Ahmići
Village in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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 | |
  Ahmići | |
| Coordinates: 44°8′46″N 17°51′12″E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | Central Bosnia |
| Municipality | Vitez |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.90 sq mi (2.33 km2) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 506 |
| • Density | 562/sq mi (217/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+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
Ethnic composition, census 1991
total: 466
- ethnic Muslims - 356 (76.39%)
- Croats - 87 (18.66%)
- Yugoslavs - 2 (0.42%)
- others and unknown - 21 (4.50%)
These numbers are in dispute, see the Ahmici massacre article for another pre-war (1991) analysis.
census 2013
According to the 2013 census, its population was 506.[1]