Puračić
Puračić
Пурачић | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Puračić | |
| Coordinates: 44°32′49″N 18°28′36″E / 44.54694°N 18.47667°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Tuzla |
| Municipality | Lukavac |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.59 sq mi (6.71 km2) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 2,909 |
| • Density | 1,100/sq mi (430/km2) |
Puračić (Cyrillic: Пурачић) is a village in the municipality of Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Puračić is one of the most famous villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is known for its popular fun fair.
History
[edit]Puračić in its distant past was a station on a road from Tuzla over Visoko to Istanbul. Because of that, it was a very important road as a center where trading took place.
The Puračić Market
[edit]One of the villages oldest traditions, it still sticks around even today, is a market every Thursday. Surprisingly, the appearance of the market has only one story: The Ottoman Empire, one Thursday in the middle of October, 1824., decided to open it for the first time. The man behind it was Husein-kapetan Gradašćević.
From the very beginning the market was considered one of the cheapest and best ones in the South-East parts of Bosnia. It was also very well known for its animal market, as, very often, butchers from Sarajevo went to the market.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2013 census, its population was 2,909.[2]
| Ethnicity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Bosniaks | 2,654 | 91.2% |
| Serbs | 22 | 0.8% |
| Croats | 16 | 0.6% |
| other/undeclared | 217 | 7.5% |
| Total | 2,909 | 100% |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
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