Gradačac

Infobox Settlement
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leader_name = Fadil Imširović (SDA)
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Gradačac ("Cyrillic": Градачац) is a town and municipality in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located roughly convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on south of the Sava river. Administratively, Gradačac is part of the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The towns of Bosanski Šamac and Modriča lie near Gradačac.

Demographics

1971

48,384 total
* Muslims - 26,905 (55.60%)
* Serbs - 12,455 (25.74%)
* Croats - 8,447 (17.45%)
* Yugoslavs - 321 (0.66%)
* Others - 256 (0.55%)

1991

In the census of 1991, the municipality of Gradačac had 56,378 residents of which there were:
* 60.2% Bosniaks
* 19.8% Serbs
* 15.1% Croats
* 4.9% others.

2005

In 2005, 96% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.

History

The "župa" of Gradačac was first mentioned in 1302, while the town's first written mention dates from 1465 (also as "Gračac"). The town became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1512, its "nahija" (municipality) was first recorded in the defter of 1533, while its "kadiluk" (county) was recorded in 1634.

In 1701 the settlement was given the status of a "palanka" (city), and it became the headquarters of a military captaincy in 1710. The captains of the Gradaščević family led the development of the city, and the most famous of them, Husein-kapetan Gradaščević or "Zmaj od Bosne" ("Dragon of Bosnia"), led an uprising that raised to arms most of the Bosnian captains in 1831.

The town has a fort with 18-meter high walls built between 1765 and 1821, and a 22-meter high watchtower, built in 1824 by Husein-kapetan Gradaščević on foundations made originally by the Romans.

It was severely bombed during the Bosnian war 1992-1995. It is located at the narrow northern corridor that connects two major portions of the Bosnian Serb entity Republika Srpska, near Brčko. Gradačac became part of the Tuzla Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war.

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External links

* [http://gradacac.com/ Sve na jednom mjestu GRADACAC.COM]
* [http://www.gradacac.ba/bos/ Official site]
* [http://gradacac.net/ gradacac.net]

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