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Maglaj Маглај | |
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Town andmunicipality | |
.jpg) Maglaj | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Maglaj within Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
  Maglaj | |
| Coordinates:44°33′N18°06′E / 44.550°N 18.100°E /44.550; 18.100 | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Zenica-Doboj |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Maid Suljkanović (SDA) |
| Area | |
• Town andmunicipality | 290 km2 (110 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
• Town andmunicipality | 34,980 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 6,438 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 32 |
| Website | www |
Maglaj (Serbian Cyrillic:Маглај) is a town and municipality located in theZenica-Doboj Canton of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity ofBosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 km (16 mi) south ofDoboj. It has a population of 6,438, with 34,980 inhabitants in the municipality.
| Population of settlements – Maglaj municipality | ||||||
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| Settlement | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2013 | |
| Total | 32,944 | 38,037 | 42,160 | 43,388 | 34,980 | |
| 1 | Bijela Ploča | 1,004 | 616 | |||
| 2 | Bradići Donji | 664 | 462 | |||
| 3 | Bradići Gornji | 567 | 430 | |||
| 4 | Čobe | 654 | 635 | |||
| 5 | Domislica | 703 | 679 | |||
| 6 | Donja Bočinja | 821 | 214 | |||
| 7 | Donji Ulišnjak | 634 | 585 | |||
| 8 | Jablanica | 1,570 | 864 | |||
| 9 | Kopice | 1,231 | 1,227 | |||
| 10 | Kosova | 1,745 | 1,809 | |||
| 11 | Liješnica | 1,807 | 1,576 | |||
| 12 | Maglaj | 5,952 | 6,913 | 7,957 | 6,438 | |
| 13 | Misurići | 1,937 | 1,556 | |||
| 14 | Mladoševica | 866 | 720 | |||
| 15 | Moševac | 1,270 | 1,490 | |||
| 16 | Novi Šeher | 1,802 | 1,495 | |||
| 17 | Ravna | 516 | 476 | |||
| 18 | Strupina | 749 | 536 | |||
| 19 | Tujnica | 480 | 370 | |||
| Ethnic composition – Maglaj town | |||||||
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| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 6,438 (100,0%) | 7,957 (100,0%) | 6,913 (100,0%) | 5,952 (100,0%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 4,292 (53,94%) | 3,422 (49,50%) | 3,421 (57,48%) | ||||
| Serbs | 1,975 (24,82%) | 1,585 (22,93%) | 1,593 (26,76%) | ||||
| Yugoslavs | 1,026 (12,89%) | 1,419 (20,53%) | 197 (3,310%) | ||||
| Croats | 446 (5,605%) | 416 (6,018%) | 582 (9,778%) | ||||
| Others | 218 (2,740%) | 30 (0,434%) | 112 (1,882%) | ||||
| Albanians | 15 (0,217%) | 10 (0,168%) | |||||
| Montenegrins | 14 (0,203%) | 14 (0,235%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 11 (0,159%) | 22 (0,370%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 1 (0,014%) | 1 (0,017%) | |||||
| Sastav stanovništva – općina Maglaj | ||||||||
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| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | 1961. | ||||
| Total | 34,980 (100,0%) | 43,388 (100,0%) | 42,160 (100,0%) | 38,037 (100,0%) | 32,944 (100,0%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 29,810 (85,59%) | 19,569 (45,10%) | 17,236 (40,88%) | 15,628 (41,09%) | 7,998 (24.28%) | |||
| Croats | 2,041 (8,818%) | 8,365 (19,28%) | 8,341 (19,78%) | 7,946 (20,89%) | 7,313 (22.20%) | |||
| Serbs | 810 (3,500%) | 13,312 (30,68%) | 13,662 (32,41%) | 13,888 (36,51%) | 13,870 (42.10%) | |||
| Others | 485 (2,095%) | 634 (1,461%) | 164 (0,389%) | 257 (0,676%) | 215 (0.65%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 1,508 (3,476%) | 2,682 (6,361%) | 240 (0,631%) | 3,548 (10.77%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 40 (0,095%) | 38 (0,100%) | ||||||
| Albanians | 18 (0,043%) | 15 (0,039%) | ||||||
| Slovenes | 12 (0,028%) | 22 (0,058%) | ||||||
| Macedonians | 5 (0,012%) | 2 (0,005%) | ||||||
| Roma | 1 (0,003%) | |||||||
The town is situated in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated in territory whereBosniaks presently form a large majority. The old Maglaj, like numerous other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has an old town with mosques, traditional houses dating back from theOttoman Empire, and a fortress that stands as a symbol of Maglaj. The new part of Maglaj, situated on the West side of the riverBosna, is made up of modern architecture that was started in the 1950s, and became massively developed until 1991.
The Bosna flows through Maglaj on its way north to theSava river on the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina andCroatia. Before theBosnian War, the Bosna river was heavily polluted due to heavy industrial activity at the nearbyNatron paper and pulp factory, as well as steel and wood industry factories in the southern cities ofZenica andZavidovići respectively. Nowadays, the river has become cleaner due to decreased industrial activity at those plants and higher environmental standards.
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The city, as well as the entire Maglaj municipality, have been subject to a large demographic population shift. Close to all of its pre-war Christian inhabitants, i.e.Orthodox Serbs andCatholic Croats, who made up the majority of the pre-war municipality population, no longer reside in the Maglaj municipality. Today, the municipality is overwhelminglyBosnian Muslim.
The Orthodox population has largely settled in the municipalities ofDoboj andModriča in theRepublika Srpska, while the Catholic population has settled in the nearby municipality ofŽepče, an enclave inhabited largely by Croats. A significant number of former Croat inhabitants have also settled in Croatia's capitalZagreb.
Due to the severe fighting around Maglaj throughout theBosnian War, and the catastrophic conditions it was exposed to, numerousBosniaks have departed the region as well.
Pre-war Maglaj was unique because over one third of its married couples were made up of mixed ethnic groups. As a result of this, a great number of these Maglaj inhabitants felt welcome by none of the three warring ethnic groups, and tried to settle abroad. Consequentially, Maglaj residents have dispersed.
Maglaj originated in the 14th century. Theriver Bosna goes through this town.
From 1929 to 1941, Maglaj was part of theVrbas Banovina of theKingdom of Yugoslavia.
The city endured a long siege byBosnian Serbs forces between 1993 and 1994 during theBosnian War, when the area was the scene of heavy fighting and the population had to be supplied byairdrops.
The last floodingoccurred on May 15 and 16, 2014.[1] Although little floods occur every year, the 2014 flood was major, people lost their homes and belongings.
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