Internet presence of the large community of Grude for MZ Sovići Donji. Retrieved December 3, 2013 (Croatian).
- Internet presence of the large community of Grude for MZ Sovići Gornji. Retrieved December 3, 2013 (Croatian).
- Source for the info box: http://nasbih.com/village/120928
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nezavisna Agencija za statistiku of Bosnia and Herzegovina: STATISTICS za Naselje Sovici - NASBIH. Retrieved October 28, 2017 .