Herzegovinians
Location of Herzegovina in Europe
Herzegovinians (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: Hercegovci/Херцеговци; singular: Herzegovinian (Hercegovac/Херцеговац)) are the people who hail from the Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The region which is Herzegovina forms a part of the Dinaric Alps. Regardless of ethnicity, the ethnic groups which compose Herzegovina's population tend to identify as Herzegovinian at a regional rather than an ethno-religious level.
Demographics
In the 1991 census, the part of Herzegovina situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina was recorded as having a population of 437,095 inhabitants. They were:
- Croats: 206,457 (47.2%),
- Bosniaks: 112,948 (25.8%)
- Serbs: 93,047 (21.3%)
- Yugoslavs: 18,494 (4.2%)
- All others: 6,149 (1.4%)
See also
- Bosnians
- Bosniaks
- Serbs
- Croats
- List of Bosnian and Herzegovinian people
- War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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