 According to the 1991 census, 1,178 people lived in the village.509 were Bosniaks, 592 were Croats, 30 were Serbs and 47 classified as "others".On 3 April 1993, the Bosnian Croat leadership met in Mostar to discuss the implementation of the Vance-Owen plan and decided to implement the creation of "Croatian Provinces" (Provinces 3, 8 and 10) placing the Bosnian armed forces under the command of the General Staff of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), the military formation of Bosnian Croats.