Posušje
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Posušje Посушје |
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| Coordinates: 43°28′19.17″N 17°19′46.79″E / 43.4719917°N 17.3296639°ECoordinates: 43°28′19.17″N 17°19′46.79″E / 43.4719917°N 17.3296639°E | |||
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Canton | West Herzegovina | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Branko Bago (HDZ BiH) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 461.1 km2 (178.0 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 461.1 km2 (178.0 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 0 km2 (0 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 20,698 | ||
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Post code | 88240 | ||
| Area code | +387 039 | ||
| Website | www |
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Posušje (Croatian pronunciation: [pɔ̌suːʃjɛ]) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the West Herzegovina Canton, a federal unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Name Posušje is derived from suša (Bosnian and Croatian word for drought). The area of Posušje was historically a dry area with water-supply problems. The problem was solved building an artificial lake in Tribistovo in 1989.
The last census conducted in 2013 placed the population of the Posušje town at 6,000 residents.
Posušje is 29 km from Široki Brijeg, 54 km from Mostar,10 km from Imotski and 71 km from Makarska.
Posušje field is located at an altitude of about 610 m, Vir field at about 520 m, Rakitno at about 900 m, Pločno (peak of Čvrsnica mountain) is at 2228 m, and the area around the lake Blidinje 1050 meters and more.
Climate in Posušje differs from the parts of the community. While in the city of Posušje and Vir in the south is sub-Mediterranean climate (with a continental influence), in the northern part of the municipality, in areas Rakitno, Tribistovo and Blidinje is dominating continental and mountain climate . Therefore, it might have been told Posušje on natural boundary between the sub-Mediterranean and continental climate.
There has been settlement in the area since pre-Slavic times when the Illyrians inhabited the region.
From the older (Paleolithic) and middle (Mesolithic) periods of Stone Age, the period of primitive man hunter and wild berries collector, in the area of Posušje municipality were not found traces of human beings.
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