Kiseljak ( cyrl, Кисељак) is a town and municipality located in
Central Bosnia Canton
The Central Bosnia Canton ( bs, Srednjobosanski kanton/Средњобосански кантон, hr, Županija Središnja Bosna) is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The most populous se ...
of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...
, an entity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies in the valley of the
Fojnica River, the
Lepenica and the
Kreševka River, which are a tributary of the
Bosna, and it is on the intersection of roads from
Visoko
Visoko ( sr-cyrl, Високо, ) is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 livi ...
,
Fojnica,
Kreševo
Kreševo ( sr-cyrl, Крешево, ) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kreševo is a mountainous town, located in a narrow valley of the ...
and
Rakovica.
Settlements
Demographics
1971
18,335 total
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Croats - 10,389 (56.66%)
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Bosniaks
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...
- 6,822 (37.20%)
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Serbs - 924 (5.03%)
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Yugoslavs - 55 (0.29%)
*Others - 145 (0.82%)
1991
In 1991 the population of the Kiseljak municipality (164 km
2) was 24,426, of which 51.61% were Croats, 40.92% Bosniaks, 3.11% Serbs, 2.48% Yugoslavs and 1.88% others. The town itself had a population of 6,598, of which 60% Croats, 29% Bosniaks, 3% Serbs, 5% Yugoslavs and 4% others.
2013 Census
Sports
The town is home to the
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club
NK Kiseljak
NK Kiseljak is a Croat-founded football team from the city of Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (West Group). It was formed in 1921 under the name Viktorija, taking o ...
.
Notable people
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Branko Pleša, actor
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Kiseljak is
twinned with:
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Kaštela, Croatia
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Kópháza
Kópháza ( hr, Koljnof) is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to th ...
, Hungary
[Nova ulica Kiseljaka u Koljnofu](_blank)
volksgruppen.orf.at
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Zaprešić, Croatia
References
External links
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{{Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Populated places in Kiseljak
Cities and towns in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina