Odžak ( sr-cyrl, Оџак) is a town and municipality located in

Posavina Canton The Posavina Canton ( hr, Županija Posavska; bs, Posavski kanton; sr, Посавски кантон) is one of ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the smallest canton with an area of only . ...

of the

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, an entity of

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. It is situated in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the river

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, from the border with

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. The name is derived from Turkish ''Ocak'', during its time as a frontier town of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University ...

, and means "fireplace" in Turkish and "chimney" in modern Serbo-Croatian.

Demographics

Population

Ethnic composition

Economy

Before the

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, over 5,000 people were employed primarily in industry and agriculture. The largest industrial facilities were Strolit with over 700 employees,

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, Vuntex, and Borovo.

Sports

The town is home to the volleyball club OK Napredak Odžak. The local

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

club is NK Odžak 102.

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* * Populated places in Odžak Cities and towns in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Municipalities of the Posavina Canton {{PosavinaCanton-geo-stub