Macedonians in Bosnia and Herzegovina refers to the group of Macedonians (ethnic group), ethnic Macedonians who reside in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
According to the last Yugoslav 1991 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina, census in Bosnia and Herzegovina of 1991, there were 1,596 Macedonians in the country.
[Sve o nacionalnim manjinama u BiH]
''Page 74''. Human Rights Office Tuzla. (in Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian)
The 2013 census counted 738 members of the Macedonian national minority.
History
Macedonians started migrating to the territory of today's Bosnia and Herzegovina at the beginning of the 20th century.
[Makedonci]
(in Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian). ''National minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina''
A new wave of Macedonians followed in the period after the World War II, Second World War, when both Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia were part of the newly established Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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The Macedonians mainly settled in towns, namely Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Zenica, Bijeljina, Doboj, Derventa, Mostar, Zvornik, Prijedor and other places.][
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Organizations
The Macedonians of Bosnia and Herzegovina have established two organizations, the first one was established in Sarajevo in 1992. The other one, the ''Association of Macedonians of the Republic of Srpska'', was founded in 2002 and is based in Banja Luka.[Association of National Minorities of the Republic of Srpska]
Association of National Minorities of the Republic of Srpska. (in Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian)
See also
* Bosnia and Herzegovina–North Macedonia relations
* Ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Macedonian diaspora
* Bosniaks in North Macedonia
References
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Ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonian diaspora
Bosnia and Herzegovina people of Macedonian descent,