Zavidovići

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Field	Value
name	Zavidovići
native_name	Завидовићи
official_name	Grad Zavidovići
Град Завидовићи
City of Zavidovići
settlement_type	City
image_skyline	zav8.jpg
image_caption	Zavidovići
image_map	BiH municipality location Zavidovići.svg
map_caption	Location of Zavidovići municipality (općina) within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
pushpin_map	Bosnia and Herzegovina
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Zavidovići
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Entity
subdivision_name1	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
subdivision_type2	Canton
subdivision_name2	Zenica-Doboj
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Erna Merdić Smailhodžić (SDA)
area_total_km2	590.3
area_urban_km2	4.74
population_total	35988
population_urban	8174
population_as_of	2013 census
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	72220
area_code	+387 32
website
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Zavidovići is a city and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated 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. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 35,988 inhabitants and the city itself 8,174.

History

Zavidovići was home to two neolithic cultures: Butmir and Kakanj. Significant Kakanj culture site is located in Tuk.

Zavidovići was developed by the Austrians during the 19th century Austro-Hungarian reign in Bosnia, mostly because of the "wood industry". After World War II, Krivaja, the company that was founded in 1884 and named after the Krivaja river, expanded. The company focused on furniture manufacturing, which it began to export to the United States under the name "Krivaja Beechbrook". Due to the Bosnian War in the 1990s, the former giant and the city were left with almost nothing.

Although once a diverse town, many of the former Serb and Croat residents left their homes during the Bosnian War. Few have returned to their properties. Now, it is a mostly Bosniak city, with few non-Bosniaks remaining.

Zavidovići's nickname is "Wood Town". Zavidovići is located in the basin of three rivers: Bosna, Krivaja and Gostović.

Geography

Mountains

Klek

Demographics

The city of Zavidovići itself had 12,947 residents in 1991. ::data[format=table]

Bosniaks	Serbs	Croats	Yugoslavs	Others	Total
1961
17,758 48.99%	11,119 30.67%	6,528 18.01%	649 1.79%	196 0.54%	36,250
1971
24,803 56,34%	11.031 25,06%	7,457 16,94%	353 0.80%	374 0.86%	44,018
1981
29,289 56.48%	11,202 21.60%	7,451 14.37%	3,234 6.24%	685 1.32%	51,861
1991
34,198 59.83%	11,640 20.36%	7,576 13.25%	2,726 4.77%	1,024 1.79%	57,164
2013
32,735 90.96%	573 1.59%	1,204 3.34%	0.00 0.00%	1,278 3.55%	35,988
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Settlements

Borovnica
Dubravica
Bajvati
Gornji Junuzovići
Gostovići
Hajderovići
Hrge
Kamenica
Karačić
Krivaja
Stipovići
Poljice
Krčevine
Kućice
Lijevča
Mahoje
Majdan
Miljevići
Mitrovići
Mustajbašići
Osječani
Petkovići
Perovići
Podvolujak
Dolovi
Lovnica
Potkleče
Predražići
Priluk
Ribnica
Ridžali
Rujnica
Sinanovići
Skroze
Stavci
Suha
Svinjašnica
Spasojevići
Vikovići
Vozuća
Vukmanovići
Vukovine
Vrbica
Zavidovići

Notable people

Edin Bašić, handball player
Aida Čorbadžić, opera singer
Alija Bešić, Bosnian-born Luxembourgian footballer
Mladen Bartolović, footballer
Šemsudin Gegić, playwright and film director
Ferid Muhić, President of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts
Nedžad Sinanović, basketball player
Safet Sušić, footballer and football manager
Sead Sušić, footballer
Šefik Džaferović, politician, the vice president of SDA and the Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venio Losert, handball player and two-time Olympic gold-medallist
Monika Radulovic, Australian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2015
Rijad Mukić,

Twin towns – sister cities

Zavidovići is twinned with:

MNE Berane, Montenegro
TUR Bozüyük, Turkey
TUR Gemlik, Turkey
BIH Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
TUR Nilüfer, Turkey
ITA Roncadelle, Italy
LUX Wiltz, Luxembourg
TUR Yunusemre, Turkey

References

"Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013". Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(1991). "Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements - 1991 Census". The Bosnia and Herzegovina Statistics Agency - Bulletin n. 234.
(6 December 2017). "Bratski i prijateljski gradovi". Zavidovići.

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