Bihać

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native_nameБихаћ
official_nameGrad Bihać
Град Бихаћ
City of Bihać
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image_skylineBihać (collage image).jpg
image_captionFrom top, left to right: Bihać panorama, Fethija Mosque (former Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua), Stećak Tombstones, Kapetanova kula (Captain's Tower; currently a museum), Bihać Türbe and the Una river.
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subdivision_name1Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
subdivision_type2Canton
subdivision_name2Una-Sana
subdivision_type3Geographical region
subdivision_name3Bosanska Krajina
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameElvedin Sedić (POMAK)
leader_title1City Council
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4• NES (3)
5• NiP (2)
6• SBiH (1)
7• MB (1)
8• DF (1)
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Bihać is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region close to the border with Croatia. In 2013 its population was 56,261.

History

According to documents and historical sources, the first medieval urban settlements and towns around the Una river, began to appear in the middle of the 13th century. Bihać, as the centre of Pounje, was first mentioned on 26 February 1260, in the charter of Hungarian King Béla IV, and was described as a town built on the river's Island of St. Ladislav, owned by the Benedictine abbey of Topusko. Just two years later, in 1262, Béla proclaimed Bihać a royal free city and placed it under the direct authority of the Hungarian throne, with all rights and privileges pertaining thereto, which ensured its ability to develop completely independent from the political powers of local lords. The following mention in the charter of 1271 confirms that Bihać at that time enjoyed the status of a free city. At the head of the municipality was the town elder or major villae, who was often called a judge, and whose decision could only be changed by the king. Bihać also had a curia or magistrates, an assembly of local citizens who took the oath of office for this duty, and notaries who kept court and other civil records.

In 1530 Austria sent troops to defend seven key strongholds in Croatia, one of them was Bihać and another the nearby Ripač. The Ottomans occupied Bihać in 1592 after a 10-day siege and from that time Bihać was the most important forts in Bosnia until the 19th century. Ottoman rule was briefly interrupted by Auguste Marmont, general-governor of Illyrian Provinces on 5 May 1810. He sought to prevent Ottomans from raiding French Croatia and finishing the Ottoman occupation of Cetin. After fulfilling these goals, he withdrew from Bihać. Ottoman rule in Bihać ended de facto after the Congress of Berlin.

During World War II, the town was occupied by Axis troops and was included into Pavelić's Independent State of Croatia (NDH). The fascist Ustaše regime committed the Genocide of the Serbs and the Holocaust. From July to September 1941, some 15,000 Serbs were massacred along with some Jews and Roma victims by the Ustaše at the Garavice, an extermination location near Bihać. When the German and Italian Zones of Influence were revised on 24 June 1942, Bihać fell in , administered civilly by Croatia and militarily by Croatia and Germany. The town was the capital of a short-lived territory, the Bihać Republic, for two months in late 1942 and early 1943, until it was recaptured by German forces. From 1943 Judita Alargić served near to Bihać as an instructor of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Bihać returned to Bosnian territory on 28 March 1945.

Bihać was besieged for three years from 1992 to 1995 during the Bosnian War.

Pecat i grb Bihaca iz XIV st.jpg|The Seal and Armorial Bearings of Bihać town from the 14th century. The siege of Bihać in 1592.jpg|Siege of Bihać in 1592 Bihac 1686.jpg|Bihać fortress (Wihitsch), 1686 Bihac_kavana_paviljon.png|Coffee pavilion in Bihać, Bihac_Orthodox_Church_and_Medresa.jpg|Bihać Orthodox Church and Medresa, Domky v Bihaći.jpg|Rural houses in Bihać, Partisans in Bihać 1942.jpg|Partisans in Bihać, 1942 First session of the AVNOJ in Bihać.jpg|First session of the AVNOJ in Bihać, 1942

Demographics

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According to the 2013 census, the city of Bihać has a population of 56,261 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the municipality: ::data[format=table] | Ethnic group | Population 2013 | |---|---| | Bosniaks | 49,550 (88.1%) | | Croats | 3,265 (5.8%) | | Serbs | 910 (1.62%) | | Yugoslavs | 21 (0.04%) | | Others/Unspecified | 2,536 (4.47%) | | Total | 56,261 (100%) | ::

In the 1991 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina the ethnic composition of the municipality was 46,737 Bosniaks, 12,689 Serbs, 5,580 Croats, 4,356 Yugoslavs and 1,370 Others.

