Velika Kladuša

Velika Kladuša[1] (Serbian Cyrillic: Велика Кладуша,

pronounced [ʋêlikaː klǎduʃa]; lit. "Great Kladuša") is a town Velika Kladuša
and municipality located in Una-Sana Canton of the Велика Кладуша
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia
Town and municipality
and Herzegovina. It is situated in the far northwest of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, located near the border with
Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 40,419
inhabitants.

History
Velika Kladuša was first mentioned by name on October
30, 1280 (date on its shield) by the name Cladosa under the
rule of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. During the era of
Byzantine Empire it is assumed that the population of the Castle in Velika Kladuša
town started to slowly grow. Towards the end of the 13th
century up to 1464, Velika Kladuša was controlled by the
Croatian noble families of Babonić, Frankopan, Šubić and
Tuz de Lak.[2]
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Around 1464 the Ottoman Empire was expanding towards Seal
this region. It was raided in 1558. The town was finally
captured in 1633 by the Ottoman Empire. After the
Ottoman conquest, Islamization of the hitherto Christian
region began and much of the local population converted to
Islam. Velika Kladuša would later become the center of
Ottoman expansion into neighboring Croatia as well as the
rest of Europe. At the start of the occupation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1878,
Velika Kladuša along with others in the region, put up the
biggest resistance in the region. Nevertheless, it developed
with the opening of schools, the introduction of land Location of Velika Kladuša within Bosnia
register books, and a mosque and a catholic church were and Herzegovina.
built.

World War II and socialist Yugoslavia

During World War II the region of Velika Kladuša fought
on the side of the Yugoslav Partisans. At one point the town
switched alliances and allowed the Nazis to occupy it but
this was planned out with the Partisans because they then
surprised the Nazis by jointly attacking them with the
Partisans. The people in this region were always strong
Velika
supporters of Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito and Kladuša
communism.

In May 1950, Velika Kladuša was the scene of a major

peasant revolt when the Cazin uprising, an armed anti-state
rebellion, occurred. The event most affected neighboring
Cazin, as well as Slunj, which were all part of Communist
Yugoslavia at the time.[3] The peasants revolted against the
forced collectivization and collective farms by the Yugoslav
government on the farmers of its country. Following a
drought in 1949, the peasants of Yugoslavia were unable to
meet unrealistic quotas set by their government and were Coordinates: 45°11′N 15°48′E
punished. The revolt that followed the drought resulted in Country Bosnia and
the killings and persecution of those who organized the Herzegovina
uprising, but also many innocent civilians.[4][5] It was the Entity Federation of
only peasant rebellion in the history of Cold War Europe.[6] Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Canton Una-Sana Canton
Agrokomerc Geographical Bosanska Krajina
region
In era of Yugoslav socialism the town became the
headquarters of Agrokomerc, one of the biggest food Government
companies in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. • Municipal mayor Fikret Abdić (LS
BiH)
The company started as a single food producing farm and
grew to an estimated 13,000 employees at its peak of Area
production.[7] Agrokomerc turned Velika Kladuša and the • Town and 331 km2
municipality (128 sq mi)
surrounding regions one of the richest municipalities.[8]
Population (2013 census)
• Urban 4,520
Yugoslav Wars and the post-war years • Municipality 40,419
During the war in Yugoslavia, Agrokomerc still continued Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
to operate as it produced all types of food bound for • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Zagreb, Belgrade and other places. During the Bosnian ZIP code 77230
War (1992–1995), the town was the capital of the self- Area code +387 37
declared Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia. The
Website www.velikakladusa
seat of the government was at the Stari Grad Castle, which .gov.ba (http://ww
had defense forces guarding it throughout the day and w.velikakladusa.go
night. The city itself did not suffer much damage as it was v.ba)
mostly spared of large fighting. Following the end of the
Bosnian War, the town was the home of the Czech helicopter unit and Canadian Forces NATO camp
supporting the IFOR and SFOR peacemaking missions from 1995 to 2004.[9][10][11]

