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Mrkovići

village in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ3327246 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mrkovići is a village, and together with the Hrastovi neighbourhood constitute the local community Hrastovi-Mrkovići, in Centar municipality, in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

Ethnic composition, 1991 census

total: 232

Serbs - 229 (98.70%)

"Yugoslavs" - 1 (0.43%)

others and unknown - 2 (0.86%)

According to the 2013 census, its population was 55.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mrkovići” as village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mrkovići, village and Bosnia.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 2013—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mrkovići, village and Bosnia providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mrkovići”, the useful work is to connect “village in Bosnia and Herzegovina” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3327246. Authority coordinates are 43.896, 18.434. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991 and 2013.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mrkovići”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mrkovići primary sources, Mrkovići archive and Mrkovići research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Mrkovići”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Mrkovići” 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.