Common surnames

In Zenica-Doboj Canton, as of February 2020, the most common surnames are as follows:

  1. Hodžić
  2. Halilović
  3. Delić
  4. Spahić
  5. Bašić
  6. Imamović
  7. Kovačević
  8. Kadrić
  9. Tadić
  10. Marković
  11. Babić
  12. Begić
  13. Alić
  14. Šehić
  15. Selimović
  16. Beganović
  17. Hadžić
  18. Muratović
  19. Tomić
  20. Šišić
  21. Dedić
  22. Karić
  23. Smajić
  24. Sinanović
  25. Jukić
  26. Vidović
  27. Ramić
  28. Dizdarević
  29. Brkić
  30. Softić
  31. Avdić
  32. Pavlović
  33. Matijević
  34. Bošnjak
  35. Pašalić
  36. Šabanović
  37. Fejzić
  38. Radić
  39. Kovač
  40. Lukić
  41. Petrović
  42. Hasić

Economy

thumb|left|195px|Zenica steelworks

Zenica is an industrial center.

In 1990, the municipality produced 1.4 million tons of steel, 924,000 tons of coal, of cloth, and 158,000 hL of milk, among other commodities. Employed workers numbered 49,415–53,419 in the civil sector and 4,004 in the private sector.<!--the following document is with obsolete look of the flag i.e. other variant with background colored in two colors-->

The coat of arms bears several symbols that represent the city of Zenica. On the left side, following the frame, the contour of the Bosna river can be seen, cut by two horizontal lines in the lower part—a symbol of communication. Within the main portion of the shield, there are four circular symbols. Clockwise: the symbol of Vranduk—the northern gate of the city; one of the six crosses from ban Kulin's plate and a symbol of Christianity; a crescent moon—symbol of Islam and the Ottoman period; and crossed hammers—a symbol of coal mining and heavy industry.

Mayors and city mayors

Below is a list of former Zenica mayors (1–36+) and city mayors.

  1. Suljo Arnaut (1878)
  2. Ahmetaga Mutapčić (1889–1895)
  3. Esad Alikadić (1898–1905)
  4. Ali Harmandić (1906–1913)
  5. Mahmud Tarabar (1913–1917)
  6. Osman Mutapčić (1917–1923)
  7. Ivo Ghey (1923–1925)
  8. Ahmed Mutapčić (1926–1931)
  9. Abdulaziz Asko Borić (1932–1935)
  10. Eniz Mutapčić (1935–1936)
  11. Mehmedalija Tarabar (1936–1941)
  12. Ismet Salčinović (1941–1946)
  13. Mustafa Čolaković (1945)
  14. Mustafa Mujagić (1945)
  15. Abdulaziz Asko Borić (1945–1946)
  16. Jozo Marčinković (1946–1948)
  17. Veljko Bilanović (1949–1950)
  18. Nikola Spaić (1951–1952)
  19. Safet Uzunović (1952–1955)
  20. Đuro Vekić (1955–1959)
  21. Milko Križanović (1959–1960)
  22. Ezher Ezo Arnautović (1960–1965)
  23. Vinko Jelčić (1965–1966)
  24. Muhamed Berberović (1966–1970)
  25. Abdulah Mutapčić (1970–1974)
  26. Vinko Jelčić (1974–1978)
  27. Nikola Mirković (1978–1982)
  28. Salim Tarabar (1982–1983)
  29. Muhamed Pašalić (1983–1984)
  30. Nikola Telebak (1984–1985)
  31. Omer Filipović (1986–1988)
  32. Bogdan Kolar (1988–1990)
  33. Ibrahim Alispahić (1990–1992)
  34. Besim Spahić (1992–1997)
  35. Ferid Alić (1997–2000)
  36. Zakir Pašalić (2000–2004)
  37. Husejin Smajlović (2004–2016)
  38. Fuad Kasumović (2016–present)

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Culture

Zenica has the following institutions of cultural importance: the Camera Symphony Orchestra, Bosnian People's Theater, Youth chorus, Art gallery, and Museum of the City of Zenica.

The Zenica branch of the Croat culture society Napredak ("advancement") has since 2010 organized annual Easter events. Another regular Easter event that takes place is the "Festival of rakijas and liqueurs".

The pop-rock band Nemoguće Vruće is from Zenica, as are several members of the reggae/dub/rock group Dubioza kolektiv.

( wake) is an annual traditional event in the honor of a 1886 International Workers' Day strike; it has been held since 1926.

