Ljubuški
Ljubuški (Serbian 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. It's here that is located the Kravica cascades, near the settlement of Studenci.
Ljubuški
Љубушки | |
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| Grad Ljubuški 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 |
| 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 the successful handball club HRK Izviđač, and two football clubs, NK Sloga Ljubuški and NK Ljubuški.
Notable people
- Mehmed-beg Kapetanović Ljubušak
- 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
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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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