In antiquity, a road ran from Narona (near Metković) to Epidaurum (Cavtat) via Pardua, in the present-day village of Gradac near Ljubinje.

[2] Politically, the area belonged to Zahumlje ("Hum"), ruled between the 12th and early 14th century with minor interruptions by the Nemanjić dynasty.

[4] Under article 29 of the Treaty of Berlin of 1878, Austria-Hungary received special rights in the Ottoman Empire's provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sanjak of Novi Pazar.

On 6 October 1908, Emperor Franz Joseph announced to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina his intention to give them an autonomous and constitutional regime.

The annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was not countenanced by the Treaty of Berlin and set off a flurry of diplomatic protests and discussions.

In June 1941 Ustaše soldiers killed 36 locals by throwing them alive into a mass grave, which was part of the wider Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.

[7] A belltower na preslicu with three bells, made of finely finished limestone blocks, tops the left wall of the church.

[8] The following table gives a preview of the total number of registered people employed in professional fields per their core activity (as of 2018):[11] Una-Sana  Central Bosnia Posavina  Herzegovina-Neretva Tuzla  West Herzegovina Zenica-Doboj  Sarajevo Bosnian Podrinje Canton 10