Rakovica
Rakovica is a village in central-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, west of Ilidža and Sarajevo, in the municipality of Ilidža. Ernst von Mansfeld, a mercenary general of the Thirty Years' War, died at Rakovica in 1626, while trying to reach Venice.- Village with about 1,840 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 560 metres (1,840 feet)
- …is also known as “Rakovica, Ilidža”
- Description: village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rudnik and Kobiljača.
Rakovica
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Latitude
43.87747° or 43° 52′ 39″ north
Longitude
18.20567° or 18° 12′ 20″ east
Open location code
8FMWV6G4+X7
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Urdu—“Rakovica” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Rakovica”
- Cebuano: “Rakovica”
- Croatian: “Rakovica”
- Dutch: “Rakovica, Ilidža”
- French: “Rakovica”
- German: “Rakovica”
- Polish: “Rakovica”
- Russian: “Раковица”
- Serbian: “Rakovica”
- Serbian: “Раковица (Илиџа)”
- Serbian: “Раковица”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rakovica (Ilidža)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rakovica”
- Spanish: “Rakovica”
- Swedish: “Rakovica”
- Turkish: “Rakovica”
- Urdu: “راکوویتسا، الیجا”
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