Laktaši

Infobox Settlement

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Bosnia and Herzegovina

subdivision_type1 = Entity
subdivision_name1 = Republika Srpska
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subdivision_name2 =

timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

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map_caption =Location of PAGENAME within Bosnia and Herzegovina
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population_as_of= 1991
native_name = Лакташи
official_name = Laktaši
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population_total = 29,910
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area_code = 51
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footnotes =
|leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = Milovan Topolović (SNSD) [http://www.izbori.ba/documents/Rezultati%20izbora%202004/Utvrdjeni/2004NacelniciRS.pdf]
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Laktaši (Cyrillic: Лакташи) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Republika Srpska entity near the city of Banja Luka.

Geography

It is located between municipalities of Gradiška and Srbac in the north, Prnjavor in the east, Čelinac in the south, and Banja Luka in the west.

Demographics

1971

25.997 total
* Serbs - 21.986 (84,57%)
* Croats - 2.731 (10,50%)
* Muslims - 341 (1,14%)
* Yugoslavs - 84 (0,32%)
* others - 855 (3,47%)

1991

According to the 1991 census the Laktaši municipality had a population of 29,910 people, including:
*24,438 Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*2,584 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*1,491 Yugoslavs
*506 Muslims by nationality
*891 others

2006

In 2006, Laktaši had a population about 40,000 people. The majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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Sport

The local football club, FK Laktaši, plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

See also

*Municipalities of Republika Srpska

External links

* [http://www.vladars.net/en/srpska/opstine.html Municipalities of Republika Srpska]