Ljubuški
Ljubuški (Cyrillic: Љубушки) is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the West Herzegovina Canton, a unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Kravica cascades lie within the municipality, near the settlement of Studenci.
Ljubuški
Љубушки | |
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| Grad Ljubuški Град Љубушки City of Ljubuški | |
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 Location of Ljubuški within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
  Ljubuški Location of Ljubuški within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates: 43°11′53″N 17°32′48″E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | West Herzegovina |
| Geographical region | Herzegovina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vedran Markotić (HDZ BiH) |
| Area | |
| • City | 292.7 km2 (113.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • City | 28,184 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,023 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Post code | 88320 |
| Area code | +387 039 |
| Website | www |
History
The town was first mentioned in 1444.
Yugoslav Wars
During the Bosnian War, Ljubuški served as the headquarters of the Croatian Defence Forces.
Settlements
Demographics
Population
| Population of settlements – Ljubuški municipality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 28,269 | 27,603 | 28,340 | 28,184 | |
| 1 | Cerno | 403 | 355 | ||
| 2 | Crveni Grm | 1,081 | 885 | ||
| 3 | Grab | 1,344 | 1,155 | ||
| 4 | Grabovnik | 396 | 423 | ||
| 5 | Grljevići | 475 | 315 | ||
| 6 | Hardomilje | 730 | 889 | ||
| 7 | Hrašljani | 481 | 798 | ||
| 8 | Humac | 1,572 | 2,775 | ||
| 9 | Klobuk | 1,579 | 1,232 | ||
| 10 | Lipno | 536 | 223 | ||
| 11 | Lisice | 567 | 652 | ||
| 12 | Ljubuški | 2,804 | 3,700 | 4,198 | 4,023 |
| 13 | Miletina | 427 | 376 | ||
| 14 | Mostarska Vrata | 381 | 491 | ||
| 15 | Orahovlje | 207 | 216 | ||
| 16 | Otok | 549 | 590 | ||
| 17 | Pregrađe | 641 | 861 | ||
| 18 | Proboj | 769 | 701 | ||
| 19 | Prolog | 726 | 667 | ||
| 20 | Radišići | 2,502 | 2,363 | ||
| 21 | Šipovača | 623 | 643 | ||
| 22 | Stubica | 299 | 305 | ||
| 23 | Studenci | 1,190 | 1,143 | ||
| 24 | Teskera | 285 | 396 | ||
| 25 | Vašarovići | 970 | 801 | ||
| 26 | Veljaci | 1,218 | 1,249 | ||
| 27 | Vitina | 2,154 | 1,951 | ||
| 28 | Vojnići | 644 | 576 | ||
| 29 | Zvirići | 275 | 272 | ||
Ethnic composition
| Ethnic composition – Ljubuški town | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||||
| Total | 4,023 (100,0%) | 4,198 (100,0%) | 3,700 (100,0%) | 2,804 (100,0%) | |||||
| Croats | 3,352 (83,32%) | 2,658 (63,32%) | 2,164 (58,48%) | 1,328 (47,36%) | |||||
| Bosniaks | 581 (14,44%) | 1,174 (27,97%) | 1,037 (28,02%) | 1,308 (46,64%) | |||||
| Unaffiliated | 30 (0,746%) | ||||||||
| Albanians | 23 (0,572%) | ||||||||
| Serbs | 18 (0,447%) | 53 (1,263%) | 51 (1,370%) | 88 (3,130%) | |||||
| Others | 13 (0,323%) | 133 (3,168%) | 35 (0,940%) | 37 (1,310%) | |||||
| Unknown | 6 (0,149%) | ||||||||
| Yugoslavs | 180 (4,288%) | 413 (11,16%) | 43 (1,530%) | ||||||
| Ethnic composition – Ljubuški municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 28,184 (100,0%) | 28,340 (100,0%) | 27,603 (100,0%) | 28,269 (100,0%) | |||
| Croats | 27,271 (96,76%) | 26,127 (92,19%) | 25,334 (91,78%) | 26,198 (92,67%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 717 (2,543%) | 1,592 (5,618%) | 1,498 (5,427%) | 1,812 (6,410%) | |||
| Unaffiliated | 51 (0,181%) | ||||||
| Serbs | 41 (0,145%) | 65 (0,229%) | 83 (0,301%) | 118 (0,417%) | |||
| Unknown | 36 (0,128%) | ||||||
| Others | 35 (0,124%) | 329 (1,161%) | 173 (0,627%) | 92 (0,325%) | |||
| Albanians | 30 (0,106%) | ||||||
| Montenegrins | 2 (0,007%) | ||||||
| Slovenes | 1 (0,004%) | ||||||
| Yugoslavs | 227 (0,801%) | 515 (1,866%) | 49 (0,173%) | ||||
Sports
The city is home to Bosnia and Herzegovina's most successful handball club, HRK Izviđač, with eight Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship titles won, two football clubs, NK Sloga Ljubuški and NK Ljubuški, and HKK Ljubuški basketball club.
Notable people
- Mehmed-beg Kapetanović Ljubušak, Bosniak writer and official
- Mirko Alilović, handball player
- Andrija Artuković, Ustaše official
- Petar Barbarić, a venerable Catholic
- Tomislav Brkić, tennis player
- Gordan Bunoza, footballer
- Denis Buntić, handball player
- Nikola Katić, footballer
- Blaž Kraljević, commander of the Croatian Defence Forces (HOS)
- Izidor Papo, academic
- Božo Skoko, Croatian academic
- Peter Tomich, World War II hero, awarded with the Medal of Honor for heroics at Pearl Harbor
- Vjekoslav Vrančić, minister of NDH and writer
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ljubuški.
- Ljubuški official webpage
- www.ljubuski.info (in Croatian)
- www.ljubusaci.com (in Bosnian)
- www.ljubuski.com
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