Drvar
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| Drvar Дрвар |
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| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| - Municipality president | Anka Papak-Dodig (SNSD) |
| Population (1991 census) | |
| - Total | 17,079 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | +387 34 |
| Website: http://www.mojdrvar.tk | |
Drvar (Cyrillic: Дрвар) is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the road between Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac, also near Glamoč. It is administratively part of the West Bosnia Canton of the Federation.
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[edit] Name
The word Drvar stems from the Serbo-Croat word 'DRVO' which means 'wood'. During socialist Yugoslavia, Drvar was named Titov Drvar in honor of Josip Broz Tito.
[edit] Demographics
| Year of census | total | Serbs | Muslims | Croats | Yugoslavs | others |
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| 1991 | 17,126 | 16,608 (96.97%) | 33 (0.19%) | 33 (0.19%) | 384 (2.24%) | 68 (0.39%) |
| 1981 | 17,983 | 15,896 (88.39%) | 26 (0.14%) | 62 (0.34%) | 1,842 (10.24%) | 157 (0.89%) |
| 1971 | 20,064 | 19,496 (97.16%) | 213 (1.06%) | 141 (0.70%) | 259 (3.21%) | 140 (0.72%) |
The town of Drvar itself had 8,053 inhabitants in 1991, including:
- 7,693 - 95.52% Serbs
- 29 - 0.36% Muslims by nationality
- 24 - 0.29% Croats
- 259 - 3.21% Yugoslavs
- 48 - 0.59% others
[edit] History
On May 25, 1944, Nazi German invaders made an attempt on the life of Tito, who was the main partisan commander, in a daring airdrop on Drvar, Operation Rösselsprung.[citation needed]
After Yugoslavia dissolved, Drvar was governed by Republika Srpska until 1995. In 1995 Drvar was liberated by Croatian forces, and Serbs left the town. After the Dayton Peace Accords it became part of the Federation. From 1995-1999 the population was predominantly Croatian. Small amounts of Serbs came back to their homes, but they faced discriminatory tendencies by the Croats which prevented their further return, because Serbs are trying to prevent the return of 450.000 remaining refugees to Republika Srpska. The local government and companies, the few that exist, are dominated by the Croats and the indigenous Serbs have difficulty finding employment. The town experienced considerable unrest relating to the return of refugees in 1998.[1][2]
In 2005 the majority of the population consisted of Bosnian Serb returnees (~90%) and about (~10%) Bosnian Croat settlers.
[edit] Economy
Drvar was already well known in the Austrian-Hungarian era due to the high-quality wood coming from that area. The Drvar area is still one of the largest logging and woodprocessing environments in BiH. One of the major problems in this area is the widespread corruption connected to this woodprocessing industry. It is estimated that during 2004 about 110.000m 3 of wood 'disappeared'. Average price of 1m 3 of timber (second class) is about 100 KM (100 Konvertible Mark = 50 Euros).
[edit] Features
'Desant na Drvar' is a film made about the German attack on Drvar. There are still some locations visitable, which were heavily fought over in that period, that still seem to be untouched by time. Famous landmarks include 'Tito's Cave' and the so-called 'Citadel'. At the latter mentioned location one can find an Austrian-Hungarian cemetery (in a very poor state) which may contain some (unknown) number of German soldiers (buried after the attack of 1944). On this spot there is also a Roman roadsign (+/- 100 AD). Another one can be found on the way to Bosanski Petrovac (near Zaglavica).
Drvar is also renowned for its local rakiya, a type of drink popular all over the Balkans. A specialty is rakiya made with cornell cherry or "drenjina" in Serbian language.
[edit] References
- ^ International Crisis Group, Impunity in Drvar, 20 August 1998, accessed 9 April 2007
- ^ UNHCR, Drvar: Bosnia's Don Quixote, Refugees 114, accessed 9 April 2007
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