Kiseljak (Serbian Cyrillic: Кисељак) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies in the valley of the Fojnica River, the Lepenica and the Kreševka River, which are a tributary of the Bosna, and it is on the intersection of roads from Visoko, Fojnica, Kreševo and Rakovica.
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Demographics
1971
18,335 total
Croats - 10,389 (56.66%)
Bosniaks - 6,822 (37.20%)
Serbs - 924 (5.03%)
Yugoslavs - 55 (0.29%)
Others - 145 (0.82%)
1991
In 1991 the population of the Kiseljak municipality (164 km2) was 24,426, of which 51.61% were Croats, 40.92% Bosniaks, 3.11% Serbs, 2.48% Yugoslavs and 1.88% others. The town itself had a population of 6,598, of which 60% Croats, 29% Bosniaks, 3% Serbs, 5% Yugoslavs and 4% others.
Sports
The town is home to the football club NK Kiseljak.
Notable people
Branko Pleša, actor
Jozo Penava, musician
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Kiseljak is twinned with:
Kaštela, Croatia
Kópháza, Hungary
Zaprešić, Croatia
Rakovski, Bulgaria