Doboj South

Doboj South (Serbian: Doboj Jug / Добој Југ) is a village and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It borders with the municipality of Doboj, which is a part of Republika Srpska entity.

Doboj Jug
Добој Југ
Coat of arms
Location of Doboj South within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityThe Federation
CantonZenica-Doboj Canton
Government
  Municipality presidentJasminka Begić (SDP)
Area
  Total10,2 km2 (39 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
  Total4,409
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+387 32
Websitewww.dobojjug.ba

About Doboj South

The municipality Doboj South is a newly formed municipality, established as a direct consequence of war activities in this area. It is not a very large municipality, and covers an area of 80 square kilometers. It spreads around the roads Zenica-Doboj-jug-Doboj and Zenica-Doboj-jug-Usora-Tešanj-Teslić. It nestles between the Bosna and Usora Rivers.

Famous graveyard of tanks located within the Doboj South municipality reminds everyone of the horrors of war and warning never to repeat these atrocities again.

Inhabited places

Municipality consists of the villages of Matuzići and Mravići.

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Doboj South municipality
Settlement 1991. 2013.
Total 3,259 4,409
1 Matuzići 1,783 2,591
2 Mravići 1,476 1,546

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Doboj South municipality
2013. 1991.
Total 4,409 (100,0%) 3,259 (100,0%)
Bosniaks 4,047 (97,82%) 3,045 (93,43%)
Roma 26 (0,628%)
Croats 24 (0,580%) 97 (2,976%)
Unaffiliated 14 (0,338%)
Serbs 9 (0,218%) 19 (0,583%)
Others 7 (0,169%) 39 (1,197%)
Unknown 6 (0,145%)
Albanians 4 (0,097%)
Yugoslavs
Ethnic composition (1991.) – Doboj South municipality by settlements
Settlement Total Bosniaks Serbs Croats Yugoslavs Others
1 Matuzići 1,783 1,698 18 10 39 18
2 Mravići 1,476 1,347 1 87 20 21

Traffic

The state road M-17, a traffic artery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, runs across most of the municipal area.

Sport

The local football club, NK Gradina Doboj-Jug, plays in the Regional League in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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