Prozor-Rama

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Prozor-Rama
Panoramic view
Location of Prozor-Rama within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 • Municipality president Jozo Ivančević (HDZ 1990)
Area
 • Total 477 km2 (184 sq mi)
Population (1991 census)
 • Total 7,601
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +387 36
Website Official site

Prozor-Rama is a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The town of Prozor is located in the northern part of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton. There is Ramsko jezero- Rama Lake.

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History

In October 14-15, 1942 Chetniks while partaking in Operation Alfa entered Prozor and killed 543 Catholic and Muslim civilians under the suspicion that they harbored and aided the Yugoslav Partisans.[1]

Population/Demographics

1971

6.963 total

1991

In 1991, the municipality had a population of 7,601, of which there were Croats (62.%), Muslims by nationality (36.%), Serbs 70(1.5%) and others (0.5%).

Sports

The area is home to the football club NK Rama, and the basketball club HKK Rama.

External links

Media related to Prozor-Rama at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ Tomasevich, Jozo (2001). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Stanford University Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 0-8047-0857-6. 

Coordinates: 43°49′12″N 17°36′36″E / 43.82°N 17.61°E / 43.82; 17.61


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