Živinice

For other uses, see Živinice (disambiguation).

Živinice Живинице
Location of Živinice within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Živinice Location of Živinice
Coordinates: 44°27′N 18°39′E / 44.450°N 18.650°E / 44.450; 18.650Coordinates: 44°27′N 18°39′E / 44.450°N 18.650°E / 44.450; 18.650
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
• Municipality president	(SDP)
Area
• Total	291 km² (112 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	61,201
• Density	210/km² (500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 35
Website	www.zivinice.ba

Živinice is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of Tuzla. It is part of the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

The origin of the name Živinice is still not established. According to M. Hadžijanić Živinice was mentioned in a Turkish document of 1764 as "Živinice called Uskopči, probably (Oskovci) in nahija Tuzla".^[1]

Demographics

1991

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Živinice had 54,783 inhabitants, of which there were:

49,011 Bosniaks (80.34%)
2,096 Croats (7.25%)
2,525 Serbs (6.43%)
1,101 Yugoslavs (3.88%)
and 1,135 others or unknown (2.07%)

The town of Živinice itself had 11,956 residents. By the last documents, Živinice had 12,102 residents.

Sport

NK Slaven Živinice

Općina Živinice

Bašigovci, Brnjica, Djedino, Dubrave Donje, Dubrave Gornje, Dunajevići, Đurđevik, Gračanica, Kovači, Kršići, Kuljan, Lukavica Donja, Lukavica Gornja, Odorovići, Priluk, Spreča, Suha, Svojat, Šarenjak - Hornica, Šerići, Tupković Donji, Tupković Gornji, Višća Donja, Višća Gornja, Vrnojevići, Zelenika, Zukići, Živinice Gornje, Brcanine, Šišici, Mestrici, Zenuni.

Notable residents

Boris Živković, footballer
Dragan Perić, athlete
Denijal Pirić, retired footballer
Elvir Rahimić, footballer
Jasmin Fejzić, football goalkeeper
Mirsad Bešlija, footballer
Jusuf Nurkić, basketball player

Monuments

Statue of Josip Broz Tito
Monument to dead fighters of Bosnian War

Education

Nine elementary schools and two high schools.

References

Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.

Notes

↑ http://www.nerda.ba/mir/mirnerda.php?o=zivinice&j=%27ENG%27

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Živinice.

Municipalities of the Tuzla Canton

Banovići Čelić Doboj Istok Gračanica Gradačac Kalesija Kladanj Lukavac Sapna Srebrenik Teočak Tuzla Živinice

Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska

Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Una-Sana
Central Bosnia

Posavina
Herzegovina-Neretva

Tuzla
West Herzegovina

Zenica-Doboj
Sarajevo

Bosnian Podrinje
Canton 10

Districts of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brčko distrikt

Municipalities and cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Capital	Sarajevo

Municipalities and cities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cities Grad Bihać Grad Mostar Glavni grad Sarajevo Grad Široki Brijeg Grad Tuzla Grad Zenica Municipalities Banovići Bosanska Krupa Bosanski Petrovac Bosansko Grahovo Breza Bugojno Busovača Bužim Čapljina Cazin Čelić Centar, Sarajevo Čitluk Drvar Doboj East Doboj South Dobretići Domaljevac-Šamac Donji Vakuf Foča-Ustikolina Fojnica Glamoč Goražde Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Gračanica Gradačac Grude Hadžići Ilidža Ilijaš Jablanica Jajce Kakanj Kalesija Kiseljak Kladanj Ključ Konjic Kreševo Kupres Livno Ljubuški Lukavac Maglaj Neum Novi Grad, Sarajevo Novo Sarajevo Novi Travnik Odžak Olovo Orašje Pale-Prača Posušje Prozor-Rama Ravno Sanski Most Sapna Srebrenik Stari Grad, Sarajevo Stolac Teočak Tešanj Tomislavgrad Travnik Trnovo (FBiH) Usora Vareš Velika Kladuša Visoko Vitez Vogošća Zavidovići Žepče Živinice

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Brčko District	Brčko

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