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Country
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Area code(s)
  
+387 35

Area
  
291 km²

Team
  
NK Slaven Živinice

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.zivinice.ba

Local time
  
Monday 4:59 AM

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 76% Humidity

Živinice is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of Tuzla. It is part of the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Map of %C5%BDivinice Grad 75270, Bosnia and Herzegovina

History

The origin of the name Živinice is still not established. According to M. Hadžijanić Živinice was mentioned in a Turkish document of 1764 as "Živinice called Uskopči, probably (Oskovci) in nahija Tuzla".

1991

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Živinice had 54,783 inhabitants, of which there were:

  • 49,011 Bosniaks (80.34%)
  • 2,096 Croats (7.25%)
  • 2,525 Serbs (6.43%)
  • 1,101 Yugoslavs (3.88%)
  • and 1,135 others or unknown (2.07%)
  • The town of Živinice itself had 11,956 residents. By the last documents, Živinice had 12,102 residents.

    Sport

  • NK Slaven Živinice
  • Općina Živinice

    Bašigovci, Brnjica, Djedino, Dubrave Donje, Dubrave Gornje, Dunajevići, Đurđevik, Gračanica, Kovači, Kršići, Kuljan, Lukavica Donja, Lukavica Gornja, Odorovići, Priluk, Spreča, Suha, Svojat, Šarenjak - Hornica, Šerići, Tupković Donji, Tupković Gornji, Višća Donja, Višća Gornja, Vrnojevići, Zelenika, Zukići, Živinice Gornje, Brcanine, Šišici, Mestrici, Zenuni.

    Notable residents

  • Boris Živković, footballer
  • Dragan Perić, athlete
  • Denijal Pirić, retired footballer
  • Elvir Rahimić, footballer
  • Jasmin Fejzić, football goalkeeper
  • Mirsad Bešlija, footballer
  • Jusuf Nurkić, basketball player
  • Monuments

  • Statue of Josip Broz Tito
  • Monument to dead fighters of Bosnian War
  • Education

  • Nine elementary schools and two high schools.
  • References

    Živinice Wikipedia


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