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BH cities: TOMISLAVGRAD

Tomislavgrad (former name Duvno) – the city and the centre of municipality in south-west part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the municipality which belongs to Livno district. It is a part of Herceg-Bosna county.

In 1925.king Aleksandar Karađorđević marked 1000 year anniversary of Croatian kingdom by naming this city after Croatian king Tomislav. It is assumed that he was crowned at Duvanjsko polje (Duvno field) in 925. The city kept this name until 1945. Since that year until twenties of the 20th century the city is called Duvno again. However the city regained its name Tomislavgrad in the end. In the honour of the first Croatian king Tomislav there is a bronze statue of him in the city. Beside monuments the city has beautiful basilica dedicated to St. Nikola Tavelić, the first Croatian saint. There are a few statues of other saints near basilica.

In Duvno area, high mountain area of south-west Herzegovina is subsiding towards Adriatic Sea. Duvanjsko polje is typical table – land aroused in ancient geologic time by tectonic subsiding of the ground and lake sedimentation and detritus of constant and occasional water-flows. Big sedimentation of coal originated there. It is situated on 860-900 m height above sea level. It is lower than Kupreško polje (1100-1200 m), and higher than Livanjsko polje (709-808 m). The field is 20 kilometres long and 12 kilometres wide. It has surface of 125 square kilometres.

Geologically, by composition of its ground, this is the area of extremely big Dinaric rocky area. By its location, composition of the ground as well as by physical and mental features of its inhabitants, it is more a part of Dalmatia and Herzegovina than of Bosnia. And it is also possible to say that it is a three border point which divides and connects. So the fact that its inhabitants come from all three areas is not surprisingly.

Duvanjsko polje is suroundined with mountains on every side. On north-east and east it is bordered with Ljubuša, Vran and Smiljevača, Gvozd on the south; on the south-west and west lies Midena and lower Grabovica, on the north and north-west Tušnica and Jelovača arises. Most of these mountains are bared.

Although it rains a lot here, there is still a lack of water, because enormous amount of water loses underground. The only river Šujica is underground stream which has spring in Šujica and sinking in Ponor, and rises again in Prisoje as Ričina. Today it fills Buško Lake. Its affluent Drina flows only during little part of the year. The main source for the city and nearby villages is stream Ostrožac which never runs dry. Two thirds of Buško Lake are in Tomislavgrad′ s municipality.

Mirza Delibasic

Mirza Delibašić (January 9, 1954 – December 8, 2001) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian professional basketball player. He was born in Tuzla, located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. Delibašić is widely considered as one of the best shooters in the history of European basketball.

Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.

Mirza Delibašić, nicknamed Kinđe, led his club Bosna to the EuroLeague Championship in 1979. He played his first games at age of 15 for KK Sloboda Dita, Tuzla's basketball club. Three years later, 1971, he signed a contract with KK Bosna. After leaving Bosna, Delibašić went to the Spanish League, where he ended up being considered one of the best players ever to play for Real Madrid, along with the likes of Juan Corbalán, Wayne Brabender, Fernando Martín Espina, Fernando Romay, Dražen Petrović, and Arvydas Sabonis.

In his club career, he won numerous titles in European club competitions. In addition to having played together for their Yugoslav national team, Mirza Delibašić and Dražen Dalipagić, also played together with Real Madrid. Their performance in a 1983 EuroLeague game versus Cibona, in Zagreb, is only one of the many highlights of their careers.

In that game, Delibašić scored 26 points and Dalipagić 33. The game appropriately finished with a two-on-one fast-break, with Delibašić making a behind-the-back fake pass to Dalipagić, and passing by a defender for a two-handed dunk at the buzzer. Cibona's fans put aside their team's loss in the game, and showed their appreciation for the Bosnian stars performances, with a standing ovation at the end of the game.

En route to a place among the greatest European players, Mirza Delibašić won everything there was to win with the Yugoslavia national basketball team, including: the Summer Olympic Games gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket gold two times (1975 EuroBasket and 1977 EuroBasket), and the FIBA World Cup gold at the 1978 FIBA World Championship.

In August 1983, 29-year-old Delibašić suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage, forcing him to permanently retire from basketball.

He lived in Sarajevo throughout the 1992-1996 siege of the city. Simultaneously, Delibašić coached the newly-established Bosnian national basketball team at EuroBasket 1993 in Germany, finishing in 8th place.

His final years were marked by persistent health problems, due to his heavy drinking, which led to his death in 2001, at the age of 47, in Sarajevo. Thousands attended his funeral in Sarajevo, and KK Bosna renamed its arena in his honor.

Awards and accomplishments

    2x Yugoslav League Champion: (1978, 1980)

    Yugoslav Cup Champion: (1978)

    EuroLeague Champion: (1979)

    Club World Cup Champion: (1981)

    Spanish League Champion: (1982)

    FIBA's 50 Greatest Players: (1991)

    Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportsman of the 20th century: (2000)

    FIBA Hall of Fame: (2007)

    50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors: (2008)

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Today is National holiday in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In Bosnia and Herzegovina today is a National holiday. On that day in 1943, at the first session of ZAVNOBiH in Mrkonjic Grad, the Resolution of ZAVNOBiH was adopted.

This resolution confirmed that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a multiethnic republic, composed of different peoples and religions. They are equal peoples on the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

This resolution was adopted during the Second World War, while on its territory Nazi forces, along with domestic fascist movements, were the biggest crimes.

Bosnia and Herzegovina through the centuries has been a multiethnic state. In it equally live the three largest religions of the world, Islam, Christianity and Orthodox. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the total lives 3.531.159 people. From that number 50,11 % is a Muslim population (Islam), 30,78 % Orthodox population, 14,6 % Catholics and 4,51 % other world religions or atheists.

25. Novembar is National holiday.