Odžak (Serbian Cyrillic: Оџак) is a town and municipality located in Posavina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the river Sava, 10 km (6.2 mi) from the border with Croatia. The name is derived from Turkish Ocak, during its time as a frontier town of the Ottoman Empire, and means "fireplace" in Turkish and "chimney" in modern Serbo-Croatian.
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Odžak
Оџак | |
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Town and municipality | |
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![]() Location of Odžak within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Coordinates: 45°0′38″N 18°19′35″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Canton | ![]() |
Geographical region | Posavina |
Government | |
• Municipal mayor | Nada Ćulap (HDZ BiH) |
Area | |
• Town and municipality | 118 km2 (46 sq mi) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Town and municipality | 18,821[1] |
• Density | 180/km2 (500/sq mi) |
• Urban | 8,259 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | +387 31 |
Website | odzak |
Population of settlements – Odžak municipality[citation needed] | ||||
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Year | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2013 |
Total | 25,901 | 27,895 | 28,568 | 18,821 |
Donja Dubica | 3,254 | 1,472 | ||
Donji Svilaj | 1,576 | 1,107 | ||
Gornja Dubica | 1,596 | 918 | ||
Gornji Svilaj | 1,810 | 673 | ||
Novi Grad | 1,907 | 362 | ||
Novo Selo | 2,669 | 1,605 | ||
Odžak | 6,064 | 7,634 | 8,987 | 8,259 |
Posavska Mahala | 1,199 | 849 | ||
Potočani | 1,822 | 1,332 | ||
Prud | 1,293 | 941 | ||
Vrbovac | 1,695 | 1,015 |
Ethnic composition – Odžak town[citation needed] | |||||||
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2013 | 1991 | 1981 | 1971 | ||||
Total | 8,259 | 9,386 | 7,634 | 6,064 | |||
Bosniaks | 6,185 | 6,205 | 5,347 | 4,760 | |||
Croats | 1,682 | 1,404 | 950 | 751 | |||
Others | 311 | 359 | 85 | 48 | |||
Serbs | 81 | 599 | 470 | 372 | |||
Yugoslavs | 819 | 740 | 81 | ||||
Montenegrins | 15 | 11 | |||||
Albanians | 14 | 27 | |||||
Slovenes | 5 | 2 | |||||
Hungarians | 5 | 10 | |||||
Macedonians | 3 | 2 |
Ethnic composition – Odžak municipality[citation needed] | |||||||
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2013 | 1991 | 1981 | 1971 | ||||
Total | 21,289 | 30,056 | 27,895 | 25,901 | |||
Croats | 11,621 | 16,338 | 15,430 | 14,995 | |||
Bosniaks | 6,220 | 6,220 | 5,371 | 4,777 | |||
Serbs | 582 | 5,667 | 5,361 | 5,881 | |||
Others | 340 | 684 | 376 | 97 | |||
Albanians | 48 | 21 | 28 | ||||
Roma | 8 | ||||||
Montenegrins | 1 | 28 | 15 | ||||
Slovenes | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||||
Yugoslavs | 1,147 | 1,276 | 85 | ||||
Macedonians | 13 | 5 | |||||
Hungarians | 11 | 15 |
Before the Breakup of Yugoslavia, over 5,000 people were employed primarily in industry and agriculture.[citation needed] The largest industrial facilities were Strolit with over 700 employees, Energoinvest, Vuntex, and Borovo.
The town is home to the volleyball club OK Napredak Odžak. The local football club is NK Odžak 102.
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