Sovići (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Cовићи) is a village in the
Municipality of Grude in
West Herzegovina Canton
The West Herzegovina Canton () is one of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The West Herzegovina Canton is in the Herzegovina region in the southwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its seat of government is in Široki Brijeg, w ...
of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Demographics
According to the 1991 Yugoslav census, there were 2,629 residents in the village of Sovići, of which 2,625 were ethnic
Croats
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.
According to the 2013 census, its population was 2,771.
Notable residents
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Rafael Boban
Rafael "Ranko" Boban (22 December 1907 – disappearance in 1945) was a Croatian military commander who served in the Ustaše Militia and Croatian Armed Forces during World War II. Having participated in the Velebit uprising in 1932, he joined ...
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Mate Boban
Mate Boban (; 12 February 1940 – 7 July 1997) was a Bosnian Croat politician and one of the founders of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the first president of Herzeg-Bosnia ...
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Mjesna zajednica Sovići donjiBobanova Dragabratovština sv. StjepanaSovići Gornji
Villages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Populated places in Grude
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