Bužim

Bužim
Bužim
Town and municipality
	Bužim
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bužim within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	Coordinates: 45°03′N 16°02′E / 45.050°N 16.033°E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Una-Sana
Geographical region	Bosanska Krajina
Government
• Municipal mayor	Mersudin Nanić (SDA)
Area
• Town and municipality	129 km2 (50 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Town and municipality	19,340
• Density	157.3/km2 (407/sq mi)
• Urban	2,191
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 37
Website	www.opcinabuzim.ba

Bužim (Serbian Cyrillic: Бужим) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Bosanska Krajina in the most northwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]

Geography

Bužim borders Bosanska Krupa to the east, Cazin to the south, Velika Kladuša to the west and north, and the Republic of Croatia to the northeast. Geographically most of the municipality is mountainous. The total land area of Bužim is about 129 km² (50 sq mi) with a population of 20,000.^[2]^[3] Bužim is about 180–400 meters above sea-level.

History

The area of the Bužim municipality was inhabited before the arrival of the Romans. The population of this area was engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding, mining and trade. The existence of a mint in the 14th century indicates that trade was developed during those times. Bužim was the center of trade in the region even after the Ottoman conquest.^[4]

Before the war, the town of Bužim was officially part of the Bosanska Krupa municipality. In 1996 Bužim became a municipality itself. The town was defended by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the most elite and well known brigades of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 505th Brigade, was formed and based in Bužim.^{[original research?]}

Due to so many twins being born in Bužim, there is an effort to declare it the "Town of Twins".^[5]

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Bužim municipality
	Settlement	1971.	1981.	1991.	2013.
	Total	12,579	15,413	16,940	19,340
1	Bag			644	571
2	Bužim	1,312	1,550	1,697	2,191
3	Dobro Selo			1,752	2,242
4	Konjodor			1,762	2,085
5	Lubarda			2,944	3,198
6	Mrazovac			3,149	3,653
7	Varoška Rijeka			4,992	5,400

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Bužim town
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	2,191 (100,0%)	1,697 (100,0%)	1,550 (100,0%)	1,312 (100,0%)
Bosniaks	2,181 (99,54%)	1,643 (96,82%)	1,468 (94,71%)	1,275 (97,18%)
Unknown	4 (0,183%)
Serbs	2 (0,091%)	20 (1,179%)	20 (1,290%)	29 (2,210%)
Unaffiliated	2 (0,091%)
Croats	1 (0,046%)	3 (0,177%)	7 (0,452%)	2 (0,152%)
Slovenes	1 (0,046%)
Others		21 (1,237%)	18 (1,161%)	6 (0,457%)
Yugoslavs		10 (0,589%)	37 (2,387%)

Ethnic composition – Bužim municipality
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	20,298 (100,0%)	16,940 (100,0%)	15,413 (100,0%)	12,579 (100,0%)
Bosniaks	19,298 (99,78%)	16,680 (98,47%)	15,091 (97,91%)	12,280 (97,62%)
Unknown	22 (0,114%)
Croats	8 (0,041%)	5 (0,030%)	16 (0,104%)	18 (0,143%)
Unaffiliated	6 (0,031%)
Slovenes	4 (0,021%)
Serbs	2 (0,010%)	91 (0,537%)	124 (0,805%)	229 (1,820%)
Others		141 (0,832%)	63 (0,409%)	50 (0,397%)
Yugoslavs		23 (0,136%)	119 (0,772%)	2 (0,016%)