Zavidovići

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Zavidovići
Завидовићи
Location of Zavidovići within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Location of Zavidovići within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zavidovići (Bosnia)
Zavidovići
Zavidovići
Location of Zavidovići
Coordinates: 44°27′N 18°09′E / 44.45, 18.15
Country Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 - Municipality president Izet Bašić (SDA)
Population (1991 census)
 - Total 57,164
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +387 32
Website: http://www.zavidovici.ba

Zavidovići is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located between Doboj and Zenica on the confluence of rivers Bosna, Krivaja and Gostović. It sits in a valley surrounded by many mountains of which the largest is Klek. It is administratively part of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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[edit] Demographics

Ethnic Composition
Year Serb  % Muslims  % Croats  % Yugoslavs  % Others  % Total
1961 11,119 30.67% 17,758 48.99% 6,528 18.01% 649 1.79% 196 0.54% 36,250
1971 11.031 25,06% 24,803 56,34% 7,457 16,94% 353 0.80% 374 0.86% 44,018
1981 11,202 21.60% 29,289 56.48% 7,451 14.37% 3,234 6.24% 685 1.32% 51,861
1991 11,637 20.36% 34,341 60.09% 7,519 13.16% 2,703 4.73% 953 1.67% 57,153

The town of Zavidovići itself had 12,947 residents in 1991.

[edit] 2005

In 2005, 97% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.

[edit] History

Zavidovići was developed by the Austrians during the Austro-Hungarian reign in BiH, mostly because of the wood industry. After the World War II, the wood industry in Zavidovići, the company named by one of the rivers "Krivaja" (founded 1884), expanded. The company focused on furniture manufacturing, which it began to export to US under a name "Krivaja Beechbrook". Due to the Bosnian war, the former giant and the town are left with almost nothing.

[edit] Famous people

  • Venio Losert - Croatian handballer and two-time Olympic gold-medallist
  • Safet Sušić - Bosnian footballer and current coach, played in two world cups

[edit] References

  • Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.


[edit] External links

Zavidovići railway station
Zavidovići railway station


Coordinates: 44°27′N, 18°09′E