Population
While the population of Herzegovina throughout history has been ethnically mixed, the Bosnian War in the 1990s resulted in mass ethnic cleansing and large-scale displacement of people. The last pre-war census in 1991 recorded a population of 437,095 inhabitants.
Croats generally populate the areas closest to the Croatian border focused on Mostar (the western part), Ljubuški, Široki Brijeg, Čitluk, Grude, Posušje, Čapljina, Neum, Stolac, Ravno and Tomislavgrad. The Bosniak population mainly lives in the areas along the Neretva River, Ulog, Glavatičevo, Konjic and Jablanica, as well as the eastern part of Mostar, Blagaj, Počitelj and to significant extent Stolac, Ljubuški, Čapljina, and lesser extent in Nevesinje, Gacko, Trebinje. Serbs are the majority in eastern Herzegovina, including the municipalities of Berkovići, Bileća, Gacko, Istočni Mostar, Ljubinje, Nevesinje, Foča and Trebinje.
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