Trebinje Требиње |
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Location of Trebinje within Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Coordinates: 42°42′43″N 18°20′46″E / 42.712°N 18.346°ECoordinates: 42°42′43″N 18°20′46″E / 42.712°N 18.346°E | |||||
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
Entity | Republika Srpska | ||||
Settlements | 178 (2008.) | ||||
Government | |||||
• Mayor | Luka Petrović | ||||
Area | |||||
• City | 854,5 km2 (3,299 sq mi) | ||||
Elevation | 275 m (902 ft) | ||||
Population (2013 Census) | |||||
• City | 25.589 | ||||
• Density | 36,8/km2 (950/sq mi) | ||||
• Urban | 31,433 | ||||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
Area code(s) | 59 | ||||
Website | [2] |
Trebinje (Serbian Cyrillic: Требиње) is the southernmost municipality and city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Located in East Herzegovina, it is part of the Republika Srpska entity, and its population numbers 31,433 (2013). The Trebišnjica river flows through the heart of the city. The city's old town quarter dates to the 18th-century Ottoman period, and includes the Arslanagić Bridge.
The city lies in the Trebišnjica river valley, at the foot of Leotar, in southeastern Herzegovina, some 30 km (19 mi) by road from Dubrovnik, Croatia, on the Adriatic coast. There are several mills along the river, as well as several bridges, including three in the city of Trebinje itself, as well as a historic Ottoman Arslanagic bridge nearby. The river is heavily exploited for hydro-electric energy. After it passes through the Popovo Polje area southwest of the city, the river - which always floods in the winter - naturally runs underground to the Adriatic, near Dubrovnik. Trebinje is known as "the city of the sun and platan trees", and it is said to be one of the most beautiful cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is economic and cultural center of the region of Eastern Herzegovina.
Trebinje enjoys a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification) with short warm winters and long blazing summers. Trebinje is one of the warmest in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The average annual temperature in the city is 16.6 °C (61.9 °F) (1991–2015) and the average January temperature is 8.3 °C (46.9 °F), while the July temperature is 26.5 °C (79.7 °F). Snow is very rare. In the summer, daytime temperatures can be high as 35 °C (95 °F). The highest recorded temperature was 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on 22 July 2007 and the lowest recorded temperature was −9 °C (16 °F) on 8. January 2017.