17 Facts About Zenica

Zenica is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton.

The urban part of today's Zenica was already formed in the younger Stone Age—the Neolithic, and especially later, during the time of the Illyrians.

Today's area of Zenica had its peak in the first six centuries of the Common Era, when it included one the most important municipiums and centers of Christian dioceses in Bosnia: Bistua Nuova—seat of the Bistuenska diocese and the seat of Roman Christianity in the Bosnian area prior to the Slavs' arrival.

The first Ottoman entry into Zenica relates to their win over Hungarian warriors near Doboj in 1415.

Zenica has been mentioned under today's name since that event.

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In one description from 1697, Zenica had 2,000 citizens, the majority of whom were Muslim.

One year before the outbreak of the Bosnian War, in 1991, Zenica became the seat of one of the first private and independent radio stations in Eastern Europe—Radio CD-CEMP.

Zenica's populace changed much during the war, with the arrival of Muslims from other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the departure of Serbs to areas under Serb control.

Zenica recovered from the war and has continued to make slow progress.

Zenica is located in the heart of Bosnia, in the central part of the river Bosna's flow, after which the country is named.

Zenica is characterized by many small rivers and streams; all of them flow into the Bosna river basin.

However, several years later, the old steelworks partially resumed operations, and a non-partisan citizen organisation called Eko pokret Zenica began to protest it, together with the local branch of the Greens of Bosnia and Herzegovina political party.

Zenica's population increased from 7,215 in 1910 to 15,550 in 1948 and 63,869 in 1981.

Zenica has the following institutions of cultural importance: the Camera Symphony Orchestra, Bosnian People's Theater, Youth chorus, Art gallery, and Museum of the City of Zenica.

Zenica has a variety of sports facilities and clubs, and its athletic teams have performed and won trophies nationally and overseas.

NK Celik Zenica football club is a two-time winner of the former Central European Cup and has thrice been state champion.

Zenica is twinned with the following international cities:.