Sovići (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Cовићи) is a village in the
Municipality of Grude in
West Herzegovina Canton
The West Herzegovina Canton ( hr, Županija Zapadnohercegovačka, bs, Zapadnohercegovački kanton) is one of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The West Herzegovina Canton is in the Herzegovina region in the southwest of ...
of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Demographics
According to the 1991 Yugoslav census, there were 2,629 residents in the village of Sovići, of which 2,625 were ethnic
Croats
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.
According to the 2013 census, its population was 2,771.
Notable residents
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Rafael Boban
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* Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin
* Rafael, California
* Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology
* Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane
Fiction
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Mate Boban
References
External links
Mjesna zajednica Sovići donjiBobanova Dragabratovština sv. StjepanaSovići Gornji
Villages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Populated places in Grude
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