Ahmići (Serbian Cyrillic: Ахмићи) is a village in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of Vitez in the Lašva river valley.

Ahmići
Ахмићи
Village
UN peacekeepers collecting bodies from Ahmići, Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1993
UN peacekeepers collecting bodies from Ahmići, Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1993
Ahmići is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ahmići
Ahmići
Coordinates: 44°8′46″N 17°51′12″E / 44.14611°N 17.85333°E / 44.14611; 17.85333
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
CantonCentral Bosnia
MunicipalityVitez
Area
 • Total0.90 sq mi (2.33 km2)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total506
 • Density560/sq mi (220/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

In April 1993 during the Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing, the Croatian Defence Council forces attacked the village and massacred around 120 civilians in the Ahmići massacre. Since then many survivors have returned and have begun to rebuild their homes.

Population edit

Ethnic composition, census 1991 edit

total: 466

These numbers are in dispute, see the Ahmici massacre article for another pre-war (1991) analysis.

census 2013 edit

According to the 2013 census, its population was 506.[1]

Ethnicity in 2013
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Bosniaks 329 65.0%
Croats 176 34.8%
other/undeclared 1 0.2%
Total 506 100%

References edit

  1. ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  • Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.