Ćavarov Stan is a
village in a
municipality of
Tomislavgrad in
Canton 10 of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, in
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Etymology
''Ćavarov'' is a possessive adjective form of the surname ''Ćavar'', the common surname of the majority of inhabitants of the village. The surname itself is of
Venetian
Venetian often means from or related to:
* Venice, a city in Italy
* Veneto, a region of Italy
* Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area
Venetian and the like may also refer to:
* Venetian language, a Romance language s ...
origin, meaning a one-year-old
ram. ''Stan'' in Croatian has multiple meanings, but in the name of the village it refers to a "rearers settlement with huts and sheepfolds during summer pasture".
Geography
Ćavarov Stan is located at the centre of Duvanjsko
polje. In the area of Glibina, between
Kolo and Ćavarov Stan, there is a hydro-melioration system of canals, on about 800 ha, for drainage of waters in the riverbed of the river
Å uica.
History
Transhumance in the 1930s, when the village was founded, was still common in the region of
Dinaric Alps, where Ćavarov Stan is located. Most of its inhabitants hale from
Kazaginac
Kazaginac is a village in the Municipality of Tomislavgrad in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The village is also part of the smaller Buško Blato micro-region, consisting of those vi ...
, a village near the
Buško Blato lake, who came to the area of Ćavarov Stan annually during the summer pastures. The majority of the first settlers were surnamed Ćavar, after whom the village was named.
Until the
1953 census, Ćavarov Stan was administratively part of
Duvno, the urban centre. However, after the census, it became a separate settlement.
During the period of the
socialist Yugoslavia, the village was home to the Review of Agricultural Products and the Review of the Cultural-Artist Work.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 343, all
Croats.
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Populated places in Tomislavgrad