Gradačac

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Gradačac
Градачац
Location of Gradačac within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Location of Gradačac within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Gradačac (Bosnia)
Gradačac
Gradačac
Location of Gradačac
Coordinates: 44°53′N 18°26′E / 44.883, 18.433
Country Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 - Municipality president Ferhat Mustafić (SDP)
Population (1991 census)
 - Total 56,378
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +387 35
Website: http://www.gradacac.ba/

Gradačac (Cyrillic: Градачац) is a town and municipality in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located roughly 40 km (25 mi) south of the Sava river. Administratively, Gradačac is part of the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The towns of Bosanski Šamac and Modriča lie near Gradačac.

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[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

48,384 total

  • Muslims - 26,905 (55.60%)
  • Serbs - 12,455 (25.74%)
  • Croats - 8,447 (17.45%)
  • Yugoslavs - 321 (0.66%)
  • Others - 256 (0.55%)

[edit] 1991

In the census of 1991, the municipality of Gradačac had 56,378 residents of which there were:

[edit] 2005

In 2005, 96% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.

[edit] History

Husejnija mosque
Husejnija mosque
Castle of Gradačac
Castle of Gradačac
Hazna Lake
Hazna Lake
Birth House of Captain Husejin Gradaščević
Birth House of Captain Husejin Gradaščević
Old Clock Tower
Old Clock Tower

The župa of Gradačac was first mentioned in 1302, while the town's first written mention dates from 1465 (also as Gračac). The town became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1512, its nahija (municipality) was first recorded in the defter of 1533, while its kadiluk (county) was recorded in 1634.

In 1701 the settlement was given the status of a palanka (city), and it became the headquarters of a military captaincy in 1710. The captains of the Gradaščević family led the development of the city, and the most famous of them, Husein-kapetan Gradaščević or Zmaj od Bosne ("Dragon of Bosnia"), led an uprising that raised to arms most of the Bosnian captains in 1831.

The town has a fort with 18-meter high walls built between 1765 and 1821, and a 22-meter high watchtower, built in 1824 by Husein-kapetan Gradaščević on foundations made originally by the Romans.

It was severely bombed during the Bosnian war 1992-1995. It is located at the narrow northern corridor that connects two major portions of the Bosnian Serb entity Republika Srpska, near Brčko. Gradačac became part of the Tuzla Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war.

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Coordinates: 44°53′N, 18°26′E


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