Bosansko Grahovo is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. It is located near the border with Croatia

Croatia

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, near the towns of Drvar

Drvar

Drvar is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the road between Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac, also near Glamoč. It is administratively part of Canton 10 of the Federation....

, Livno

Livno

Livno is a town in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located between Tomislavgrad, Glamoč, Bosansko Grahovo, Kupres and the Croatian border.- Position :...

 and Glamoč

Glamoc

Glamoč is a town and municipality of the same name in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is in Canton 10, in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

. Administratively it is part of the West Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Demographics

According to the 1991 census the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo had 8,311 residents, including:

• 7,888 - 94,91% Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
  
• 226 - 2.71% Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
  
• 12 - 0.14% Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
  
• 135 - 1.62% Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
  
• 50 - 0.60% others

The town of Bosansko Grahovo itself had 2,096 residents, including:

• 1,999 - 95.37% Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
  
• 14 - 0.66% Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
  
• 6 - 0.28% Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
  
• 61 - 2.91% Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
  
• 16 - 0.76% others

According to the 1981.census the municipality had 9,032 residents, including:

• 7.739 - 85.68% Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
  
• 264 - 2.92% Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
  
• 5 - 0.05% Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
  
• 952 - 10.54% Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
  
• 72 - 0.79% others

According to the 1971. census the municipality had 10,565 residents, including:

• 10,110 - 95.69% Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
  
• 364 - 3.44% Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
  
• 14 - 0.13% Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
  
• 37 - 0.35% Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
  
• 40 - 0.37% others

History

Gavrilo Princip

Gavrilo Princip

Gavrilo Princip was the Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914...

, the main perpetrator of the assassination in Sarajevo of 1914, was born in the village of Obljaj located just east of Bosansko Grahovo.

During the Bosnian War the city was held by Bosnian Serb forces. In autumn 1995 Croatian forces took over the city which led to a mass-evacuation of the Serbs. After the war, the Serb civilians returned, and today, they again form majority of population in the municipality.

Settlements

• Bastasi

Bastasi (Bosansko Grahovo)

Bastasi is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Bosansko Grahovo
• Crnac

Crnac

Crnac is a village and municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County. It has a total population of 1,467, distributed in the following settlements:* Breštanovci, population 152* Crnac, population 494* Krivaja Pustara, population 3...

• Crni Lug

Crni Lug

Crni Lug is a Serbian village situated in Vranje, Pčinja District. As of 2002, it has a population of 266....

• Donje Peulje

Donje Peulje

Donje Peulje is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Donji Kazanci

Donji Kazanci

Donji Kazanci is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Donji Tiškovac

Donji Tiškovac

Donji Tiškovac is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Duler

Duler

Duler is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Gornje Peulje

Gornje Peulje

Gornje Peulje is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Gornji Kazanci

Gornji Kazanci

Gornji Kazanci is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Grkovci

Grkovci

Grkovci is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Isjek

Isjek

Isjek is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Jaruga

Jaruga

Jaruga is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Kesići

Kesići

Kesići is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Korita
• Luka

Luka (Bosansko Grahovo)

Luka is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Maleševci

Maleševci (Bosansko Grahovo)

Maleševci is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Malo Tičevo

Malo Tičevo

Malo Tičevo is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Marinkovci

Marinkovci

Marinkovci is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Mračaj

Mračaj (Bosansko Grahovo)

Mračaj is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Nuglašica

Nuglašica

Nuglašica is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Obljaj

Obljaj

Obljaj is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Obljaj is located west of Sarajevo and near the border with Croatia. It is in the northwest corner of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is difficult to reach except by small roads....

• Pečenci

Pečenci

Pečenci is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Peći

Peći (Bosansko Grahovo)

Peći is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Preodac

Preodac

Preodac is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Pržine

Pržine (Bosansko Grahovo)

Pržine is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Radlovići

Radlovići

Radlovići is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Resanovci

Resanovci

Resanovci is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Stožišta

Stožišta

Stožišta is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Ugarci

Ugarci (Bosansko Grahovo)

Ugarci is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Uništa

Uništa (Bosansko Grahovo)

Uništa is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Veliko Tičevo

Veliko Tičevo

Veliko Tičevo is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Vidovići

Vidovići (Bosansko Grahovo)

Vidovići is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Zaseok i Zebe

Zaseok i Zebe

Zaseok is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

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Famous natives and residents

• Ksenija Pajčin
  Ksenija Pajcin
  Ksenija Pajčin was a Serbian singer, dancer and model popular in Serbia and the other former Yugoslav republics...
  
  
• Dobrota Lošić, father of Saša Lošić
  Saša Lošic
  Saša Lošić - Loša is one of the most recognizable composers of the Balkans and the leader of the band Plavi Orkestar, which was one of the most popular acts of the former Yugoslav Pop and Rock scene.He is a composer of often folk-inspired pop, as well as theatre scores Saša Lošić - Loša (born July...
  
  
• Baja Mali Knindža
  Baja Mali Knindža
  Baja Mali Knindža , whose real name is Mirko Pajčin , is a Serbian folk singer and songwriter. He is often described as part of the turbo folk scene, and known for his ultra-nationalist lyrics...
  
  
• Gavrilo Princip
  Gavrilo Princip
  Gavrilo Princip was the Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914...
  
  
• Neda Ukraden
  Neda Ukraden
  Neda Ukraden is a famous Serbian pop-folk singer across all of the former Yugoslavia, whose professional career stretches back over 30 years. She sings in the ijekavian form of the Serbo-Croatian language....
  
  

External links

• http://www.grahovo.net/