Visoko
Sign in to saveVisoko () 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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Place details
- Locality
- Visoko
- Region
- Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine
- Country
- Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина
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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
Key dates
- Inception
- 1355
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Official name
- Visoko
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Located in
- City of Visoko
- Official language
- Bosnian
- Population
- +39938
- Area
- +230.8
- Elevation
- +508
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Bosnia (early medieval)
- Official website
- www.visoko.gov.ba
Article
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.