National monuments

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There are several national monuments in Zenica:

Attractions

thumb|[[Arena Zenica]]

  • Zenica Synagogue
  • Zenica prison
  • Arena Zenica
  • NK Čelik Zenica football club
  • Bilino Polje Stadium football stadium
  • Lamela, Zenica residential building

Sports

thumb|left|150px|Athletic stadium at [[Kamberovića polje]]

Zenica has a variety of sports facilities and clubs, and its athletic teams have performed and won trophies nationally and overseas.

The NK Čelik Zenica football club is a two-time winner of the former Central European Cup and has thrice been state champion. The town's rugby team has also won several national championships.

Club list

  • Atletski klub "Zenica" <small>[athletics]</small>
  • Biciklistički klub "Zenica – Metalno" <small>[cycling]</small>
  • Bokserski klub "Čelik" <small>[boxing]</small>
  • Invalidski odbojkaški klub "Bosna" <small>[disabled volleyball]</small>
  • Džudo klub "Policajac" <small>[Judo]</small>
  • Karate klub ""
  • Karate klub "Zenica – Mladost"
  • Karate klub "Nico"
  • Košarkaški invalidski klub "Bosna" <small>[disabled basketball]</small>
  • Klub borilačkih vještina "Isak" <small>[martial arts]</small>
  • Klub ekstremnih sportova "Scorpio" <small>[extreme sports]</small>
  • Košarkaški klub "Čelik" (žene) <small>[women's basketball]</small>
  • Košarkaški klub "Čelik" <small>[basketball]</small>
  • Košarkaški klub "Željezara – Zenica" (žene) <small>[women's basketball]</small>
  • Klub sjedeće odbojke "Zenica 92" <small>[sitting volleyball]</small>
  • Malonogomentni klub "Drugari" <small>[futsal]</small>
  • Fudbalski klub "Borac" (Tetovo) <small>[football]</small>
  • Fudbalski klub "Iris" (žene) <small>[women's football]</small>
  • Fudbalski klub "Čelik" <small>[football]</small>
  • Fudbalski klub "Nemila" <small>[football]</small>
  • Fudbalski klub "Zenica 97" <small>[football]</small>
  • Fudbalski klub "Zlatni ljiljan" <small>[football]</small>
  • Fudbalski klub "Željezničar" <small>[football]</small>
  • Odbojkaški klub "Zenica" <small>[volleyball]</small>
  • Odbojkaški klub "Ruki" <small>[volleyball]</small>
  • Plivački klub "Željezara" <small>[swimming]</small>
  • Rafting klub "Žara" <small>[rafting]</small>
  • Rafting klub "Bosna" <small>[rafting]</small>
  • Ragbi klub "Čelik" <small>[rugby]</small>
  • Ragbi klub "Rudar" <small>[rugby]</small>
  • Ragbi klub "Zenica 72" <small>[rugby]</small>
  • Rukometni klub "Čelik" <small>[handball]</small>
  • Smučarski klub "Zenica" <small>[skiing]</small>
  • Stonoteniski klub "Mladost" <small>[table tennis]</small>
  • Stonoteniski klub "Željezara" <small>[table tennis]</small>
  • Streljački klub "Zenica" <small>[shooting]</small>
  • Teniski klub "Čelik" <small>[tennis]</small>
  • Tekvondo klub "Zenica" <small>[taekwondo]</small>
  • Udruženje građana sportskih ribolovaca RD "Bistro" Zenica <small>[fishing]</small>

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The most important infrastructure and transportation companies in Zenica (all d.o.o.) are Almy Gradnja, ITC, Arcon, Arel, Uniprojekt Komerc – Inžinjering, Komgrad – Ze, Almy-transport, Geosonda, Engra, and ŽGP – Zenica.

The closest airport is Sarajevo International Airport.

Education

thumb|215px|Technical high school on Bilimišće

There are nineteen elementary and twelve high schools in Zenica.

The University of Zenica consists of several faculties: , , , , , , , and . a free local newspaper, Superinfo, and it distributes the official gazette Službene novine Grada Zenica. The national publications Dnevni avaz, Oslobođenje, and also have local branches in Zenica.

