Ljubuški

Ljubuški is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the West Herzegovina Canton, a unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

1971

28.269 total

• Croats - 26.198 (92,67%)
• Muslims - 1.812 (6,40%)
• Serbs - 118 (0,41%)
• Yugoslavs - 49 (0,17%)
• others - 92 (0,35%)

1991

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Ljubuški had a population of 28,340, of which 26,127 were Croats (92.1%), 1,592 Bosniaks (5.6%), 227 Yugoslavs (0.8%), 65 Serbs (0.2%), and 329 others (1.1%). The town of Ljubuški had 7,407 residents: 75% Croats, 20% Bosniaks, 3% Yugoslavs, 1% Serbs and 1% others.

History

The town was first time mentioned in 1444. The name Ljubuški originates from an ancient Slavic name Libusa who used to be the first wife of the then ruler of Herzegovina Herzeg Stjepan.

Yugoslav Wars

Main article: Yugoslav Wars

During the Bosnian War, Ljubuški served as the headquarters of the Croatian Defence Forces.

Sports

The town is home to the successful handball club HRK Izviđač and two football clubs NK Sloga Ljubuški and NK Bigeste Ljubuški

Notable people

• Blaž Kraljević, commander of the HOS BiH
• Denis Buntić, handball player
• Izidor Papo, academic
• Gordan Bunoza, footballer
• Maks Luburić, Ustaša officer and commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp
• Mirko Alilović, handball player
• Peter Tomich, World War II hero, awarded with the Medal of Honor for heroics at Pearl Harbor
• Tomislav Brkić, tennis player
• Vjekoslav Vrančić, minister of NDH and writer

External links

• Ljubuški official web page
• www.ljubuski.info (Croatian)
• www.ljubusaci.com (Bosnian)
• www.ljubuski.com