Donja Bočinja Explained

Official Name:Donja Bočinja
Native Name:Доња Бочиња
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Entity
Subdivision Name1:Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2: Zenica-Doboj
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3: Maglaj
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:8.84
Population As Of:2013
Population Total:214
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:44.5091°N 18.184°W

Donja Bočinja (Serbian: Доња Бочиња) is a village in the municipality of Maglaj in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Population

Prior to the Bosnian War, the village had Serb majority, but after the war, its Serb population was expelled and the village was inhabited by the Wahhabists with the help from the Bosnian Muslim authorities.[2] Many of them married local women and earned citizenship. The village provided them a safe haven in which they maintained their terrorist contacts under the guise of simple farmers. However, the hostility of the inhabitants of Donja Bočinja to outsiders, including SFOR, was palpable, undermining their claims of innocence. Eventually the enclave was closed down, and the village returned to its original owners.

Demographics

According to the 2013 census, its population was 214.[3]

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NumberPercentageWehabi]] 173 80.8%
40 18.7%
1 0.5%
Total 214100%

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Books

Notes and References

  1. Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
  2. News: A Bosnian Village's Terrorist Ties: Links to U.S. Bomb Plot Arouse Concern About Enclave of Islamic Guerrillas . . Smith. R. Jeffrey . 11 March 2000 . A01. Donja Bocinja . 6 February 2017 . The village's 600 residents include 60 to 100 former mujaheddin, Islamic guerrillas from the Middle East and elsewhere who came to help Bosnia's Muslims during the 1992-95 war..
  3. Web site: Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013. Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. January 30, 2022. Bosnian.