Gacko
town and municipality in Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gacko (Serbian Cyrillic: Гацко) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the region of East Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 5,784 inhabitants, while the municipality has 8,990 inhabitants.
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 736 km2 (284 sq mi), making it one of the largest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The town is near the state border with Montenegro.
History
Middle Ages
In the 14th century the region was governed by the powerful Vojinović family.
In 1359, veliki čelnik Dimitrije controlled the region.
Ottoman period
The rebels were defeated at the field of Gacko. This was ultimately due to the lack of foreign support.
Modern history
Austro-Hungarian authorities took it over in 1878, a decision which was made at the Berlin Congress.
“Gacko” enters the record as town and municipality in Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gacko, town and municipality can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Gacko” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Gacko, town and municipality provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q168991. VIAF identifies the subject as 239665490. Authority coordinates are 43.167, 18.533. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013, 1359 and 1878.
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This entry incorporates text from “Gacko” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.