Bijakovići

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Bijakovići ({{lang-cyrl|Бијаковићи}}) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina.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.

The village is within the area served by the Franciscans friars of Medjugorje. In 1981, Mount Podbrdo in Bijakovići was the site of the alleged first Marian apparitions of the entity referred to as Gospa.{{cite book |last=Herrero |first=Juan A. |editor=Joanne M. Greer, David O. Moberg |chapter=Medjugorje: Ecclesiastical Conflict, Theological Controversy, Ethnic Division |title=Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion |year=1999 |publisher=JAI Press|location=Stamford, Connecticut |isbn=0762304839 |page=139 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QOa_6HNsp_EC&pg=PA146}}

The Croatian-Canadian businessman and arms smuggler Anton Kikaš was born in Bijakovići.{{cite news |last1=Marinić |first1=Borna |title=Na današnji dan uhićen Anton Kikaš |url=https://hkm.hr/domoljubne-minute/na-danasnji-dan-uhicen-anton-kikas/ |access-date=17 June 2021 |work=HKM |date=31 August 2020}}

Demographics

According to the 2013 census, its population was 1,438.{{cite web|title=Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013|url=http://www.statistika.ba/?show=12&id=10260|publisher=Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina|accessdate=September 28, 2021|language=Bosnian}}

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|+ Ethnicity in 2013

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Croats1,36094.6%
Bosniaks30.2%
other/undeclared755.2%
Total1,438100%

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Category:Populated places in Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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