Posušje
Posušje is a town and municipality in the West Herzegovina Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina, near border with Croatia. It lies in the Posuško polje, at an altitude of 675 m, at the intersection of the road from Split and Imotski in Croatia towards Tomislavgrad and Mostar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,390 residents
- Description: populated place in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Also known as: “Posusje”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mokri Dolac Stadium and Stećak necropolis Ričina.
Mokri Dolac Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Quahadi, Public domain.
Mokri Dolac Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Posušje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of HŠK Posušje. The stadium has a capacity of 5,040.
Stećak necropolis Ričina
Protected area
Photo: Smooth O, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Stećak Necropolis Ričine is the medieval necropolis with stećak tombstones on the right bank of the Ričina stream, located in the village of Čitluk, on the main road from Posušje towards Tomislavgrad, municipality of Posušje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Stećak necropolis Ričina is situated 2½ km northwest of Posušje.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vinjani and Donji Vinjani.
Vinjani
Village
Vinjani or Vinjani Hercegovački is a village in the municipality of Posušje in West Herzegovina Canton, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Vinjani is situated 5 km northwest of Posušje.
Donji Vinjani
Village
Photo: Quahadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Donji Vinjani or Vinjani Donji is a village near Imotski, Croatia; population 2,169. Donji Vinjani is situated 7 km southwest of Posušje.
Gornji Vinjani
Village
Gornji Vinjani is a settlement in the City of Imotski in Croatia. In 2021, its population was 1157. Gornji Vinjani is situated 7 km west of Posušje.
Posušje
- Categories: locality and local administrative entity
- Location: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.47123° or 43° 28′ 16″ northLongitude
17.32713° or 17° 19′ 38″ eastPopulation
6,390Elevation
667 metres (2,188 feet)United Nations Location Code
BA PSEOpen location code
8FMVF8CG+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1667495623OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Posušje” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Posushje”
- Bosnian: “Posušje”
- Cebuano: “Općina Posušje”
- Chinese: “波苏什耶”
- Chinese: “波苏谢”
- Croatian: “Posušje”
- Czech: “Posušje”
- Dutch: “Posušje”
- Estonian: “Posušje”
- French: “Posušje”
- German: “Posušje”
- Italian: “Posušje”
- Korean: “포수셰”
- Lithuanian: “Posušjė”
- Lombard: “Posušje”
- Macedonian: “Посушје”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Posušje”
- Persian: “پوسوشه”
- Polish: “Posušje”
- Portuguese: “Posušje”
- Serbian: “Posušje”
- Serbian: “Посушје”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Posušje”
- Silesian: “Posušje”
- Slovak: “Posušje”
- Spanish: “Posušje”
- Swedish: “Općina Posušje”
- Tatar: “Посушье”
- Turkish: “Posušje”
- Ukrainian: “Посуш’є”
- Upper Sorbian: “Posušje”
- Urdu: “پوسوشیے”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Općina Posušje and Policijska postaja Posušje.
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