Dobretići Explained

Dobretići
Native Name:Добретићи
Settlement Type:Village and municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Entity
Subdivision Name1:Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Leader Title:Municipal mayor
Leader Name:Ivo Čakarić (HSS SR)
Area Total Km2:59
Population Total:1,629
Population As Of:2013 census
Population Density Km2:35
Coordinates:44.3833°N 42°W
Area Code:+387 30

Dobretići (Croatian:Dobretići) is a village and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the youngest and smallest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, hence being one of the poorest municipalities as well. Before the Bosnian War municipality of Dobretići was part of the municipality of Skender Vakuf (modern-day Kneževo).

Name

The municipality of Dobretići was in the prior censuses known as Dobratići. After the Bosnian War, the name of the village became Dobretići, to align it with the name of the medieval Bosnian aristocrat Stjepan Dobreta. The locals of the municipality like to call the area around Dobretići Pougarje, after the local river, the Ugar.

Geography

It is located on the mountain of Ranča in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality is 20 kilometers northeast from the town of Jajce.

Administrative divisions

Today's municipality is made of 18 settlements: Brnjići, Bunar, Davidovići, Dobretići, Donji Orašac, Gornji Orašac, Kričići-Jejići, Melina, Mijatovići, Milaševci, Pavlovići, Prisika, Slipčevići, Vitovlje Malo, Vukovići, Zapeće, Zasavica i Zubovići.

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Dobretići municipality
Settlement1971.1981.1991.2013.
Total4,7901,629
1Dobretići190318336228
2Zubovići375259

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Dobretići village
2013.1991.1981.1971.
Total228 (100,0%)336 (100,0%)318 (100,0%)190 (100,0%)
Croats228 (100,0%)315 (93,75%)271 (85,22%)173 (91,05%)
Yugoslavs15 (4,464%)6 (1,887%)
Bosniaks3 (0,893%)1 (0,526%)
Serbs3 (0,893%)32 (10,06%)12 (6,316%)
Others5 (1,572%)1 (0,526%)
Montenegrins3 (0,943%)3 (1,579%)
Hungarians1 (0,314%)
Ethnic composition – Dobretići municipality
2013.1991.
Total1,629 (100,0%)4,790 (100,0%)
Croats1,626 (99,82%)4,720 (98,54%)
Others2 (0,123%)42 (0,877%)
Serbs1 (0,061%)6 (0,125%)
Yugoslavs19 (0,397%)
Bosniaks3 (0,063%)

External links

44.3833°N 42°W