Zavala, Ravno

Zavala (Serbian Cyrillic: Завала) is a village in the Ravno municipality, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Zavala
Village
Zavala
Coordinates: 42°51′N 17°59′E
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Herzegovina-Neretva
MunicipalityRavno
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Geography

The village lies in the south-western part of Popovo polje, in southernmost part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, some 400 metres from the Vjetrenica cave.

Zavala includes the hamlet of Mareva Ljut.

History

Zavala was part of the medieval župa (county) of Popovo, mentioned in a charter issued by Grand Prince Miroslav of Hum to the Church of St. Peter by the Lim river at the end of 12th century. The village of Zavala was mentioned in a 1372 document. In the 14th century, Popovo was governed by the Nikolić noble family, and then the Sanković noble family. Throughout the 15th century, until the region fell to the Ottoman Empire, the Kosača family held possession of Popovo. The Klisura fort was built by the Kosača on the hills above Zavala in the early 15th century.

In the period of 1961–1991, Zavala was the seat of the Zavala municipality.

Culture
  • Zavala monastery, Serbian Orthodox monastery founded in 1271

Anthropology

The families of Zavala before the Yugoslav wars were the Vukanović, Korać, Čalank, Andrić, Jović, Srba, Šešelj,[1] Tupajić, Turanjanin, Nedić, Vulić. These have mostly left for Trebinje.

Demographics

In the 1991 census, the village itself had 105 inhabitants, of whom 89 were ethnic Serbs, 12 Croats, and 4 Yugoslavs.

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References
  1. "24sata.info - Šešeljev rođak: Vojislav je često dolazio u Marevu Ljut sa Aleksandrom Vučićem". Retrieved 30 January 2016.


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