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FoÄ?a (Cyrillic: Фоча), known from 1992 to 2004 as Srbinje (Србиње), is a town and municipality in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina near the Drina river, in the FoÄ?a Region region of the Republika Srpska entity. It is now populated mostly by Serbs, however the 1991 census data shows that 40% of the town's population (52% in the municipality) were Bosniaks. In 1991, it was populated by 12,570 people (census data).
The town was known as HvoÄ?a (Хвоча) during medieval times. It was then known as a trading centre on route between Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) and Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). The Ottomans left FoÄ?a a marvel of architecture, the Aladža Mosque, claimedly one of Europe's most beautiful.
During the World War II, over 4000 Bosniaks were murdered by the Chetniks in the city.
In 1992, all the Bosniaks were forced to leave the city, while Serb refugees expelled from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina settled in the town. On 22 April 1992, the Bosnian Serb Army blew up the Aladža Mosque. Eight more mosques, from the 16th and 17th centuries, were also damaged or fully destroyed. The city was renamed Srbinje, literally "place of the Serbs" (from Srbi Serbs and -nje which is a Slavic locative suffix). In 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the name change unconstitutional, and reverted it to FoÄ?a, until the National Assembly of Republika Srpska passes an appropriate law.
It houses some faculties (including the Medical Faculty) from the Srpsko Sarajevo University. It is also home to one of five Serb Orthodox seminaries in the Balkans, the Duhovna Akademija Svetog Vasilija Ostroškog and was until 1992 the home of one of Bosnia's most important Islamic high schools, the Madrassa of [[Mehmed-paša ]].
FoÄ?a is the capital of the municipality of FoÄ?a and of the FoÄ?a Region.
The town was known as HvoÄ?a (Хвоча) during medieval times. It was then known as a trading centre on route between Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) and Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). The Ottomans left FoÄ?a a marvel of architecture, the Aladža Mosque, claimedly one of Europe's most beautiful.
During the World War II, over 4000 Bosniaks were murdered by the Chetniks in the city.
In 1992, all the Bosniaks were forced to leave the city, while Serb refugees expelled from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina settled in the town. On 22 April 1992, the Bosnian Serb Army blew up the Aladža Mosque. Eight more mosques, from the 16th and 17th centuries, were also damaged or fully destroyed. The city was renamed Srbinje, literally "place of the Serbs" (from Srbi Serbs and -nje which is a Slavic locative suffix). In 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the name change unconstitutional, and reverted it to FoÄ?a, until the National Assembly of Republika Srpska passes an appropriate law.
It houses some faculties (including the Medical Faculty) from the Srpsko Sarajevo University. It is also home to one of five Serb Orthodox seminaries in the Balkans, the Duhovna Akademija Svetog Vasilija Ostroškog and was until 1992 the home of one of Bosnia's most important Islamic high schools, the Madrassa of [[Mehmed-paša ]].
FoÄ?a is the capital of the municipality of FoÄ?a and of the FoÄ?a Region.
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