Religion

According to the 2013 census, the religious makeup of Bihać includes:

Settlements

The following settlements comprise the administrative area of the city of Bihać:

Geography

Climate

| location = Bihać (1961–1990, extremes 1949–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y | width = auto | Jan record high C = 21.2 | Feb record high C = 24.2 | Mar record high C = 27.2 | Apr record high C = 30.8 | May record high C = 33.7 | Jun record high C = 38.9 | Jul record high C = 41.2 | Aug record high C = 42.0 | Sep record high C = 36.1 | Oct record high C = 31.5 | Nov record high C = 26.6 | Dec record high C = 21.0 | year record high C = 42.0 | Jan high C = 4.0 | Feb high C = 6.5 | Mar high C = 11.2 | Apr high C = 16.3 | May high C = 21.0 | Jun high C = 24.2 | Jul high C = 26.7 | Aug high C = 26.2 | Sep high C = 22.6 | Oct high C = 16.9 | Nov high C = 10.6 | Dec high C = 5.3 | year high C = 15.9 | Jan mean C = 0.3 | Feb mean C = 2.3 | Mar mean C = 6.1 | Apr mean C = 10.7 | May mean C = 15.1 | Jun mean C = 18.3 | Jul mean C = 20.1 | Aug mean C = 19.3 | Sep mean C = 15.9 | Oct mean C = 11.3 | Nov mean C = 6.3 | Dec mean C = 1.7 | year mean C = 10.6 | Jan low C = -3.7 | Feb low C = -1.7 | Mar low C = 1.2 | Apr low C = 5.1 | May low C = 9.1 | Jun low C = 12.2 | Jul low C = 13.3 | Aug low C = 13.0 | Sep low C = 10.3 | Oct low C = 6.5 | Nov low C = 2.3 | Dec low C = -1.9 | year low C = 5.5 | Jan record low C = -24.8 | Feb record low C = -29.2 | Mar record low C = -21.0 | Apr record low C = -5.4 | May record low C = -3.3 | Jun record low C = 1.4 | Jul record low C = 4.4 | Aug record low C = 3.6 | Sep record low C = -2.4 | Oct record low C = -7.0 | Nov record low C = -18.0 | Dec record low C = -18.2 | year record low C = -29.2 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 85.8 | Feb precipitation mm = 90.8 | Mar precipitation mm = 99.2 | Apr precipitation mm = 115.0 | May precipitation mm = 116.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 109.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 105.9 | Aug precipitation mm = 109.5 | Sep precipitation mm = 107.9 | Oct precipitation mm = 109.6 | Nov precipitation mm = 146.2 | Dec precipitation mm = 113.6 | year precipitation mm = 1308.8 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 13.8 | Feb precipitation days = 14.3 | Mar precipitation days = 14.5 | Apr precipitation days = 14.6 | May precipitation days = 14.2 | Jun precipitation days = 14.0 | Jul precipitation days = 10.1 | Aug precipitation days = 10.5 | Sep precipitation days = 10.0 | Oct precipitation days = 12.2 | Nov precipitation days = 14.2 | Dec precipitation days = 15.0 | year precipitation days = 157.4 | unit snow days = 1.0 cm | Jan snow days = 16.2 | Feb snow days = 13.4 | Mar snow days = 8.4 | Apr snow days = 1.2 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.2 | Nov snow days = 5.0 | Dec snow days = 13.1 | year snow days = 57.5 | Jan humidity = 79.8 | Feb humidity = 76.7 | Mar humidity = 70.6 | Apr humidity = 66.7 | May humidity = 68.9 | Jun humidity = 70.5 | Jul humidity = 69.3 | Aug humidity = 73.1 | Sep humidity = 76.5 | Oct humidity = 77.6 | Nov humidity = 78.9 | Dec humidity = 80.6 | year humidity = 74.1 | Jan sun = 58.3 | Feb sun = 74.0 | Mar sun = 125.4 | Apr sun = 152.1 | May sun = 202.1 | Jun sun = 219.7 | Jul sun = 265.6 | Aug sun = 228.2 | Sep sun = 171.6 | Oct sun = 117.4 | Nov sun = 73.2 | Dec sun = 50.3 | year sun = 1737.9 | source 1 = Meteorological Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Economy

The agricultural sector is significant, due to the large and fertile soil.

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Bihać is twinned with:

Notes

  • 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.

References

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