Dobretići

Dobretići
Town and municipality

Location of Dobretići within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dobretići
Location of Dobretići
Coordinates: 44°23′N 17°25′E / 44.383°N 17.417°E / 44.383; 17.417
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
  Municipality president Ivo Čakarić
Area
  Total 59 km2 (23 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
  Total 2,041
  Density 35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s) +387 30

Dobretići is a village and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the youngest and smallest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina hence being one of the poorest municipalities as well. Before the Bosnian War municipality of Dobretići was part of municipality Skender Vakuf (today Kneževo).

Name

The municipality of Dobretići was in the prior censuses known as Dobratići. After the Bosnian War, the name of the village became Dobretići, to align it with the name of medieval Bosnian aristocrat Stjepan Dobreta. The locals of the municipality like to call the area around the village Pougarje, after the local river, the Ugar.

Geography

It is located on the mountain of Ranča in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality is 20 kilometers northeast from the town of Jajce.

Administrative divisions

Today's municipality is made of 18 settlements: Brnjići, Bunar, Davidovići, Dobretići, Donji Orašac, Gornji Orašac, Kričići-Jejići, Melina, Mijatovići, Milaševci, Pavlovići, Prisika, Slipčevići, Vitovlje Malo, Vukovići, Zapeće, Zasavica i Zubovići.

Demographics

1991

total: 4,790

2013 Census

Municipality Nationality
Total
Croats
%
Serbs
%
Dobretići 1,62699.81 10.06 1,629

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Coordinates: 44°23′N 17°25′E / 44.383°N 17.417°E / 44.383; 17.417


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