Goražde
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Goražde Горажде |
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 Location of Goražde within Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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 Goražde
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| Coordinates: 43°40′N 18°59′E / 43.667°N 18.983°E | ||
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Canton | Bosnian Podrinje Canton | |
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| • Municipality mayor | Muhamed Ramović (2012-2016) | |
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| • city | 248.8 km2 (96.1 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 345 m (1,132 ft) | |
| Population (2013 census) | ||
| • city | 22,080 | |
| • Urban | 34,100 | |
| • Metro | 88,438 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 73000 | |
| Area code(s) | (+387) 38 | |
| Website | www |
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Goražde (Cyrillic: Горажде, pronounced [ɡǒraʒde]), is a city and municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river. It is located between Foča, Rogatica and Višegrad, and is administratively part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the center of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton.
Goražde is situated on the banks of the River Drina in South East Bosnia (see maps). The city lies at the foot of the eastern slope of mountain Jahorina at a height of 345 m (1,132 ft) above sea level. The settlement is situated on the alluvial terrace in a broad valley, formed by the erosion of the River Drina. The valley is bordered on the South-East by Biserna (701 m (2,300 ft)), on the South by Samari (696 m (2,283 ft)), on the South-West by Misjak (618 m (2,028 ft)), on the West by Gubavica (410 m (1,345 ft)) and on the North by Povrsnica (420 m (1,378 ft)).
The River Drina flows between these and some other hills. Its valley, which, since ancient times it has been part of the route going from the sea to the mainland (Dubrovnik - Trebinje - Gacko - Foča - the Drina valley), is the principal traffic artery in the south-eastern region of Bosnia. At Goražde this road meets another coming from Sarajevo and central Bosnia via the Jabuka Mountain pass down to the Drina valley and preceding on to Plevlje.
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In 2005, 91% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks.
The city of Goražde itself had 18,752* (total agglomeration 27,386) residents in 1991:
The surrounding region of Goražde is composed of Paleozoic slate, sandstone, carbon and perm. The hills are for the most part rounded and with gentle slopes. The higher ones are composed of limestone. Goražde with its surroundings has mainly equable and fresh mountainous climate. The average annual temperature of the air is 10.8 C and the rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The town is supplied with water from six springs. One part of the inhabitants gets drinking water from ordinary wells. The construction of a water supply system began in 1962. from the spring in Cajnice, 16.5 km (10.3 mi) from Goražde.
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