Municipalities of Republika Srpska

Municipalities of Republika Srpska (light blue)

The regions of Republika Srpska with their administrative centres

Under the "Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government" adopted in 1994, Republika Srpska was divided into 80 municipalities. After the conclusion of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the law was amended in 1996 to reflect the changes to the entity's borders and now provides for the division of Republika Srpska into 63 municipalities.

List of Municipalities

The following are the 63 municipalities of Republika Srpska (that are grouped in 7 regions, which are not used administratively, but considered to be the first-order division level of the Republic of Srpska):^{[citation needed]}

A - Banja Luka

1. Banja Luka (City status)
2. Kostajnica (was known as Srpska Kostajnica)
3. Čelinac
4. Gradiška
5. Istočni Drvar (was known as Srpski Drvar)
6. Jezero
7. Kneževo
8. Kotor Varoš
9. Kozarska Dubica
10. Krupa na Uni
11. Kupres
12. Laktaši
13. Mrkonjić Grad
14. Novi Grad
15. Oštra Luka (was known as Srpski Sanski Most)
16. Petrovac
17. Prijedor
18. Prnjavor
19. Ribnik (was known as Srpski Ključ)
20. Srbac
21. Šipovo
22. Teslić

B - Doboj

1. Brod
2. Derventa
3. Doboj
4. Donji Žabar (was known as Srpsko Orašje)
5. Modriča
6. Pelagićevo
7. Petrovo
8. Šamac
9. Vukosavlje

C - Bijeljina

1. Bijeljina
2. Lopare
3. Ugljevik

D - Vlasenica

1. Bratunac
2. Milići
3. Osmaci
4. Srebrenica
5. Šekovići
6. Vlasenica
7. Zvornik

E - Sarajevo-Romanija or Sokolac

1. Istočno Sarajevo (City status, was also known as Srpsko Sarajevo)
2. Han Pijesak
3. Istočna Ilidža (was known as Srpska Ilidža)
4. Istočni Stari Grad (was known as Srpski Stari Grad)
5. Lukavica (was known as Istočno Novo Sarajevo and Srpsko Novo Sarajevo)
6. Pale
7. Rogatica
8. Sokolac
9. Trnovo

F - Foča

1. Čajniče
2. Foča (was known as Srbinje)
3. Kalinovik
4. Novo Goražde (was known as Srpsko Goražde)
5. Rudo
6. Višegrad

G - Trebinje

1. Berkovići
2. Bileća
3. Gacko
4. Istočni Mostar (was known as Srpski Mostar)
5. Ljubinje
6. Nevesinje
7. Trebinje

Renamed Municipalities

On February 27, 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an opinion declaring the names of certain municipalities in Republika Srpska to be in violation of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the reason that the names "are not consistent with the constitutional principle of the equality of the constituent peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]" Afterwards, the parliament of Republika Srpska accepted new names for the municipalities.^[2] On September 22, 2004, the Court decided that the former names "be temporary replaced" with new names.^[3] The following are the former and new names of the affected municipalities:

Old names	Proposed by Constitutional Court	Proposed by parliament
Srpski Drvar	Istočni Drvar	Istočni Drvar
Srpski Sanski Most	Oštra Luka	Oštra Luka
Srpski Mostar	Istočni Mostar	Istočni Mostar
Srpsko Goražde	Ustiprača	Novo Goražde
Srbinje	Foča	Foča
Srpski Ključ	Ribnik	Ribnik
Srpska Kostajnica	Bosanska Kostajnica	Kostajnica
Srpski Brod	Bosanski Brod	Brod
Srpska Ilidža	Kasindo	Istočna Ilidža
Srpsko Novo Sarajevo	Lukavica	Istočno Novo Sarajevo
Srpski Stari Grad	Istočni Stari Grad	Istočni Stari Grad
Srpsko Orašje	Donji Žabar	Donji Žabar

Former Municipalities

The Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government was amended in 1996 to provide that certain municipalities whose territory was now completely or partially located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would "temporarily stop functioning." In addition, the parts of these former municipalities that were located in Republika Srpska (if any) were incorporated into other municipalities.

The following are the former municipalities of Republika Srpska:

• Bihać
• Centar Sarajevo
• Glamoč (part included in Šipovo)
• Gradačac (parts included in Modriča and Pelagićevo)
• Grahovo (formerly Bosansko Grahovo)
• Hadžići
• Ilijaš (part included in Sokolac)
• Konjic (parts included in Nevesinje)
• Lukavac (parts included in Petrovo)
• Maglaj (parts included in Doboj)
• Olovo (parts included in Sokolac)
• Rajlovac
• Skelani (included in Srebrenica)
• Srbobran (parts included in Šipovo) (formerly Donji Vakuf)
• Srebrenik
• Tuzla (parts included in Lopare)
• Vogošća
• Zavidovići

In addition, parts of the territory of the Kladanj municipality (not formerly a municipality of Republika Srpska) were included in Šekovici municipality.

Sarajevo

In 1993, Law on the Serb City of Sarajevo during the State of War or Immediate Danger of War was adopted providing that the Serb City of Sarajevo consisted of the following municipalities: Centar, Hadžići, Ilidža, Ilijaš, Novo Sarajevo, Stari Grad, Rajlovac, Vogošća, and Trnovo. Centar, Hadžići, Ilijaš, Rajlovac, and Vogošća were incorporated into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city now consists of the following six municipalities: Srpska Ilidža (name replaced by "Kasindo" in 2004), Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (name replaced by "Lukavica" in 2004), Pale, Sokolac, Srpski Stari Grad (name replaced by "Istočni Stari Grad" in 2004), and Trnovo.

In 1996, the name "Serb City of Sarajevo" was changed to "City of Srpsko Sarajevo". In 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided that the temporary name of the city would be decided that the former name of the city "be temporary replaced" with the name "City of Istočno (East) Sarajevo".

Brčko

A significant portion of the Brčko District (48% of its area) was created from Republika Srpska's territory. Republika Srpska controlled this territory until March 8, 2000 (see the History and Mandate of the OHR North/Brcko). When the Brčko District was created, Republika Srpska's territory within the District (as well as that of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) became a shared territory of both entities. District Brčko's territory was defined as being shared by both entities as a condominium, but it was not placed under control of either of the two, and is hence under direct jurisdiction of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Republika Srpska's authorities never officially accepted the Brčko Arbitration result, but nevertheless had to comply.

See also

• List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. ^ 044-01 Decision English.ZIP U 044-01
2. ^ Paljanske novine, #17: На гласачким листићима стари називи за 13 општина у РС
3. ^ U 44-01

External links

• Republika Srpska Government Website regarding municipalities (English)