Rakovica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Rakovica
Раковица
Village
Rakovica
Coordinates: 43°52′40″N 18°12′23″E / 43.87778°N 18.20639°E / 43.87778; 18.20639
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Sarajevo
MunicipalityIlidža
Area
  Total
2.95 sq mi (7.65 km2)
Population
 (2013)
  Total
1,836
  Density620/sq mi (240/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Rakovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Раковица) is a village in central-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, west of Ilidža and Sarajevo, in the municipality of Ilidža.

Ernst von Mansfeld, a mercenary general of the Thirty Years' War, died at Rakovica in 1626, while trying to reach Venice.