Odžak
Odžak
Оџак | |
|---|---|
Town and municipality | |
Location of Odžak within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates: 45°0′38″N 18°19′35″E / 45.01056°N 18.32639°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | Posavina |
| Geographical region | Posavina |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Anes Osmanović (SDA) |
| Area | |
| 118 km2 (46 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| 18,821 | |
| • Density | 180/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 8,259 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 31 |
| Website | www |
Odžak (Serbian Cyrillic: Оџак) is a town and municipality located in Posavina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the river Sava, 10 km (6.2 mi) from the border with Croatia. The name is derived from Turkish Ocak, during its time as a frontier town of the Ottoman Empire, and means "fireplace" in Turkish and "chimney" in modern Bosnian.
The town of Odžak is notable for being the battlegrounds of the last battle in Europe of World War II, fought between the Croatian Ustaše and Yugoslav Partisans.