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Visoko
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Visoko () is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 living in Visoko town. Located between Zenica and Sarajevo, Visoko lies where the river Fojnica joins the Bosna.
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Visoko is a city and locality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated within the Federation of B&H. It serves as the capital of the City of Visoko and has at various times been the capital of the Kingdom of Bosnia, the Banate of Bosnia, and early medieval Bosnia. The city was established in 1355 and covers an area of 230.8 square kilometers. Its official language is Bosnian, and it is twinned with Bjelovar.
The population of Visoko is recorded as 39,938. The city is located at an elevation of 508 meters above sea level and operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones. Its postal code is 71300.
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Place details
- Locality
- Visoko
- Region
- Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine
- Country
- Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина
- Population
- 17,890
- Timezone
- Europe/Sarajevo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Canton
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mirza Ganić
- Settlement.leader_party
- SDA
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 230.8
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_urban
- 11205
- Settlement.population_total
- 39938
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_sq_mi
- 206
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 71300
- Settlement.area_code
- +387 32
- Settlement.image_caption
- Top to bottom, left to right: View from Visočica hill, Tabačka mosque, Church of St. Procopius, Franciscan monastery of St. Bonaventure, Old town of Visoki, Fojnička River at the confluence with River Bosna, View from Vrela hill
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Infrastructure
- Demographics
- History
- Prehistoric era
- Illyria and Roman Empire
- Medieval Bosnia (958–1463)
- Ottoman Empire (1463–1878)
- Austro-Hungarian Empire (1878–1918)
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia, NDH and WWII (1918–1945)
- SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)
- Bosnian War (1992–1995)
- Bosnian pyramids claims
- Economy
- Tourism
- Society and culture
- National monuments and architecture
- Museums
- Health
- Music
- Sport
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- Sources
- References
Visoko () is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 living in Visoko town. Located between Zenica and Sarajevo, Visoko lies where the river Fojnica joins the Bosna.
The Visoko region has evidence of long continuous occupation, with the first traces of life dating back to the 5th millennium BC. Archaeological excavations of Okolište have found one of the biggest Neolithic settlements of the Butmir culture in southeastern Europe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Visoko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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