While the number of Salesians is not large in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the order has one educational centre there in the town of Žepče.
His father, Luka, and his family are originally from Sikirevci, while his mother's family are Bosnian Croats from Žepče.
Ivo Lozančić (born in Donja Ozimica near Žepče in 1957 - died November 17, 2007 near Zenica) was a Bosnian Croat soldier and politician.
Marijan Bakula (born 17 April 1966 in Žepče, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Bosnian football player.
In 2001 the following Croatian villages from the municipalities of Maglaj and Zavidovići merged with the municipality of Žepče to form one entity with Croatian majority: Adže, Pire, Ponijevo, Matina, Ljubatovići, Grabovica, Čustovo Brdo, Komšići, Radunice, Globarica, Brankovići, Donji Lug, Gornji Lug, Vrbica, Debelo Brdo, Osova, Vinište and Gornja Lovnica.
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Croatian historian Luka Jelić wrote the mountain was located either between Maglaj and Skender Vakuf, northwest of Žepče, or it was the mountain Borovina located between Vranica and Radovan, according to Ferdo Šišić's 1908 work.