Kazaginac is a village in the Municipality of Tomislavgrad in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The village is also part of the smaller Buško Blato micro-region, consisting of those villages and settlements surrounding the lake known as Buško Lake. According to the 2013 census, there were 277 inhabitants.[1]

Kazaginac
Village
Etymology: Ottoman Turkish: kaza ("district") and agha ("chief", "master" or "lord")
Kazaginac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kazaginac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kazaginac
Kazaginac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°39′50.03″N 17°5′0.83″E / 43.6638972°N 17.0835639°E / 43.6638972; 17.0835639
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
CantonCanton 10
MunicipalityTomislavgrad
Area
 • Total5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Elevation
716 m (2,349 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total277
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
80246

Etymology edit

The roots of the name Kazaginac are thought to be Turkish in origin. The Turkish word kaza means "district" while the Turkish agha refers to "master".[2] Kazaginac thus refers to the property owned by the kazaga, a reference to Ottoman times where the landholding class was usually members of the ruling Muslim population.

History edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1961537—    
1971446−16.9%
1981331−25.8%
1991301−9.1%
2013277−8.0%

The road passing through Kazaginac is an ancient route dating back to Roman times. It was part of a major road system connected to the magistral road between Salona and Hedum castellum - Argentaria, built by the governor of Dalmatia Publius Cornelius Dolabella in 18/19 AD.[3] At the Glavina locality, there are remnants of an unknown building. At the same locality, five milestones from the 3rd century were found as well as Roman coins. Above the Šarića Kuće locality, there are also stone remnants. Near the Catholic cemetery, there's an archaeological locality called Crkvine.[4]

In literature, Kazaginac is mentioned very late in history. The name was first mentioned in 1844 when 83 people were living in 7 houses. By 1867, the population rose to 129 people.[2]

During the socialist Yugoslavia, until 1953, the administrative territory of Kazaginac encompassed a much wider area of surrounding settlements, not only Kazaginac, and numbered 5,020 people. Of those, 5,308 were Croats, 11 Serbs and 4 others or unidentified.[clarification needed][citation needed]

According to the 2013 census, there were 73 households and 319 people registered living in 72 dwellings.[5]

Historically, this village has traditionally been populated by ethnic Croats of the Catholic faith.[citation needed]

Geography edit

The village is located in the south band of Buško Lake, an artificial lake created after the construction of the dam in Kazaginac. The village is located at 716 meters above sea level.[6] It is known for the Marinovac beach, located at the Buško Blato lake.[7]

Demographics edit

According to the 2013 census, its population was 277.[8]

Ethnicity in 2013
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Croats 274 98.8%
Serbs 1 0.4%
other/undeclared 2 0.7%
Total 277 100%

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Census 2017.
  2. ^ a b Čirko 2004, p. 64.
  3. ^ Škegro 2000, p. 92.
  4. ^ Šarić 2000, p. 615.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2015-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Roje-Bonaci & Bonacci 2016, p. 82.
  7. ^ Gospodnetić 2019.
  8. ^ "Populated places 1991/2013". Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

References edit

Books edit

  • Census: Ethnicity/Nationality, Religion, Mother Tongue. Sarajevo: Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine. 2017.
  • Čirko, Jozo (2004). Župa Rašeljke: 1934.-2004. Rašeljke, Tomislavgrad: Župni ured.
  • Nacionalni sastav stanovništva: rezultati za Republiku po opštinama i naseljenim mjestima 1991 (PDF) (in Serbo-Croatian). Sarajevo: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine. 1993.
  • Šarić, Ivan (2000). "Arheološka topografija duvanjskog kraja" [The archeological topography of the region of Duvno]. In Krišto, Jure (ed.). Duvanjski zbornik [The collection of papers of Duvno] (in Croatian). Zagreb-Tomislavgrad: Hrvatski institut za povijest–Naša ognjišta–Zajednica Duvnjaka Tomislavgrad. ISBN 9536324253.
  • Škegro, Ante (2000). "Duvanjski prostori u antici" [The territories of Duvno in the antiquity]. In Krišto, Jure (ed.). Duvanjski zbornik [The collection of papers of Duvno] (in Croatian). Zagreb-Tomislavgrad: Hrvatski institut za povijest–Naša ognjišta–Zajednica Duvnjaka Tomislavgrad. ISBN 9536324253.

43°36′56″N 17°01′07″E / 43.61556°N 17.01861°E / 43.61556; 17.01861

Journals edit

  • Roje-Bonaci, Tanja; Bonacci, Ognjen (2016). "Višenamjenski hidrotehnički sustavi". Vodoprivreda. 48. Split: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split.

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