Petrovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Петрово) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,322 inhabitants, while the municipality has 16,474 inhabitants.
Petrovo
Петрово | |
|---|---|
Town and municipality | |
 Town hall in Petrovo | |
 Location of Petrovo within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Ozren Petković (SNSD) |
| • Municipality | 143.9 km2 (55.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Town | 2,322 |
| • Municipality | 6,474 |
| • Municipality density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 53 |
| Website | www |
The municipality was formed from parts of the pre-war municipalities of Gračanica and Lukavac (the other parts of the pre-war municipalities are now in the other Bosnian entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Geography
editThe municipality is close to Doboj, halfway between Doboj and Tuzla. It is located on the mountain of Ozren.
History
editThe municipality was formed by Bosnian Serb authorities during the war. Bosnian government never recognised this decision and officially municipality was created after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. Bosnian Serb authorities also changed the name of the municipality to Petrovo from Bosansko Petrovo Selo. The municipality existed before, however, was dismantled in the 1960s. It belonged to Gračanica and Lukavac as well.
Demographics
editPopulation
edit| Population of settlements – Petrovo municipality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 9,150 | 6,474 | |||
| 1 | Kakmuž | 2,398 | 1,691 | ||
| 2 | Karanovac | 1,178 | 1,088 | ||
| 3 | Petrovo | 2,333 | 2,606 | 2,919 | 2,322 |
| 4 | Porječina | 819 | 491 | ||
| 5 | Sočkovac | 1,121 | 768 | ||
Ethnic composition
edit| Ethnic composition – Petrovo town | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 2,322 (100,0%) | 2,919 (100,0%) | 2,856 (100,0%) | 2,514 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 2,695 (92,33%) | 2,606 (91,25%) | 2,333 (92,80%) | ||||
| Others | 82 (2,809%) | 28 (0,980%) | 12 (0,477%) | ||||
| Yugoslavs | 70 (2,398%) | 138 (4,832%) | 27 (1,074%) | ||||
| Bosniaks | 54 (1,850%) | 59 (2,066%) | 91 (3,620%) | ||||
| Croats | 18 (0,617%) | 12 (0,420%) | 33 (1,313%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 6 (0,210%) | 7 (0,278%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 4 (0,140%) | 1 (0,040%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 1 (0,035%) | 4 (0,159%) | |||||
| Albanians | 1 (0,035%) | 1 (0,040%) | |||||
| Hungarians | 1 (0,035%) | 5 (0,199%) | |||||
| Ethnic composition – Petrovo municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | |||||||
| Total | 6,474 (100,0%) | 9,150 (100,0%) | ||||||
| Serbs | 6,371 (98,41%) | |||||||
| Others | 60 (0,927%) | |||||||
| Croats | 36 (0,556%) | |||||||
| Bosniaks | 7 (0,108%) | |||||||
Settlements
editThe following villages are constituents of Petrovo municipality:
Culture
editThe "Saint Nikola Monastery" of the Serbian Orthodox Church is located in the Petrovo municipality.
Twin municipalities – Sister municipalities
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ПОТПИСАН СПОРАЗУМ О БРАТИМЉЕЊУ ОПШТИНА БОРОВО (РХ) И ОПШТИНА ПЕТРОВО (РС)". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-10.