Doboj South

Doboj Jug
Добој Југ
Village and municipality

Coat of arms

Location of Doboj South within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity The Federation
Canton Zenica-Doboj Canton
Government
  Municipality president Jasminka Begić (SDP)
Area
  Total 10,2 km2 (39 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
  Total 4,409
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s) +387 32
Website www.dobojjug.ba

Doboj South (Serbian: Doboj Jug / Добој Југ) is a village and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It borders with the municipality of Doboj, which is a part of Republika Srpska entity.

About Doboj South

The municipality Doboj South is a newly formed municipality, established as a direct consequence of war activities in this area. It is not a very large municipality, and covers an area of 80 square kilometers. It spreads around the roads Zenica-Doboj-jug-Doboj and Zenica-Doboj-jug-Usora-Tešanj-Teslić. It nestles between the Bosna and Usora Rivers.

Famous graveyard of tanks located within the Doboj South municipality reminds everyone of the horrors of war and warning never to repeat these atrocities again.

Inhabited places

Municipality consists of the villages of Matuzići and Mravići.

Demographics

2013

In the 2013 census, the municipality of Doboj South had 4,137 residents:

Ethnicity Population %
Bosniaks 4,017 97.1%
Croats 24 0.6%
Serbs 9 0.2%
Others 87 2.1%
Total: 4,137 100%

Traffic

The state road M-17, a traffic artery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, runs across most of the municipal area.

Sport

The local football club, NK Gradina Doboj-Jug, plays in the Regional League in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Coordinates: 44°41′16″N 18°03′06″E / 44.6878°N 18.0517°E / 44.6878; 18.0517

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