Zavidovići

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Zavidovići
Завидовићи

Municipality coat of arms

Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina

General Information

Entity

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Land area

Population (1991 census)

57,159

Population density

Coordinates

44°27′N, 18°09′E

Area code

+387 32

Mayor

Izet Bašić (SDA)

Website

http://www.zavidovici.ba

Zavidovići is a town in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located between Doboj and Zenica on the confluence of rivers Bosna and Krivaja (and Gostović nearby). 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.

In 1991 the municipality of Zavidovići had 57,159 inhabitants, of which there were 34,347 Bosniaks (61%), 11,637 Serbs (20%), 7,519 Croats (13%), 2,703 Yugoslavs (4.6%), and 953 others (1.4%). The town of Zavidovići itself had 14,820 residents.

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.

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Municipalities of the Zenica-Doboj Canton
Breza \| Doboj Jug \| Kakanj \| Maglaj \| Olovo \| Tešanj \| Usora \| Vareš \| Visoko \| Zavidovići \| Zenica \| Žepče \|

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