Donji Vakuf
Town and municipality in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Town and municipality in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donji Vakuf (Serbian Cyrillic: Доњи Вакуф, pronounced [dɔ̂ːɲiː vǎkuf]) is a town and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Donji Vakuf
Доњи Вакуф | |
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Town and municipality | |
Coordinates: 44°09′N 17°24′E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Canton | Central Bosnia |
Government | |
• Municipal mayor | Senad Selimović (SDP BiH) |
Area | |
• Total | 320 km2 (120 sq mi) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 13,985 |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | +387 30 |
Website | www |
It was founded by Malkoçoğlu İbrahim Bey in 1572 and was known as "Aşağı Vakıf" ("lower waqf", i.e. Islamic endowment in Turkish). Donji Vakuf is the Bosnian translation of "Aşağı Vakıf".
From 1929 to 1941, Donji Vakuf was part of the Vrbas Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From April 1993 to 14 September 1995 the town's name was Srbobran (as it was occupied by Serb paramilitary forces). During that time the majority of Bosniaks were exiled to the neighboring town of Bugojno, and on 14 September 1995 Donji Vakuf was liberated by the Bosnian Army. The town then changed its name back to Donji Vakuf.
Population of settlements – Donji Vakuf municipality | ||||||
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Settlement | 1961. | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
Total | 16,036 | 20,393 | 22,606 | 24,544 | 13,985 | |
1 | Ćehajići | 321 | 311 | |||
2 | Daljan | 160 | 236 | |||
3 | Donji Rasavci | 339 | 204 | |||
4 | Donji Vakuf | 5,012 | 7,224 | 8,771 | 6,711 | |
5 | Jemanlići | 337 | 209 | |||
6 | Kutanja | 433 | 310 | |||
7 | Oborci | 652 | 607 | |||
8 | Ponjavići | 285 | 331 | |||
9 | Pribraća | 715 | 426 | |||
10 | Prusac | 1,756 | 1,281 | |||
11 | Šeherdžik | 344 | 261 | |||
12 | Torlakovac | 766 | 592 |
Ethnic composition – Donji Vakuf town | |||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
Total | 6,711 (100,0%) | 8,771 (100,0%) | 7,224 (100,0%) | 5,012 (100,0%) | |||
Bosniaks | 6,360 (94,77%) | 5,327 (60,73%) | 4,207 (58,24%) | 3,723 (74,28%) | |||
Others | 276 (4,113%) | 114 (1,300%) | 58 (0,803%) | 20 (0,399%) | |||
Serbs | 56 (0,834%) | 2,616 (29,83%) | 1,854 (25,66%) | 882 (17,60%) | |||
Croats | 19 (0,283%) | 191 (2,178%) | 184 (2,547%) | 278 (5,547%) | |||
Yugoslavs | 523 (5,963%) | 900 (12,46%) | 84 (1,676%) | ||||
Montenegrins | 12 (0,166%) | 5 (0,100%) | |||||
Slovenes | 5 (0,069%) | 3 (0,060%) | |||||
Albanians | 2 (0,028%) | 17 (0,339%) | |||||
Macedonians | 1 (0,014%) | ||||||
Hungarians | 1 (0,014%) |
Ethnic composition – Donji Vakuf municipality | ||||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | 1961. | ||||
Total | 13,985 (100,0%) | 24,544 (100,0%) | 22,606 (100,0%) | 20,393 (100,0%) | 16,036 (100,0%) | |||
Bosniaks | 13,376 (95,65%) | 13,509 (55,04%) | 11,600 (51,31%) | 10,528 (51,63%) | 6,289 (39.22%) | |||
Others | 444 (3,175%) | 227 (0,925%) | 177 (0,783%) | 49 (0,240%) | 51 (0.32%) | |||
Serbs | 107 (0,765%) | 9,533 (38,84%) | 8,574 (37,93%) | 8,767 (42,99%) | 7,870 (49.08%) | |||
Croats | 58 (0,415%) | 682 (2,779%) | 635 (2,809%) | 924 (4,531%) | 976 (6.09%) | |||
Yugoslavs | 593 (2,416%) | 1 592 (7,042%) | 90 (0,441%) | 850 (5.30%) | ||||
Montenegrins | 18 (0,080%) | 12 (0,059%) | ||||||
Slovenes | 5 (0,022%) | 3 (0,015%) | ||||||
Macedonians | 2 (0,009%) | |||||||
Albanians | 2 (0,009%) | 19 (0,093%) | ||||||
Hungarians | 1 (0,004%) | 1 (0,005%) |
The village of Prusac lies just outside Donji Vakuf. Bosniaks make a pilgrimage to the nearby holy site of Ajvatovica in June. It is one of the biggest events in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Donji Vakuf is twinned with:
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