Bihać


Bihać is a city and the administrative center of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. As of 2013, it has a population of 56,261 inhabitants.

Settlements

Bihać was mentioned for the first time in the year 1290.
In the late Middle Ages, Bihać was a free royal city and at one time the capital of the Kingdom of Croatia. In 1530 Austrian committee provide troops to defend seven key strongholds in Croatia, one of them is Bihać and Ripač. The Turks occupied Bihać in 1592 after 10 day siege and from that time Bihać was the site of the most important fort in Bosnia until the 19th century.. Ottoman rule was briefly interrupted by Auguste Marmont, general-governor of Illyrian Provinces in 5 May 1810. He seeked for preventing Ottomans from raiding French Croatia and finishing Ottoman occupation of Cetin. After fulfilling these goals, he withdrew from Bihac. Ottoman rule in Bihac ended de facto after Congress of Berlin.
During World War II, the town was occupied by Axis troops and was included into the Pavelić's Independent State of Croatia. The fascist Ustashe regime committed the Genocide of the Serbs and the Holocaust. From July to September 1941, some 15,000 Serbs were massacred along with some Jews and Roma victims at the Garavice, an extermination location near Bihać. The town was the capital of a short-lived territory, the Bihać Republic, for two months in late 1942 and early 1943, until it was recaptured by German forces. Bihać returned to Bosnian territory on March 28, 1945.
Bihać was besieged for three years from 1992–95 during the Bosnian War.

Demographics

According to the 2013 census, the city of Bihać has a population of 56,261 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the municipality:
Ethnic groupPopulation
2013
Bosniaks49,550
Croats3,265
Serbs910
Yugoslavs-
Others/Unspecified2,536
Total56,261

Geography

Climate

Economy

The agricultural sector is significant, due to the large and fertile soil.

Notable people