Bjelaj
Sign in to saveBjelaj () is a village in the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the population census of 1991 there lived 569 inhabitants. The Village is dominated by the ruined fortress of Stari Grad Bjelaj.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bjelaj
- Region
- Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine
- Country
- Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bjelaj
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Entity
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Canton
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bosanski Petrovac
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 16.94
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 96
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 96
- Elevation
- 586
- Official website
- www.bosanskipetrovac.com.ba
- Image
- Bjelaj 2.jpg
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Bjelaj () is a village in the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the population census of 1991 there lived 569 inhabitants. The Village is dominated by the ruined fortress of Stari Grad Bjelaj.
==Geography== Located close to the Čava Mountains (part of the Osječenica) rises from Bjelajsko polje. It is 3 km from the Bosanski Petrovac - Bihać road. There are two springs in Bjelaj, Sinanovac and Madžarac. The collection zone of these springs is Srt (1042 m.), The branch of Osječenica and the ravine Prhovo, on the periphery of Bjelajsko polje, below Osječenica. The springs have their islands that are lost in the fields of the fields (Keljavac). They are used for the water supply system and the surrounding villages.
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