Rakovica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Rakovica
Раковица
Village
Rakovica is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rakovica
Rakovica
Coordinates: 43°52′40″N 18°12′23″E / 43.87778°N 18.20639°E / 43.87778; 18.20639
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Sarajevo
MunicipalityIlidža
Area
 • Total
2.95 sq mi (7.65 km2)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
1,836
 • Density620/sq mi (240/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Rakovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Раковица) is a village in central-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located west of Ilidža and Sarajevo on the local road towards Kiseljak. The village is located in the municipality of Ilidža.[1]

Ernst von Mansfeld, a well-known mercenary general of the Thirty Years' War, died at Rakovica in 1626, while trying to reach Venice.

  1. ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.