Bihać

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

Contents
Settlements
History
Demographics
Ethnic groups
Geography
Climate
Economy
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
Notes
References From top, left to right: Bihać panorama,
External links Fethija Mosque (former Catholic
Church of St. Anthony of Padua),
Stećak Tombstones, Kapetanova kula
(Captain's Tower; currently a museum),
Settlements Bihać Türbe and the Una river.

Bajrići Jezero Pritoka

Brekovica Kalati Račić
Bugar Kulen Vakuf Rajinovci
Ćukovi Lohovo Ripač
Doljani Lohovska Brda Spahići
Coat of arms
Donja Gata Mala Peća Srbljani
Dubovsko Mali Skočaj Velika Gata
Gorjevac Međudražje Veliki Skočaj
Grabež Muslići Veliki Stjenjani
Grmuša Ostrovica Vikići
Hrgar Papari Vrsta
Izačić Praščijak Zavalje i Zlopoljac

History
According to documents and historical sources, the first medieval urban
settlements and towns around the Una river, began to appear in the middle of the
13th century. Bihać, as the center of Pounje, was first mentioned on 26 February Location of Bihać within Bosnia and
1260, in the charter of Hungarian King Bela IV, and was described as a town Herzegovina.
built on the river's Island of St. Ladislav, owned by the Benedictine abbey of
Topusko. Just two years later, in 1262, Bela proclaimed Bihać a royal free city
and placed it under the direct authority of the Hungarian throne, with all rights
and privileges pertaining thereto, which ensured its ability to develop completely Bihać
independent from the political powers of local lords. The following mention in
the charter of 1271 confirms that Bihać at that time enjoyed the status of a free
city. At the head of the municipality was the town elder or major villae, who was
often called a judge, and whose decision could only be changed by the king.
Bihać also had a curia or magistrates, an assembly of local citizens who took the
oath of office for this duty, and notaries who kept court and other civil
records.[2][3][4][5]

In 1530 Austrian committee provided troops to defend seven key strongholds in

Croatia, one of them was Bihać and another, Ripač (near Bihać).[6]:113 The
Turks occupied Bihać in 1592 after a 10-day siege and from that time Bihać was
the most important forts in Bosnia until the 19th century.[7] Ottoman rule was
briefly interrupted by Auguste Marmont, general-governor of Illyrian Provinces
Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina
in 5 May 1810.[8] He sought to prevent Ottomans from raiding French Croatia
Coordinates: 44°49′N 15°52′E
and finishing the Ottoman occupation of Cetin. After fulfilling these goals, he
withdrew from Bihac. Ottoman rule in Bihac ended de facto after the Congress Country Bosnia and
of Berlin. Herzegovina
Entity Federation of
During World War II, the town was occupied by Axis troops and was included Bosnia and
into the Pavelić's Independent State of Croatia (NDH). The fascist Ustashe Herzegovina
regime committed the Genocide of the Serbs and the Holocaust. From July to Canton Una-Sana
September 1941, some 15,000 Serbs were massacred along with some Jews and Geographical Bosanska Krajina
Roma victims at the Garavice, an extermination location near Bihać. The town region
was the capital of a short-lived territory, the Bihać Republic, for two months in Government
late 1942 and early 1943, until it was recaptured by German forces. Bihać • Mayor Šuhret Fazlić
returned to Bosnian territory on March 28, 1945.[9] (POMAK)
Area
Bihać was besieged for three years from 1992–95 during the Bosnian War.[10]
• City 900 km2
(300 sq mi)
• Urban 163 km2 (63 sq mi)
Elevation 230 m (750 ft)
Population (2013 census)[1]
• City 43,007
• Density 48/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban 56,261
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
The Seal and Siege of Bihać in Bihac fortress
Armorial Bearings of 1592 (Wihitsch), 1686 ZIP code 77000
Bihać town from the Area code(s) +387 37
14th century. Website www.bihac.org (htt
p://www.bihac.org)

Coffee pavilion in Bihac Orthodox Rural houses in

Bihac, ca. 1900 Church and Bihac, ca. 1930
Medresa, ca. 1910
 Partisans in Bihać, First session of the
1942 AVNOJ in Bihać,
1942

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:

Population
Ethnic group
2013[11] Bihać inner city panorama
Bosniaks 49,550 (88,07%)
Croats 3,265 (5,803%)
Serbs 910 (1,617%)
Yugoslavs 21 (0,037%)
Others/Unspecified 2,536 (4.471%)
Total 56,261 (100,0%)

Geography

Climate
 Climate data for Bihać (1961–1990, extremes 1949–present)

