Kakanj
Kakanj
Какањ | |
|---|---|
Town and municipality | |
Location of Kakanj within Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| Coordinates: 44°07′52″N 18°05′50″E / 44.13111°N 18.09722°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | Zenica-Doboj |
| Inhabitted | before 6795 BC |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Mirnes Bajraktarević (SDA) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 376.98 km2 (145.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
• Municipality | 37,441 |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,796 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 72,240 |
| Area code | +387 32 |
| Website | www |
Kakanj (Serbian Cyrillic: Какањ) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the Europe's oldest continuously inhabitted settlement.
As of 2013, the town has a population of 11,796 inhabitants, with 38,937 inhabitants in the municipality. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, north of Visoko and southeast of Zenica. It was built along the slopes of wide hills on either side of the Zgošća river.