Istočni Mostar (Serbian Cyrillic: Источни Мостар, lit. 'East Mostar') is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 257 inhabitants.
Istočni Mostar
Источни Мостар East Mostar | |
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 Road in the municipality | |
 Location of Istočni Mostar within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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| Coordinates: 43°24′40″N 18°0′17″E / 43.41111°N 18.00472°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Geographical region | Herzegovina |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Božo Sjeran (SDS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 85.24 km2 (32.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 257 |
| • Density | 3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 59 |
History
editIstočni Mostar was created in 1995, following the end of the Bosnian War. It was known as Srpski Mostar (Serbian Cyrillic: Српски Мостар, lit. 'Serb Mostar') until 2004, after which it was renamed to its current name Istočni Mostar. It was created from the Serb-inhabited part of the pre-war municipality of Mostar which is now in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The seat of municipality is in Zijemlje,[1] with 187 inhabitants, most of whom are Serbs. The two other settlements are Kamena and Kokorina.
As of 2019, it is one of the smallest municipalities by number of inhabitants in Republika Srpska.[2]
Demographics
editPopulation
edit| Population of settlements – Istočni Mostar municipality | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 153 | 257 | |
| 1 | Istočni Mostar | 244 | |
Ethnic composition
edit| Ethnic composition – Istočni Mostar municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | |||||||
| Total | 257 (100,0%) | 153 (100,0%) | ||||||
| Serbs | 166 (64,59%) | 96 (63,16%) | ||||||
| Bosniaks | 78 (30,35%) | 57 (37,50%) | ||||||
| Croats | 11 (4,280%) | |||||||
| Others | 2 (0,778%) | |||||||
Notable people
edit- Želimir Puljić (born 1947), Croatian Catholic archbishop
References
edit- ^ The seat of municipality East Mostar Archived 2008-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Milojević, Milkica (30 June 2019). "PATULJASTE OPŠTINE U SRPSKOJ Tri sela, sto stanovnika i gradonačelnica". srpskainfo.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
External links
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