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Record high 21.2 24.2 27.2 30.8 33.7 38.9 41.2 42.0 36.1 31.5 26.6 21.0 42.0
°C (°F) (70.2) (75.6) (81.0) (87.4) (92.7) (102.0) (106.2) (107.6) (97.0) (88.7) (79.9) (69.8) (107.6)

Average 4.0 6.5 11.2 16.3 21.0 24.2 26.7 26.2 22.6 16.9 10.6 5.3 15.9
high °C (°F) (39.2) (43.7) (52.2) (61.3) (69.8) (75.6) (80.1) (79.2) (72.7) (62.4) (51.1) (41.5) (60.6)

Daily mean 0.3 2.3 6.1 10.7 15.1 18.3 20.1 19.3 15.9 11.3 6.3 1.7 10.6
°C (°F) (32.5) (36.1) (43.0) (51.3) (59.2) (64.9) (68.2) (66.7) (60.6) (52.3) (43.3) (35.1) (51.1)

Average low −3.7 −1.7 1.2 5.1 9.1 12.2 13.3 13.0 10.3 6.5 2.3 −1.9 5.5
°C (°F) (25.3) (28.9) (34.2) (41.2) (48.4) (54.0) (55.9) (55.4) (50.5) (43.7) (36.1) (28.6) (41.9)

Record low −24.8 −29.2 −21.0 −5.4 −3.3 1.4 4.4 3.6 −2.4 −7.0 −18.0 −18.2 −29.2
°C (°F) (−12.6) (−20.6) (−5.8) (22.3) (26.1) (34.5) (39.9) (38.5) (27.7) (19.4) (−0.4) (−0.8) (−20.6)

Average
85.8 90.8 99.2 115.0 116.3 109.0 105.9 109.5 107.9 109.6 146.2 113.6 1,308.8
precipitation
(3.38) (3.57) (3.91) (4.53) (4.58) (4.29) (4.17) (4.31) (4.25) (4.31) (5.76) (4.47) (51.53)
mm (inches)

Average
precipitation
13.8 14.3 14.5 14.6 14.2 14.0 10.1 10.5 10.0 12.2 14.2 15.0 157.4
days
(≥ 0.1 mm)

Average
snowy days 16.2 13.4 8.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 5.0 13.1 57.5
(≥ 1.0 cm)

Average
relative
79.8 76.7 70.6 66.7 68.9 70.5 69.3 73.1 76.5 77.6 78.9 80.6 74.1
humidity
(%)

Mean
monthly
58.3 74.0 125.4 152.1 202.1 219.7 265.6 228.2 171.6 117.4 73.2 50.3 1,737.9
sunshine
hours

Source: Meteorological Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina[12][13]

Economy
The agricultural sector is significant, due to the large and fertile soil.[14]

Mehmed Alajbegović, politician and lawyer

Mersada Bećirspahić, basketball player
Christopher Corvinus (Christopher Hunyadi, 1499–1505), Prince of Hungary and the last male member of the
Hungarian Royal House of Hunyadi
Zlatko Dedić, Slovenian footballer
Ferid Džanić, World War II Axis soldier (SS Handschar Division)
Nihad Hasanović, writer and translator
Alen Islamović, singer, lead vocalist of the bands Divlje Jagode and Bijelo Dugme
Azra Kolaković, singer
Zele Lipovača, musician, leading member of Divlje Jagode
Irfan Ljubijankić, facial surgeon, classical music composer, politician and diplomat of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Dejan Matić, singer
Saša Matić, pop singer
Džanan Musa, basketball player, European U16 champion
Milan Muškatirović, water polo goalkeeper and professor of organic chemistry
Saša Radulović, Serbian engineer, politician and former Minister of Economy
Branka Raunig, archaeologist and museum curator
 Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, professor and author of critically acclaimed memoir "The Cat I Never Named: A
True Story of Love, War and Survival"(Bloomsbury, 2020)
[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

Faruk Šehić, poet

Amir Smajić, folk singer
Borislav Stanković, Serbian basketball player, coach and secretary General of FIBA

Twin towns – sister cities

Bihać is twinned with:

Bondeno, Italy[32] Nagykanizsa, Hungary[35]

Kikinda, Serbia[33] Novo Mesto, Slovenia[36]
Kuşadası, Turkey[34] Reșița, Romania[37]
Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France[38]

See also
Fethija mosque
Siege of Bihać
University of Bihać, opened in 1997
NK Jedinstvo Bihać, local soccer club
Željava Air Base
Bihać Republic
Una National Park

Notes
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.

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External links
Official city presentation (http://www.bihac.org/)
Preminger Brewery (http://www.preminger.ba/)

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