Živinice is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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, located south of Tuzla

Tuzla

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. It is part of the Tuzla Canton

Tuzla Canton

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 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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History

The origin of the name Živinice is still not established. According to M. Hadžijanić Živinice was mentioned in a Turkish document of 1764 as "Živinice called Uskopči, probably (Oskovci) in nahija Tuzla" http://www.nerda.ba/mir/mirnerda.php?o=zivinice&j=%27ENG%27.

1991

In the 1991 census

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, the municipality of Živinice had 34,783 inhabitants, of which there were:

• 29,011 Muslims
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
   (80.34%),
• 2,096 Croats
  Croats
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   (7.25%),
• 2,525 Serbs
  Serbs
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   (6.43%),
• 1,101 Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
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   (3.88%),
• and 1,135 others and unknown (2.07%). Mixed marriages

The town of Živinice itself had 11,956 residents.By the last documents,Živinice had 12,102 residents.

Općina Živinice

Bašigovci, Brnjica, Djedino, Dubrave Donje, Dubrave Gornje, Dunajevići, Đurđevik, Gračanica, Kovači, Kršići, Kuljan, Lukavica Donja

Lukavica Donja

Lukavica Donja is a place in the Živinice municipality. It is located 8km east from Živinice.-Demographics:In the 1991 census, Lukavica Donja had 1257 inhabitants where 1,238 were Bosniaks with the remaining 19 declaring themselves as other. Today Lukavica Donja has a population around 2000....

, Lukavica Gornja, Odorovići, Priluk, Spreča, Suha, Svojat, Šerići, Tupković Donji, Tupković Gornji, Višća Donja, Višća Gornja, Vrnojevići, Zelenika, Zukići, Živinice Gornje, Brcanine, Šišici, Mestrici.

Nightlife

• Discoteque "Pasha" Živinice
• Discoteque "Capo" Živinice
• Caffe bar "Inn" Živinice

Known people

• Elvir Rahimić
  Elvir Rahimic
  Elvir Rahimić is a Bosnian football midfielder who plays for PFC CSKA Moscow at Russian Premier League.-Career:...
  
   - Bosnian football midfielder
• Boris Živković
  Boris Živkovic
  Boris Živković is a former Croatian football player. He played as a defender and through career he played all defending positions. He played as right and left full back and centre back. At one point of his career he even played as defensive midfielder....
  
   - Footballer
• Mirsad Bešlija
  Mirsad Bešlija
  Mirsad Bešlija is a Bosnian football winger who is currently playing for Bosnian side, FK Željezničar. He has also played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team....
  
   - Bosnian football winger
• Almir Muminović - Bosnian youth football striker
• Mato Đaković - Journalist
• Emir Šišić
  Emir Šišic
  Emir Šišić is a former pilot of the Air Force of the SFR Yugoslavia and later FR Yugoslavia who was involved in a controversial air encounter that resulted in five deaths, for which he served prison time.- Military career :...
  
   - Yugoslav pilot
• Adnan Babajić
  Adnan Babajić
  Adnan Babajić is a Bosnian singer and television personality, who came to media attention as the winner of talents show Operacija trijumf, and thus signed a recording contract for an album for foreign market with Universal Music Group....
  
   - Singer
• Nesib Malkić - Bosnian military figure
• Muhamed Borogovac - singer (sazlija)
• Dzemal Dzihanovic-Kemix-diskograf

External links

• http://www.zivinice.ba
• http://www.opcinazivinice.org/
• http://www.mvijesti.com/