Trebinje
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| Latitude | 42.71°N |
| Longitude | 18.34°E |
| Mayor | ? |
| Surface (km²) | ? |
| Population (2006) | 34,946 [link] |
| Time zone (UTC) | UTC+1 Central European Time |
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Trebinje (Serbian Cyrillic: Требиње) is the southern-most city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in southeastern Herzegovina at . It is part of the Republika Srpska entity.
History
The toponym Trebinje comes from a medieval term Travunia.Trebinje was built by the Slavs, probably on the site of a Roman town laid waste by the Saracens in 840. In the tenth century Constantine Porphyrogenitus mentions it as Terbunia. It commanded the road from Ragusa to Constantinople, traversed, in 1096, by Raymond of Toulouse and his crusaders. Under the name of Tribunia or Travunja (the Trebigne of the Ragusans), it belonged to the Serbian Empire until 1355. In 1483 it was captured by the Turks.
Geography
The town lies on the small Trebišnjica river, and there are several mills along the river, as well as an Ottoman stone bridge spanning it (Arslanagić bridge).
There is a new Orthodox church in the town, whilst nearby is what is now an Episcopal church dating back from the 15th century nearby (Tvrdoš Orthodox). Trebinje is also home to the small Catholic Cathedral of the Birth of Mary. The town largely escaped damage during the war, but some Muslim architecture was destroyed. The Mosque of Trebinje was rebuilt by the returned Muslim community and inaugurated in July 2005.
Trebinje is the seat of the Catholic Bishopric of Trebinje-Mrkan.
The local football club is FK Leotar Trebinje.
Demographics
In the 1991 census, there were 30,879 inhabitants of the Trebinje municipality: 21,387 Serbs (69.2%), 5,542 Bosniaks (17.9%), 1,625 Yugoslavs (5.3%), 1,226 Croats (3.9%), 1,099 others (3.7%). The town of Trebinje itself had 3,562 residents (53% Serbs, 35% Bosniaks, 8% Yugoslavs, 2% Croats, 2% others).External links
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