Gacko ( sr-cyrl, Гацко) is a town and municipality located in
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is locat ...
, an entity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
. It is situated in the region of
East Herzegovina
East Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Istočna Hercegovina, Источна Херцеговина) is the eastern part of the historical Herzegovina region in Bosnia and Herzegovina, east of the Neretva river, part of the Republika Srpska entity. Major ...
. As of 2013, the town has a population of 5,784 inhabitants, while the municipality has 8,990 inhabitants.
Geography
The municipality covers an area of , making it one of the larger municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The town is near the state border with
Montenegro
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History
Middle Ages
In the 14th century the region was governed by the powerful
Vojinović family.
In 1359, ''veliki čelnik''
Dimitrije held the region.
Ottoman period
The rebels were defeated at the
field of Gacko. It ultimately failed due to lack of foreign support.
Modern history
Austro-Hungarian authorities took it over in 1878, a decision which was made at the Berlin Congress. In 1908, Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina sparking the
Bosnian crisis which eventually led to
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
After that war, Gacko joined the
State of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, going on to the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by the end of 1918. These were the first incarnations of
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
.
Croatian fascist
Ustaše movement committed the
Gacko massacre
The Gacko massacre was the mass killing of 170-180 Serb civilians by the Croatian fascist Ustaše movement on 4 June 1941, during World War II.
Background
On 6 April 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded by the Axis powers. The ensuing capitulation resu ...
on 4 June 1941. In response, on 6 June 1941 the rebels from Gacko under command of Orthodox priest
Radojica Perišić
Radojica Perišić (1906 — April 1945) was Serbian priest and Chetnik leader and one of the main leaders of the June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina during the World War II. Perišić was born in Kazanci 1906. During the World War II he w ...
started the uprising against the genocidal
Independent State of Croatia known as
June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina
In June 1941, Serbs in eastern Herzegovina rebelled against the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia ( hr, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH), an Axis puppet state established during World War II on the territory of the defeated and o ...
. The communist historiography intentionally ignored pre-22 June rebels in Eastern Herzegovina and
Sanski Most because they occurred in the period of collaboration between communists and fascists, so it would contradict the communist narrative about rebels being led by communists. On the other hand, the first Partisan battalion established in Gacko at the end of 1941 was named "6th June" in honor of the first date of the uprising. In period after the
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall (german: Mauerfall) on 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, was a pivotal event in world history which marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain and one of the series of eve ...
Gacko municipality proclaimed 6 June as their holiday in honor of the beginning of the uprising and held public ceremonies on 6 June named as the ''Day of Gacko''.
Settlements
Aside from the town of Gacko, the municipality includes the following settlements:
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Avtovac
Avtovac ( sr-cyrl, Автовац) is a small village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often k ...
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Bahori
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Bašići
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Berušica
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Brajićevići
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Branilovići
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Cernica
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Čemerno
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Danići
Danići ( sr-cyrl, Данићи) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known inf ...
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Dobrelji
Dobrelji ( sr-cyrl, Добрељи) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known ...
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Domrke
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Donja Bodežišta
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Dramešina
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Dražljevo
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Drugovići
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Dubljevići
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Fojnica
Fojnica ( sr-cyrl, Фојница) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located west of the capital Sarajevo, in the valley of the Fojn ...
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Gareva
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Gornja Bodežišta
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Gračanica
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Gradina
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Hodinići
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Igri
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Izgori
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Jabuka
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Jasenik
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Jugovići
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Kazanci
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Ključ
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Kokorina
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Kravarevo
Kravarevo ( sr-cyrl, Краварево) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often k ...
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Kula
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Lipnik
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Lončari
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Luka
Luka may refer to:
People
* Luka (given name), a South Slavic masculine given name cognate of Luke, and a Japanese given name
* Luka (singer), stage name of Brazilian singer and songwriter Luciana Karina Santos de Lima (born 1979)
* Luka Keʻelik ...
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Lukovice
Lukovice ( sr-cyrl, Луковице) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often know ...
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Ljeskov Dub
Ljeskov Dub ( sr-cyrl, Љесков Дуб) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and ofte ...
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Medanići
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Međuljići
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Mekavci
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Melečići
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Miholjače
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Mjedenik
Mjedenik ( sr-cyrl, Мједеник) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often know ...
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Mrđenovići
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Muhovići
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Nadinići
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Novi Dulići
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Platice
Platice ( sr-cyrl, Платице) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known i ...
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Poda
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Pridvorica
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Pržine
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Ravni
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Rudo Polje
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Samobor
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Slivlja
Slivlja ( sr-cyrl, Сливља) is a village in the Municipalities of Republika Srpska, municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municip ...
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Soderi
Soderi ( sr-cyrl, Содери) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known info ...
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Srđevići
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Stambelići
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Stari Dulići
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Stepen
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Stolac
Stolac is an ancient city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the region of Herzegovina. Stolac is one of the oldest cities in Bosnia and Herzego ...
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Šipovica
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Šumići
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Ulinje
Ulinje ( sr-cyrl, Улиње) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known inform ...
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Višnjevo
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Vratkovići
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Vrba
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Zagradci
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Zurovići
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Žanjevica
Demographics
Population
Ethnic composition
Economy
The
Gacko coal mine
The Gacko Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Republika Srpska. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 372.2 million tonnes of lignite, one of the largest coal reserves in Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a ...
and thermoelectric powerplant is located the municipality, and is also the largest employer in the area.
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):
Sport
The local
football club,
FK Mladost Gacko
FK Mladost (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Mлaдocт Гaцкo) is a football club from the town of Gacko, in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club played in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2002-03 season. However, due t ...
, plays in the
First League of the Republika Srpska
The First League of the Republika Srpska ( sh, Prva liga Republike Srpske / ) is a second level Association football, football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The league champion is promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
.
Volleyball teams, men and women, are among the most successful in the BiH. With women's volleyball team being vice champion multiple times, also winning Cup of Republika Srpska once.
Notable people
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Admir Ćatović, footballer
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Nemanja Supić, footballer
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Vukašin Višnjevac, football coach
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Vule Avdalović
Vule Avdalović ( sr-cyr, Вуле Авдаловић; born 24 November 1981) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently works as the head coach for OKK Beograd.
National team career
As a member of the FR Yugosla ...
, basketball player
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Nemanja Gordić, basketball player
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Sava Vladislavich
Count Sava Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky (russian: Са́вва Луки́ч Рагузи́нский-Владиславич; sr, Сава Владиславић Рагузински, ''Sava Vladislavić Raguzinski''; 16 January 1669 – 17 June ...
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Bogdan Zimonjić
Bogdan Zimonjić, ( sr-cyr, Богдан Зимоњић; 1813 – 21 January 1909) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and Vojvoda (military commander) in two major uprisings against the Ottoman Empire in 19th-century Herzegovina: in 1852–62, an ...
See also
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Fazlagić Tower
References
Bibliography
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* HadžiMuhamedović, Safet (2018)
Waiting for Elijah: Time and Encounter in a Bosnian Landscape'. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books.
External links
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{{Authority control
Populated places in Gacko
Cities and towns in Republika Srpska