Radohova Explained

Radohova
Native Name:Радохова
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivision Type1:Entity
Subdivision Name1:Republika Srpska
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Kotor Varoš
Elevation Max M:820
Elevation Min M:600
Coordinates:44.4683°N 17.5319°W
Area Code:+387 (051)
Population Total:700
Population As Of:1991

Radohova (Serbian: Радохова) is a settlement in the Kotor Varoš Municipality, Republika Srpska entity, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The settlement includes the hamlets of Ulice, Letići, Lapići, Traljići, Kerkezi, Gigovići, Demići, and Dunići, located on the slopes of Zastijenje, and extend from the Ulički stream to the source of Demićka (left tributary of the Vrbanja river) and the Djevojačka Ravan ("Girls' plain"). Its length is ca. 6 km.

Geography

Radohova includes a number of hamlets on the Zastijenje slopes at altitudes of 640–850 m and belt about 10 km long.[1] [2] Local roads, all villages have access to regional road R-440: ŠiprageKotor VarošČelinacBanja Luka.[3]

History

Above Dunići remains of stećci (tombstones) have been discovered.

During World War II, the Yugoslav Partisans were active in Radohova.[4] A Partisan divisional hospital was located below Dunići rocks and Demići, in the gorge of Demićka river. It was repeatedly bombed during the Sixth Enemy Offensive.[5]

During the Bosnian War (1992–95), Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), police and paramilitary forces demolished the surrounding Bosniak villages, especially those upstream along the Vrbanja to Kruševo Brdo, as well as all Bosniak villages downstream to Banja Luka.[6] [7]

Population

Radohova; Census Year 2013: Total of 267 citizens
Census Year1991.1981.1971. -Bosniaks 644 (92,00%)625 (90,97%)680 (85,10%)
Serbs 49 (7,00%) 36 (5,24%)113 (14,14%)
Croats004 (0,50%)
Yugoslavs4 (0,57%)26 (3,78%)1 (0,12%)
Others and unknown3 (0,42%)01 (0,12%)
Total700687799

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Notes and References

  1. Vojnogeografski institut, Izd. (1963): Šiprage (List karte 25.000, Izohipse na 10 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd.
  2. Mučibabić B., Ur. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo, .
  3. live . Apr 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230414154107/http://www.kartabih.com/ . www.kartabih.com . bs . 11 August 2023 . Karta BiH – Karta Bosne i Hercegovine .
  4. Book: Vojnoistorijski institut. Zbornik Dokumenta. 4. 8. 1954. 462.
  5. Samardžija S. (1983): Četrnaesta srednjobosanska NOU brigada. Skupština opštine Prnjavor, Banja Luka.
  6. Gutman R. (1993): A witness to genocide: The 1993 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Dispatches on the "Ethnic Cleansing" of Bosnia. Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc., New York, .
  7. Beč J. (1997): Pucanje duše. Samizdat B92, Beograd, .