Novi Travnik

Novi Travnik is a large village ( Općina ) in Bosnia and Herzegovina with about 25,000 inhabitants. It is located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation and is mostly populated by Croats. Center of the municipality is the town of Novi Travnik.

Novi Travnik is located about 14 km south of Travnik and about 100 km north- west of the capital Sarajevo.

Community

The municipality of Novi Travnik is one of eleven municipalities in the canton of Central Bosnia. The municipality is bordered by the neighboring communities in the north of Travnik, Vitez in the east, Fojnica Gornji Vakuf and Bugojno and Donji in the south and in the west Vakuf.

Geography

Novi Travnik is characterized by a heavily forested low mountain range with heights of over 1,400 meters. Most villages in the municipality are in the north, northwest and in the valley of Uglovnica.

Transport and the economy

Through the community run the Magistralstraßen of Novi Travnik Gornji Vakuf and Novi Travnik to Bugojno. The latter is designed for vehicles up to 7 t weight. A railway connection does not exist. 75 percent of the industry share of the economic power of the community, commercial and service sectors provide today remains about 20 percent. The economic situation of the community was marked before the war by the main employer Bratstvo ( defense contractor ), in which about 5,000 people were employed. Of these suppliers, such as Bakeries, bus and transport companies dependent.

Vilage

  • Bukvići
  • Bucici
  • Balici
  • Hadici
  • Kovacici
  • Rankovići
  • Stojkovici
  • Margetici
  • Senkovici
  • Nevic Polje
  • Bugojcici
  • Ruda
  • Duboko
  • Çakıcı
  • Pecine
  • Pobrdani
  • Gornje Pecine
  • Kasapovici
  • Lazine
  • Rastovici
  • Zubici
  • Zenepici
  • Kasapovici
  • Pribilovici
  • Djakovici

Policy

In the local elections on 5 October 2008, the SDA was the largest party with 25 % of votes. With Refik Lendo it also represents the mayor, which replaces so Marko vidak of the HDZ.

History

The city of Novi Travnik was founded in 1949 and initially named after Đuro Pucar Stari Pucarevo. She was in socialist Yugoslavia as one of the youngest cities.

In 1950, the defense contractor Bratstvo BNT was built that provided in the whole country and also in large parts of the world. Since the company Bratstvo BNT grew, and the demand for labor grew, moved to workers from all parts of Yugoslavia in the city. In part, also lived as foreigners. The city was characterized by a low average age, whence the nickname "City of Youth" came from.

After the Bosnian War, the town was de facto divided into a Muslim and a Catholic district. 1997, these limits was officially lifted. Only a portion of the inhabitants returned.

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