Orašje

Orašje
Coat of arms
Location of Orašje within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Orašje Location of Orašje
Coordinates: 45°2′N 18°42′E / 45.033°N 18.7°E / 45.033; 18.7Coordinates: 45°2′N 18°42′E / 45.033°N 18.7°E / 45.033; 18.7
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
– Municipality president	Đuro Topić (HDZ BiH)
Population (1991 census)
– Total	28,211
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 31
Website	http://www.orasje.ba

Orašje is a town in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the river Sava on the border with Croatia. Orašje is the center of the Posavina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies across the Sava river from Županja in Croatia.

Population/Demographics

1971

25.740 total

• Croats - 19.354 (75,19%)
• Serbs - 4.266 (16,57%)
• Muslims - 1.867 (7,25%)
• Yugoslavs - 131 (0,50%)
• Others - 122 (0,49%)

1991

In the 1991 census the municipality of Orašje had 28,211 residents, of which 75.27% Croats, 14.96% Serbs, 6.77% Bosniaks, 2.15% Yugoslavs and 0.86% others. The town of Orašje itself had 3,901 inhabitants: 47% Bosniaks, 23% Serbs, 15% Croats, 12% Yugoslavs and 3% others.

Sports

• The local football clubs are HNK Orašje and NK Hajduk

• Aleksandar Živković was a Croatian footballer, born 25 December 1912 in Orašje.

External links

• Official site of the municipality