Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Jablanica Јабланица |
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Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
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Population (2005 census) | 13,030 | ||
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Area code | +387 36 | ||
Mayor | Salem Dedić (SDA) | ||
Website | http://www.jablanica.ba |
Jablanica is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is situated on the Neretva river in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity.
In the 1991 census, there were 12,664 inhabitants of the Jablanica municipality: 9,136 were Bosniaks (72.14%), 2,253 Croats (17.79%), 573 Yugoslavs (4.52%), 504 Serbs (3.98%), 198 others (1.56%).
As of April 2005, there are 13,030 inhabitants in the municipality of Jablanica.
During World War II, Jablanica was the site of a successful raid by a group of Partisans led by Josip Broz Tito. A rail bridge was blown over the river while a train was in the middle of crossing. There is a park and monument commemorating this action at the site. The bridge section and the locomotive can still be seen in the river gorge.
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Municipalities of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton | |
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Čapljina | Čitluk | Jablanica | Konjic | Mostar | Neum | Prozor-Rama | Ravno | Stolac |