Nevesinje

Shield of Nevesinje

Nevesinje (Serbian Cyrillic: Невесиње) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in eastern Herzegovina between Mostar and Gacko. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska entity. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1068x1074, 19 KB)Description: A blank map of Bosnia and Herzegovina; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 8 July 2006 Author: User:ChrisO Permission: See below Licensing I... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Image File history File links Nevesinje_coat_of_arms. ... Serbian Cyrillic is the Serbian variant of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Herzegovina (natively Hercegovina/Херцеговина) is a historical region in the Dinaric Alps that composes the southern part of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Mostar (Мостар) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. ... Gacko is a town and municipality by the same name in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Anthem: Bože Pravde (English: God of Justice) Patron Saint: Saint Stephen3 The location of Republika Srpska as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe. ...

Geography and climate

Geography

The municipality of Nevesinje is located in southern part of Bosnia and Hercegovina and administratively it is part of the Republika Srpska entity. This mountaneus municipality covers 1040 km² and average elevation is 860 m above the sea level. A large Karst plain dominates the municipality. Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ...

Climate

Nevesinje has a typical European continental climate with long and cold winters and short, dry and hot summers. The largest amounts of precipitations are in early spring and in the late fall.

Population

According to estimates, current population of the municipality of Nevesinje is around 18,000. Approximately 10,000 of those are permanent residents while the remaining 8,000 are listed as refuges. Many of these refuges ended up in Nevesinje as a result of population shifts that occurred during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995 and have lived In Nevesinje for over 10 years. Almost 25% of people living in the municipality are over 60 years of age. The unemployment rate is very high and many younger people are leaving Nevesinje looking for employment in other parts of the former Yugoslavia, or even further in Europe or overseas.

In the census of 1991, the municipality of Nevesinje had 14,416 residents, including: 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 74.45% Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 22.98% Muslims by nationality (today most consider themselves Bosniaks)
• 1.35% Croats
• 0.85% Yugoslavs
• 0.37% others

The town of Nevesinje itself had 5,682 inhabitants, including: Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... Ethnic map of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2006 municipality data. ... Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to describe people who spoke Serbo-Croatian language and professed Islam that werent identified as one of the other nations. ... The Bosniaks (Bosnian: Bošnjaci, IPA: ) are a South Slav people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with a smaller autochthonous population also present in Kosovo. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... Yugoslav was an ethnic designation used by some people in former Yugoslavia, which continues to be used in some of its successor countries. ...

• 85% Serbs
• 11% Muslims by nationality
• 2% Yugoslavs
• 2% Croats
• 1% others

Today, the ethinic composition of Nevesinje is dramatically different. As a result of ethnic cleansing, there are virtually no Muslims (Bosniaks) or Croats in Nevesinje. In June 1992, Serb forces expelled all Muslims and Croats from the municipality. More than 330 Muslims were killed in a campaign designed to create an ethnically pure Serb area. Additionally, all 8 pre-war mosques in the municipality were destroyed. [[1]]. The property on which one of the two pre-war functioning mosques in the town of Nevesinje was turned into a parking lot.

History

The annals of Patriarchate of Peć (Pećka Patrijarsija) mentioned Nevesinje in 1219, which is the earliest appearance of the municipality of Nevesinje in preserved historical sources.

The Nevesinje region was under the rule of different medieval lords until the end of the 15th century. The most significant ruler of Nevesinje from this period was Stefan Vuksic Kosaca, known as Herceg Stefan. The whole land Hercegovina was named after him. Stefan's lands were under the constant treat from advancing Turkish forces in the 15th century. Hercegovina, and thus Nevesinje were gradually incorporated into the Turkish Empire by the end of the 15th century.

During the period of Turkish rule Nevesinje was mostly part of Bosnian Pashaluk and was a seat of a qadi. Nevesinje was at the heart of the Great Eastern Crisis, 1875-1878 when peasants of the region rebelled against Turkish tax collectors. The rebellion soon spread to the rest of Herzegovina and to Bosnia Province and other parts of the Ottoman Empire. Neighbouring states, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria got involved in the conflict which in turn pulled in great powers of the time. The conflict ended with Congress of Berlin in 1878 and the province of Bosnia and Herzegovina was placed under the administration of Austria-Hungary. At the same time Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro were declared independent principalities. Vilâyet (also eyalet or pashaluk) was the Turkish name for the provinces of the Ottoman Empire. ... Qadi (قاضى) is an Arabic term meaning judge. ... Herzegovina (natively Hercegovina/Херцеговина) is a historical region in the Dinaric Alps that composes the southern part of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Province of Bosnia was a key Ottoman province, the westernmost one, based on the territory of the present day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... now. ... The Congress of Berlin was a meeting of the European Great Powers and the Ottoman Empires leading statesmen in Berlin in 1878. ...

People of Nevesinje continued their struggle against foreign rule with an uprising against Austria-Hungary in 1882. This uprising is interesting because it was the first time that Orthodox Serbs and Muslim Bosniaks fought on the same side.

References

• Virtualna Hercegovina. www.virtualnahercegovina.com

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Official language Serbian, Bosnian (Serbo-Croation) and Croatian Official script Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet Capital Brčko Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  208 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total  â€“ Density  80,000  ? Ethnic groups (current est. ... http://www. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...