Bihor may mean:
- Bihor County, in Romania
- Bihor Mountains, in Romania
- Bihor, Montenegro
- Bihor (region), in Montenegro
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Bihor (fortress)
Bihor was a former medieval castle and town, now in ruins, approximately 10 km north of present-day Berane, Montenegro. It gave its name to the Bihor (region) of Montenegro.
History
Bihor was founded well before 1438. The first surviving mention of the name "Bihor" in the area is in a 1450 document in the Dubrovnik archives, "In loco vocato Bichor". In 1455, the Turks captured the city. During the 16th century the Ottomans used the castle as magazine for the storage of ammunition.
Today, the town is in ruins. The wall of the castle stand up to 3 metres above the surrounding ruins.
Geography
Bihor is located on a limestone plateau above the confluence of the River Lješnica (Eleshnitsa) and the Lim.
References
Bihor (region)
Bihor is a geographical region in northeastern Montenegro. The region is within three municipalities: Berane, Bijelo Polje and Petnjica. It was named after Bihor, a former medieval town that was near Bijelo Polje. The region mainly consists of ethnic Bosniaks.
Upper Bihor
Upper Bihor is located in southwestern Sandžak in northeastern Montenegro. It has an area of about 143 km². The entire region is under 600 metres sea level. Today, the population is predominantly Bosniak.
Geology
Upper Bihor has a variety of types of terrain. There are high mountains, river valleys, glacial and karst relief and volcanic mountains.
History
Around the 15th century to 16th century, Turks. In 1878, Bihor became part of Montenegro. After the Balkan Wars and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, heavy pressure leads to the Muslims from Bihor moving to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Turkey. In 1914, a few thousand people from Bihor moved to Turkey, while the Eastern Orthodoxy followers begin moving in from various parts of Montenegro. In the late 1940s, people from Bihor began moving to Vojvodina as colonists. Because of hard life in their new home, some people came back to Bihor. The migration of Muslims from this area to Turkey was intensive between 1956 - 1958. Migration of the population of Bihor was intensive in the past. Today, the population is predominantly made up of Muslims-Bosniaks with a minority of Serbian Orthodox followers.
