Bugojno: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Bugojno (Cyrillic: Бугојно) is a town and municipality of the same name in central Bosnia and Herzegovina on the river Vrbas. It is located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. The town is 80 km to the northwest from Sarajevo, with some 61,000 inhabitants.

Features

It used to be one of industrial centers of the former Yugoslavia with highy developed industry, but most of it was destroyed during the Bosnian war. The town is multi-ethnic, and many refugees are now returning to the town, though unemployment is high. The Koprivnica forest lies to the west of the town.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality

In 1991 census, the municipality of Bugojno had 46,843 inhabitants, including:

• 19,724 Muslims by nationality (Bosniaks)
• 15,963 Croats
• 8,854 Serbs
• 1,539 Yugoslavs
• 763 others

Ethnic groups in the town

In the 1991 census town of Bugojno itself had Croatian majority;

• Settlement: Bos Srbs Croats Yugos Others Sum B% S% C% Y% O%
• Centar 1893 1573 1897 706 184 6253 30% 25% 30% 11% 3%
• Crnice 336 5 719 11 7 1078 31% 0% 67% 1% 1%
• Cipuljic 59 2998 89 51 29 3226 2% 93% 3% 2% 1%
• Gaj 229 27 592 31 26 905 25% 3% 65% 3% 3%
• Gorica 850 466 960 161 71 2508 34% 19% 38% 6% 3%
• Lug 28 183 1514 17 22 1764 2% 10% 86% 1% 1%
• Novo Naselje 537 1530 539 230 26 2862 19% 53% 19% 8% 1%
• Vrbanja 606 3 620 7 14 1250 48% 0% 50% 1% 1%
• Vrbas 2993 369 1593 227 200 5382 56% 7% 30% 4% 4%
• Vucipolje 348 60 850 1 70 1329 26% 5% 64% 0% 5%

Croats made majority in Crnice, Gaj, Gorica, Lug, Vrbanja and Vucipolje, Centar had a same percentage of Bosniaks and Croats, Bosniak had majority in Vrbas, and Serbs in Novo Naselje and Cipuljic.

Source: [1].

Sport

The town's local football club is FK Iskra.