Kazaginac is a
village in the
Municipality of Tomislavgrad
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in
Canton 10 of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, an entity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. The village is also part of the smaller
Buško Blato micro-region, consisting of those villages and settlements surrounding the lake known as
Buško Lake. According to the 2013 census, there were 277 inhabitants.
Etymology
The roots of the name Kazaginac are thought to be Turkish in origin. The Turkish word ''
kaza'' means "district" while the Turkish ''
agha'' refers to "master". Kazaginac thus refers to the property owned by the kazaga, a reference to Ottoman times where the landholding class was usually members of the ruling Muslim population.
History
The road passing through Kazaginac is an ancient route dating back to Roman times. It was part of a major road system connected to the magistral road between
Salona and
Hedum castellum -
Argentaria
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, built by the governor of
Dalmatia
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Publius Cornelius Dolabella in 18/19 AD. At the Glavina locality, there are remnants of an unknown building. At the same locality, five milestones from the 3rd century were found as well as Roman coins. Above the Šarića Kuće locality, there are also stone remnants. Near the Catholic cemetery, there's an archaeological locality called Crkvine.
In literature, Kazaginac is mentioned very late in history. The name was first mentioned in 1844 when 83 people were living in 7 houses. By 1867, the population rose to 129 people.
During the
socialist Yugoslavia, until 1953, the administrative territory of Kazaginac encompassed a much wider area of surrounding settlements, not only Kazaginac, and numbered 5,020 people. Of those, 5,308 were Croats, 11 Serbs and 4 others or unidentified.
According to the 2013 census, there were 73 households and 319 people registered living in 72 dwellings.
Historically, this village has traditionally been populated by ethnic
Croats of the Catholic faith.
Geography
The village is located in the south band of
Buško Lake, an artificial lake created after the construction of the dam in Kazaginac. The village is located at 716 meters above sea level. It is known for the Marinovac beach, located at the Buško Blato lake.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 277.
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Populated places in Tomislavgrad