Notable people

  • Hasiba Agić, Sevdalinka folk singer
  • Bruno Akrapović, former football player
  • Hamza Alić, shot putter – Balkan champion and European silver medalist
  • Teoman Alibegović, basketball player
  • Anabela Basalo, writer
  • Sandra Bagarić, soprano and TV presenter
  • Kenan Bajramović, basketball player
  • Mensur Bajramović, basketball coach
  • Tarik Biberović, basketball player
  • Elvir Bolić, former football player
  • Senad Brkić, football player
  • Ante Budimir, football player
  • Aljoša Buha, bass player, member of Crvena jabuka
  • Jasmin Burić, football player
  • Dragan Čavić, Serb politician, fifth President of Republika Srpska (2002–2006)
  • Jasmin Dizdar, film director
  • Tarik Filipović, actor and TV presenter
  • Nikolina Grabovac, basketball player (Croatia)
  • Ahmet Hadžipašić, former Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003–2008)
  • Adnan Harmandić, handball player
  • Esad Hećimović, investigative journalist
  • Arif Heralić, metal worker famous for having his face is on the 1955–1981 Yugoslavian 1,000 dinar banknote
  • Mirsad Hibić, former football player
  • Mirjana Horvat, sport shooter
  • Branimir Hrgota, football player (Sweden)
  • Amar Gile, pop-folk singer
  • Darko Jelčić, drummer, member of Crvena jabuka
  • Mervana , tennis player
  • Edin Karamazov, lute player
  • Dubioza kolektiv, ska/reggae/rock/ band
  • Elvir Krehmić, high jumper
  • Mladen Krstajić, football player, Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
  • Igor Laikert, Bosnian-Herzegovinian alpine skier
  • Otto Lang, skier and American film producer
  • Dejan Lovren, football player (Croatia)
  • Danijel Ljuboja, theater actor, member of the ZKM ensemble (Croatia)
  • Emir Mutapčić, former basketball player and coach
  • Ivan Opačak, basketball player
  • Semir Osmanagić, archaeologist
  • Srećko Pejović, sport shooter
  • Mesud Pezer, shot putter
  • Vanja Plisnić, basketball player (Serbia)
  • Senad Podojak, imam and Quran reciter
  • Emir Preldžić, basketball player
  • Milorad Ratković, former football player – European cup winner
  • Hasan Rizvić, basketball player (Slovenia)
  • Nermin Šabić, football player
  • Zoran Savić, former basketball player – Olympic silver medalist, world and European champion; general manager of Barcelona (Spain)
  • Vuka Šeherović, folk singer
  • Ivan Šunjić, Croatian football player
  • Danis Tanović, film director, Oscar winner
  • Amel Tuka, middle-distance runner
  • Siniša Ubiparipović, former football player (US)
  • Nemoguće Vruće, rock band
  • Jovan Ćulibrk

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International relations

Zenica is twinned (as 'Partner Cities', by 'Twinning Charter') with the following international cities:

  • Gelsenkirchen, Germany
  • Hunedoara, Romania
  • Üsküdar, Turkey
  • Karşıyaka, Turkey
  • Luleå, Sweden
  • Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
  • Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy
  • Veles, North Macedonia
  • Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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File:PLAN GRADA ZENICE.jpg|City map

File:Hadži Mazića kuća.jpg|Hadži Mazića house

File:Зеница 20230104 123203.jpg|"Ušće" promenade along the Bosna River

File:Zenica 72000, Bosnia and Herzegovina - panoramio (1).jpg|Sahat-kula (clock tower) on

File:Zenica 72000, Bosnia and Herzegovina - panoramio (2).jpg|Kamberovića polje (park), near Bilino Stadium polje

File:Зеница 20190501 103636.jpg|Čaršija, downtown area; Bosanka mall

File:Зеница 20180623 190735.jpg|View of the city from Pehare

File:Zenica2007.jpg|Bosna boulevard and river

File:Зеница 20190504 212629.jpg|Fountain on Uglovnica

File:Theater in Zenica.jpg|Bosnian National Theatre

File:Interior of Sultan-Ahmed mosque in Zenica.jpg| interior

File:Konjska česma (Čaršijska).jpg|Konjska fountain near Sultan-Ahmed mosque

File:Зеница Змајев 20190115 154632.jpg|Winter cityscape from Zmajevac

File:Smetovi Zenica 20180325 161657.jpg|Winter cityscape view from the road to Smetovi, church and hospital in the foreground

File:Лонџа Зеница 20180625 184640.jpg|Common architecture, Londža

File:Zenica05295.JPG|Old municipal building

File:Zenica05285.JPG|City kafana near theatre

File:Зеница 20190119 153036.jpg|Bus and cemetery

File:Зеница 20190612 121755.jpg|Memorial across city turbe

File:Зеница 20190728 191210.jpg|Čelik FC – Sarajevo FC match

File:Зеница 20190427 190901.jpg|Vintage shop

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Notes

:1. In former Yugoslavia, Bosniaks were declared as Muslims because their ethnicity was not recognized.

References

Further reading

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