Dobretići

Coordinates: 44°23′N 17°25′E / 44.383°N 17.417°E / 44.383; 17.417
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Dobretići
Добретићи
Coat of arms of Dobretići
Location of Dobretići within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Location of Dobretići within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Coordinates: 44°23′N 17°25′E / 44.383°N 17.417°E / 44.383; 17.417
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Central Bosnia
Government
 • Municipal mayorIvo Čakarić (HSS SR)
Area
 • Total59 km2 (23 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Total1,629
 • Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+387 30

Dobretići (Croatian:Dobretići) is a village and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the youngest and smallest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina hence being one of the poorest municipalities as well. Before the Bosnian War municipality of Dobretići was part of municipality Skender Vakuf (today Kneževo).

Name[edit]

The municipality of Dobretići was in the prior censuses known as Dobratići. After the Bosnian War, the name of the village became Dobretići, to align it with the name of medieval Bosnian aristocrat Stjepan Dobreta. The locals of the municipality like to call the area around the village Pougarje, after the local river, the Ugar.

Geography[edit]

It is located on the mountain of Ranča in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality is 20 kilometers northeast from the town of Jajce.

Administrative divisions[edit]

Today's municipality is made of 18 settlements: Brnjići, Bunar, Davidovići, Dobretići, Donji Orašac, Gornji Orašac, Kričići-Jejići, Melina, Mijatovići, Milaševci, Pavlovići, Prisika, Slipčevići, Vitovlje Malo, Vukovići, Zapeće, Zasavica i Zubovići.

Demographics[edit]

Population[edit]

Population of settlements – Dobretići municipality
Settlement 1971. 1981. 1991. 2013.
Total 4,790 1,629
1 Dobretići 190 318 336 228
2 Zubovići 375 259

Ethnic composition[edit]

Ethnic composition – Dobretići village
2013. 1991. 1981. 1971.
Total 228 (100,0%) 336 (100,0%) 318 (100,0%) 190 (100,0%)
Croats 228 (100,0%) 315 (93,75%) 271 (85,22%) 173 (91,05%)
Yugoslavs 15 (4,464%) 6 (1,887%)
Bosniaks 3 (0,893%) 1 (0,526%)
Serbs 3 (0,893%) 32 (10,06%) 12 (6,316%)
Others 5 (1,572%) 1 (0,526%)
Montenegrins 3 (0,943%) 3 (1,579%)
Hungarians 1 (0,314%)
Ethnic composition – Dobretići municipality
2013. 1991.
Total 1,629 (100,0%) 4,790 (100,0%)
Croats 1,626 (99,82%) 4,720 (98,54%)
Others 2 (0,123%) 42 (0,877%)
Serbs 1 (0,061%) 6 (0,125%)
Yugoslavs 19 (0,397%)
Bosniaks 3 (0,063%)

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External links[edit]

44°23′N 17°25′E / 44.383°N 17.417°E / 44.383; 17.417