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'Ljubuški' is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the
western part of Herzegovina.
In the 1991 census, the municipality of Ljubuški had a population of 28,340, of which 26,127 were Croats (92.1%), 1,592 Bosniaks (5.6%), 227 Yugoslavs (0.8%), 65 Serbs (0.2%), and 329 others (1.1%). The town of Ljubuški had 7,407 residents: 75% Croats, 20% Bosniaks, 3% Yugoslavs, 1% Serbs and 1% others.
The town was first time mentioned in 1444. The name Ljubuški originates from an ancient Slavic name Libusa who used to be the first wife of the then ruler of Herzegovina Herzeg Stjepan.
The town is home to the successful handball club HRK Izviđač and the football club HNK Ljubuški.

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Famous people

★ fra Lovro Šitović (1682 - February 28 1729) writer

★ Mehmed-beg Kapetanović Ljubušak (1839 - 1902) politician and poet

★ don Ivan Musić (December 24 1848 - 1888) leader of the Herzegovinian rebellion (1875-1878)

★ Peter Tomich (June 3, 1893 – December 7, 1941) hero of World War II

★ Andrija Artuković (29 November, 1899 - 16 January, 1988) minister of NDH

★ Vjekoslav Vrančić (25 March, 1904 - 25 March, 1990) minister of NDH and writer

★ Zvonimir Remeta (December 12 1909 - 1964) writer

★ Maks Luburić (3 March, 1914 - 20 April 1969) commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp

★ Lucijan Kordić (June 9 1914 - June 16 1993) poet

★ Veselko Koroman (April 7 1934 - ) writer

★ Blaž Kraljević (17 June, 1947 - 9 August 1992) commander of the HOS BiH

★ Petar Barbarić (1874 - 1897)

External links

★ Ljubuški official web page

★ Ljubuški web page

★ Herzegovina web-portal with news from Ljubuški

★ Herzegovina Public Forum - Caffe Ljubuški

★ Ljubuški Public Forum

★ ljubuski.com