Gacko is a town and municipality in southeastern 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...

 in the Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 entity. It is situated in the Foča Region.

Geography

The town is in a short distance from Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. The municipality covers an area of 736 km² (284 sq mi), making it one of the larger municipalities in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Medieval history

In Medieval times, the town was a Zhupa of the Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. In 1276, Serbian prince Stefan Dragutin fights his father's (King Stephen Uroš I of Serbia) troops on the Gatačko polje (Gacko field), and subsequently takes the throne. Gacko was at this time an important commercial centre on the Dubrovnik-Foča-route. In the 14th century the region is seat of Hum

Zahumlje

Zachlumia or Zahumlje was a medieval principality located in modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia...

, under the House of Vojinović

House of Vojinović

Vojinović was a medieval Serbian noble family which during the 14th century played an important role in the Serbian Empire, especially after the death of Emperor Dušan , when during collapse of Serbian Empire its representative Grand Dukes Vojislav Vojinović , and later his cousin Nikola...

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Settlements of Gacko

• Avtovac

Avtovac

Avtovac is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Bahori

Bahori

Bahori is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Bašići

Bašići (Gacko)

Bašići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Berušica

Berušica

Berušica is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Brajićevići

Brajićevići

Brajićevići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Branilovići

Branilovići

Branilovići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Cernica

Cernica

Cernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Romania, with a population of 9,425 as of 2002. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poşta and Tânganu, several villages on the bank of lake Cernica...

• Čemerno

Čemerno

Čemerno is a mountain in western Serbia, near the town of Ivanjica. Its highest peak Smrdljuč has an altitude of 1579 meters above sea level.-External links:*...

• Danići

Danići

Danići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Dobrelji

Dobrelji

Dobrelji is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Domrke

Domrke

Domrke is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Donja Bodežišta

Donja Bodežišta

Donja Bodežišta is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Dramešina

Dramešina

Dramešina is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Dražljevo

Dražljevo

Dražljevo is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Drugovići

Drugovići (Gacko)

Drugovići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Dubljevići

Dubljevići

Dubljevići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Fojnica

Fojnica (Gacko)

Fojnica is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Gacko
• Gareva

Gareva

Gareva is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Gornja Bodežišta

Gornja Bodežišta

Gornja Bodežišta is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Gračanica

Gračanica (Gacko)

Gračanica is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Gradina

Gradina (Gacko)

Gradina is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Hodinići

Hodinići

Hodinići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Igri

Igri

Igri is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Izgori

Izgori

Izgori is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Jabuka

Jabuka (Gacko)

Jabuka is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Jasenik

Jasenik (Gacko)

Jasenik is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Jugovići

Jugovići (Gacko)

Jugovići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Kazanci

Kazanci

Kazanci is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Ključ

Ključ (Gacko)

Ključ is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Kokorina

Kokorina (Gacko)

Kokorina is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Kravarevo

Kravarevo

Kravarevo is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Kula

Kula (Gacko)

Kula is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Lipnik

Lipnik (Gacko)

Lipnik is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Lončari

Lončari (Gacko)

Lončari is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Luka

Luka (Gacko)

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

• Lukovice

Lukovice

Lukovice is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Ljeskov Dub

Ljeskov Dub

Ljeskov Dub is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Medanići

Medanići

Medanići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Međuljići

Međuljići

Međuljići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Mekavci

Mekavci

Mekavci is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Melečići

Melečići

Melečići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Miholjače

Miholjače

Miholjače is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Mjedenik

Mjedenik

Mjedenik is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Mrđenovići

Mrđenovići

Mrđenovići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Muhovići

Muhovići

Muhovići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Nadinići

Nadinići

Nadinići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Novi Dulići

Novi Dulići

Novi Dulići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Platice

Platice

Platice is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Poda

Poda (Gacko)

Poda is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Pridvorica

Pridvorica

Pridvorica may refer to*Pridvorica, Blace, in the municipality of Blace *Pridvorica, Bojnik, in the municipality of Bojnik *Pridvorica, Čačak, in the municipality of Čačak...

• Pržine

Pržine (Gacko)

Pržine is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Ravni

Ravni (Gacko)

Ravni is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Rudo Polje

Rudo Polje (Gacko)

Rudo Polje is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Samobor

Samobor (Gacko)

Samobor is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Slivlja

Slivlja

Slivlja is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Soderi

Soderi

Soderi is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Srđevići

Srđevići (Gacko)

Srđevići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Stambelići

Stambelići

Stambelići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Stari Dulići

Stari Dulići

Stari Dulići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Stepen

Stepen

Stepen is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Stolac

Stolac (Gacko)

Stolac is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Šipovica

Šipovica

Šipovica is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Šumići

Šumići

Šumići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Ulinje

Ulinje

Ulinje is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Višnjevo

Višnjevo (Gacko)

Višnjevo is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Vratkovići

Vratkovići

Vratkovići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Vrba

Vrba (Gacko)

Vrba is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Zagradci

Zagradci

Zagradci is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Zurovići i Žanjevica

Zurovići i Žanjevica

Zurovići is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

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Economy

There is a thermoelectric powerplant in the municipality, which is the main employer. The Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 power company

Electrical power industry

The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers...

 ČEZ

CEZ Group

CEZ Group is a conglomerate of 96 companies , 72 of them in the Czech Republic. It is involved in the electricity generation, distribution, and trade. CEZ Group operates also in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and...

 intends to build a new power plant.http://www.cez.cz/presentation/eng/instance_view.jsp?instance_id=500006837&folder_id=7974http://www.cez.cz/presentation/cze/GetFile?type=FilFile&version=-2&id=500002627&download=true

Sport

The local football club

Football team

A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...

, FK Mladost Gacko

FK Mladost Gacko

FK Mladost is a football club from the town of Gacko, in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club played in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2002-03 season...

, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska

First League of the Republika Srpska

First League of the Republika Srpska is a second level football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since there were three different football championships in country, organized on ethnic principles, the "First League of the Republika Srpska" was the top flight in Republika Srpska before 2002....

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Demographic history

Census year	Total	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... {See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina are people of Serb ethnicity inhabiting the Balkan regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or, since the establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state in the 1990s, the Serbs who have its citizenship. The Serbs are one of the three constitutive nations of this... }	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...	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... {See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina form one of the three constitutive nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.There is no precise data regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina's population since the last war. Ethnic cleansing within Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s saw the vast majority of Croats move and take... }	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...	Others
Municipality data
1991	10,788	6,661 (61.74%)	3,858 (35.76%)	29 (0.26%)	84 (0.77%)	156 (1.44%)
1981	10,279	6,215 (60.46%)	3,424 (33.31%)	21 (0.20%)	346 (3.36%)	273 (2.65%)
1971	12,033	7,634 (63.44%)	4,184 (34.77%)	15 (0.12%)	20 (0.16%)	180 (1.49%)
Town data
1991	2,253	4,584	2,144	28	78	81

External links

• http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/bosnia_koritska_gorge.htm
• http://www.gacko-rs.info
• http://www.virtualnahercegovina.com/index.php/vijesti/gacko
• http://www.gacko.net