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Zavidovići Завидовићи
City
Grad Zavidovići Град Завидовићи City of Zavidovići
Zavidovići
Location of Zavidovići municipality (općina) within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zavidovići Location of Zavidovići
Coordinates: 44°27′N 18°09′E / 44.450°N 18.150°E / 44.450; 18.150
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Zenica-Doboj
Government
• Mayor	Erna Merdić Smailbegović (SDA)
Area
• City	590.3 km2 (227.9 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• City	35,988
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban	8,174
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	CEST
Area code	+387 32
Website	www.zavidovici.ba

Zavidovići (Serbian Cyrillic: Завидовићи) is a city and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located between Doboj and Zenica on the confluence of rivers Bosna, Krivaja and Gostović. It sits in a valley surrounded by many mountains of which the largest is Klek. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 35,988 inhabitants and the city itself 8,174.^[1]

Zavidovići was home to two neolithic cultures: Butmir and Kakanj. Significant Kakanj culture site is located in Tuk.

Zavidovići was developed by the Austrians during the 19th century Austro-Hungarian reign in Bosnia, mostly because of the "wood industry". After World War II, Krivaja, the company that was founded in 1884 and named after the Krivaja river, expanded. The company focused on furniture manufacturing, which it began to export to the United States under the name "Krivaja Beechbrook". Due to the Bosnian War in the 1990s, the former giant and the city were left with almost nothing.

Although once a diverse town, many of the former Serb and Croat residents left their homes during the Bosnian War. Few have returned to their properties. Now, it is a mostly Bosniak city, with few non-Bosniaks remaining.

Zavidovići's nickname is "Wood Town". Zavidovići is located in the basin of three rivers: Bosna, Krivaja and Gostović.

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• Klek

The city of Zavidovići itself had 12,947 residents in 1991.

Zavidovići is twinned with:^[3]

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• Portal Krivajske Doline
• Large iron ball just discovered near Zavidovici

44°27′N 18°09′E / 44.450°N 18.150°E / 44.450; 18.150