Demographics

2013
According to the 2013 census the municipality of Velika Kladuša had 40,419 residents, including:
 32,561 Bosniaks (80.56%)
4,781 Bosnians (11.83%)
1,366 Muslims (3.38%)
636 Croats (1.57%)
146 Serbs (0.36%)

Religion
According to the 2013 census, the religious makeup of Velika Kladuša includes:

36,643 Islam (90.66%)

305 Catholic (0.75%)
160 Orthodox (0.40%)
3,491 other (mostly Muslim) (8.64%)

Sports
Local football club Krajišnik have spent a few seasons in the second tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina's
football pyramid.

Notable people
Baggio Husidić, footballer
Husein Miljković, military
Fikret Abdić, former president, mayor

See also
Bosanska Krajina

References
1. "Velika Kladuša" (https://www.enciklopedija.hr/natuknica.aspx?id=64146). Miroslav Krleža
Institute of Lexicography. 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
2. "Tuz de Lak" (https://www.enciklopedija.hr/natuknica.aspx?id=62849). Miroslav Krleža
Institute of Lexicography. 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
3. "CAZINSKA BUNA 1950: Danas se navršavaju 62 godine od ustanka u Krajini" (https://web.
archive.org/web/20120609074308/http://www.cazin.net/cazin/20104-cazinska-buna-1950-da
nas-se-navrsavaju-62-godine-od-ustanka-u-krajini.html). Cazin. 6 May 2012. Archived from
the original (http://www.cazin.net/cazin/20104-cazinska-buna-1950-danas-se-navrsavaju-62-
godine-od-ustanka-u-krajini.html) on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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org/web/20140222153014/http://www.haber.ba/vijesti/bih/9007-klanjana-kolektivna-dzenaza
-zrtvama-cazinske-bune-iz-1950-godine-foto.html). Haber. 11 May 2012. Archived from the
original (http://www.haber.ba/vijesti/bih/9007-klanjana-kolektivna-dzenaza-zrtvama-cazinske
-bune-iz-1950-godine-foto.html) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
 5. "Vera Kržišnik Bukić i Cazinska buna" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140222013106/http://
www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/80388). Radio Sarajevo. 4 May 2012. Archived from the
original (http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/80388) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved
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6. Mueller, Andrew (2010). Rock and Hard Places: Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and
Assorted Sideshows (https://books.google.com/books?id=USI4AAAAQBAJ&q=cazin+rebelli
on&pg=PT207). ISBN 9781593763794. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
7. The Destruction of Yugoslavia: Tracking the Break-up 1980-92 (https://books.google.com/bo
oks?id=d5np99Vgc0YC&pg=PA111). Verso Books. 1993. p. 111. ISBN 9780860915935.
8. Sasso, Alfredo (8 November 2016). "Founder of Agrokomerc, sentenced to 10 years for war
crimes, Fikret Abdić, the new mayor of his hometown Velika Kladuša, visited Sarajevo after
23 years to officialize his new position" (https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Bosnia-
Herzegovina/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-the-return-of-Fikret-Abdic-174832).
www.balcanicaucaso.org.
9. "Czech the News: Newsletter of the Embassy of the Czech Republic". Czech Embassy.
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10. Callaghan, Jean; Schönborn, Mathias (2004). Warriors in Peacekeeping: Points of Tension
in Complex Cultural Encounters ; a Comparative Study Based on Experiences in Bosnia (htt
ps://books.google.com/books?id=pDWGeSdGYCQC&pg=PA54). LIT Verlag Münster. p. 54.
ISBN 9783825851729.
11. Skaarup, Harold A. (2005). Out of Darkness-Light: A History of Canadian Military Intelligence
(https://books.google.com/books?id=jvzycilVu0wC&pg=PA383). p. 383.
ISBN 9780595803828.

External links
Official site (http://www.velikakladusa.gov.ba/)

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