Uništa, Bosansko Grahovo

Village in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
44°02′30″N 16°27′05″E / 44.04167°N 16.45139°E / 44.04167; 16.45139CountryBosnia and HerzegovinaEntityFederation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCantonCanton 10MunicipalityBosansko GrahovoArea
 • Total39.04 km2 (15.07 sq mi)Population
 (2013)
 • Total176 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Uništa is a village in the Municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Location

Although administratively part of the Municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Uništa is more connected to Kijevo, Croatia. Namely, Uništa is c. 70 kilometres away from Bosansko Grahovo, the municipality centre, and only 12 kilometres away from Kijevo, to which Catholic parish they belong. Although the village is situated on the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, there are no border ramps.[1]

History

The border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina was decided by the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire in 1723.[1]

The Yugoslav Partisans established the Second Dalmatian Proletarian Brigade in Uništa on 3 October 1942.[1]

Due to its isolation from the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia's president Franjo Tuđman and Bosnia and Herzegovina's chairman of the Presidency Alija Izetbegović discussed ceding Uništa to Croatia; however, the discussion was quickly ended by Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia in 1991.[1]

Demographics

According to the 2013 census, its population was 176.[2]

Ethnicity in 2013
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Croats 172 97.7%
Serbs 4 2.3%
Total 176 100%

Footnotes

References

Books

  • Ethnicity/National Affiliation, Religion and Mother Tongue (PDF). Sarajevo: Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2019.

News articles

  • Nejašmić, Mladen (9 November 2022). "Posjetili smo selo Uništa, svega 12 kilometara od Kijeva s one strane granice: 'U bivšoj Jugi zvali su nas sedma republika!'" [We visited the village of Uništa, only 12 kilometres from Kijevo on the other side of the border: 'In the former Yugoslavia, they called us the seventh republic!']. Šibenski (in Croatian). Šibenik. Retrieved 11 February 2024.