Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje (Municipality, Central Bosnian Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Flag of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje - Image by Željko Heimer, 17 June 2011

• Flag of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje
• Coat of arms of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje

See also:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Central Bosnia Canton

Flag of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje

The symbols of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje are prescribed by Decision Odluka o utvrđivanju grba i zastave Općine Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, adopted on 1 July 2008 by the Municipal Assembly and published on 23 July 2008 in the Municipal official gazette Službeni glasnik Općine Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, No. 6 (text in Croatian and in Bosnian).
Decision Odluka o odobravanju novčanih sredstava za isplatu nagrada autorima grba i zastave općine Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, adopted on 14 July 2008 by the Municipal Assembly and published on 27 July 2008 in Službeni glasnik Općine Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, No. 7 (text in Croatian and in Bosnian) names the designer of the winning design as Zdenko Antunović, from Bugojno. The second prize was awarded to Sanela Ramćić and the third prize to Adnan Dizdar.

The flag is vertically divided red-white-green with the coat of arms in the middle.

Aleksandar Nemet & Željko Heimer, 17 June 2011

Coat of arms of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje

Coat of arms of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje - Image by Željko Heimer, 17 June 2011

The coat of arms of is made of a white shield, bordered yellow, with four blue wavy lines over a black base, a red and a green triangle issuing from them forming a yellow vertex in the centre, and in the chief inscribed in black the name of the municipality.
The title of the winning design provided by the author, "Vranica-Raduša", gives a hint of what was on his mind with the design. Vranica and Raduša are the two mountains surrounding the valley in which the municipality is situated. The two triangles are therefore meant to represent the mountain slopes; moreover, red and green are, no doubt, chosen to represent the two ethnical communities, Croats and Bosniaks. The triangles are also a reminder of the triangle in the national flag.