Blagovac is a settlement in Vogošća municipality, near Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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.
It is divided into five sub parts which are: Blagovac 1 (factory area), Blagovac 2 (international dog training center in Miro Dukić's house), Blagovac 3 (local mosque that was built after the Bosnian War, shopping center and local community center) and Blagovac 4 and 5.
History The first settlers in Blagovac were the Blagovčanin and Todorovic families. Before the Bosnian conflict, Blagovac was mainly populated by Serbs. After the war, and with the forming of Republika Srpska, most of the Serbs sold their houses and moved to Pale or other places with a Serbian majority. Now Blagovac is mainly populated by Muslims, with only a few Serbian families left.
Population Ethnic composition, 1991 census Serbs – 1,159 (90.97%) Yugoslavs – 50 (3.92%) Croats – 27 (2.11%) Muslims – 16 (1.25%) Others and unknown – 22 (1.72%) Total – 1,274
2013 census Serbs – 64 (3.3%) Croats – 15 (0.8%) Bosniaks – 1,842 (94.2%) Others and unknown – 35 (1.8%) Total – 1,956
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