Donji Vakuf

Donji Vakuf

Доњи Вакуф
Donji Vakuf Доњи Вакуф
Town and municipality
	Location of Donji Vakuf within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	Coordinates: 44°09′N 17°24′E / 44.150°N 17.400°E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Central Bosnia
Government
• Municipal mayor	Senad Selimović (SDP BiH)
Area
• Total	320 km2 (120 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	13,985
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 30
Website	www.donji-vakuf.ba

Donji Vakuf (Serbian Cyrillic: Доњи Вакуф, pronounced [dɔ̂ːɲiː vǎkuf]) is a town and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It was founded by Malkoçoğlu İbrahim Bey in 1572 and was known as "Aşağı Vakıf" ("lower waqf", i.e. Islamic endowment in Turkish). Donji Vakuf is the Bosnian translation of "Aşağı Vakıf".

Settlements

History

From 1929 to 1941, Donji Vakuf was part of the Vrbas Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From April 1993 to 14 September 1995 the town's name was Srbobran (as it was occupied by Serb paramilitary forces). During that time the majority of Bosniaks were exiled to the neighboring town of Bugojno, and on 14 September 1995 Donji Vakuf was liberated by the Bosnian Army. The town then changed its name back to Donji Vakuf.

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Donji Vakuf municipality
	Settlement	1961.	1971.	1981.	1991.	2013.
	Total	16,036	20,393	22,606	24,544	13,985
1	Ćehajići				321	311
2	Daljan				160	236
3	Donji Rasavci				339	204
4	Donji Vakuf		5,012	7,224	8,771	6,711
5	Jemanlići				337	209
6	Kutanja				433	310
7	Oborci				652	607
8	Ponjavići				285	331
9	Pribraća				715	426
10	Prusac				1,756	1,281
11	Šeherdžik				344	261
12	Torlakovac				766	592

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Donji Vakuf town
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	6,711 (100,0%)	8,771 (100,0%)	7,224 (100,0%)	5,012 (100,0%)
Bosniaks	6,360 (94,77%)	5,327 (60,73%)	4,207 (58,24%)	3,723 (74,28%)
Others	276 (4,113%)	114 (1,300%)	58 (0,803%)	20 (0,399%)
Serbs	56 (0,834%)	2,616 (29,83%)	1,854 (25,66%)	882 (17,60%)
Croats	19 (0,283%)	191 (2,178%)	184 (2,547%)	278 (5,547%)
Yugoslavs		523 (5,963%)	900 (12,46%)	84 (1,676%)
Montenegrins			12 (0,166%)	5 (0,100%)
Slovenes			5 (0,069%)	3 (0,060%)
Albanians			2 (0,028%)	17 (0,339%)
Macedonians			1 (0,014%)
Hungarians			1 (0,014%)

Ethnic composition – Donji Vakuf municipality
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.	1961.
Total	13,985 (100,0%)	24,544 (100,0%)	22,606 (100,0%)	20,393 (100,0%)	16,036 (100,0%)
Bosniaks	13,376 (95,65%)	13,509 (55,04%)	11,600 (51,31%)	10,528 (51,63%)	6,289 (39.22%)
Others	444 (3,175%)	227 (0,925%)	177 (0,783%)	49 (0,240%)	51 (0.32%)
Serbs	107 (0,765%)	9,533 (38,84%)	8,574 (37,93%)	8,767 (42,99%)	7,870 (49.08%)
Croats	58 (0,415%)	682 (2,779%)	635 (2,809%)	924 (4,531%)	976 (6.09%)
Yugoslavs		593 (2,416%)	1 592 (7,042%)	90 (0,441%)	850 (5.30%)
Montenegrins			18 (0,080%)	12 (0,059%)
Slovenes			5 (0,022%)	3 (0,015%)
Macedonians			2 (0,009%)
Albanians			2 (0,009%)	19 (0,093%)
Hungarians			1 (0,004%)	1 (0,005%)

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Tourism

The village of Prusac lies just outside Donji Vakuf. Bosniaks make a pilgrimage to the nearby holy site of Ajvatovica in June. It is one of the biggest events in Bosnia and Herzegovina.