Ubovića Brdo (Serbian Cyrillic: Убовића Брдо) is a village in the Mrkonjić Grad municipality, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The village census shows that it had 593 inhabitants in 1953,[1] reduced to only 81 in 2013 as a result of its inhabitants moving to busy cities with resources and jobs are more prevalent.[2] The village is known for their yearly rock climbing competition and festivity called "Pecka Rock Climbing Festival".[3]

Ubovića Brdo Убовића Брдо
Village
Ubovića Brdo
Coordinates: 44°20′13″N 16°53′05″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Municipality	Mrkonjić Grad
Area
• Total	10 sq mi (25 km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Name

Ubovića Brdo or Ubavića Brdo derives from the Ubović family. Ubav derives from the word (pretty, or beautiful).[4]

Population

Famous people

The village is the birthplace of

• Stevo Todorčević, a world-renowned mathematician
• Tode Nikoletić, children's poet and writer

References

Books

Udovčić, Rade (2007). Baraći i Baraćani (in Serbian). ISBN 978-99938-888-0-2.