Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosansko Petrovo Selo or Petrovo (Cyrillic: Петрово) is a town and relatively young municipality located in northern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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

The municipality is close to Doboj and Gračanica just a half way between Doboj and Tuzla. It is located on the mountain Ozren.

History

The 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. This decision was also never recognised by the government. The municipality existed before, however, was dismantled in the 1960s. It belonged to Gračanica and Lukavac as well. Now it is one of the poorest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

1991

Town of Bosansko Petrovo Selo (Petrovo) itself

total: 2,919

* Serbs - 2,695 (92.32%)
* "Yugoslavs" - 70 (2.39%)
* Muslims by nationality - 54 (1.84%)
* Croats - 18 (0.61%)
* others and unknown - 82 (2.80%)

2006

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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References

* Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.

Municipality

The following villages are constituents of Petrovo municipality:

*1. Petrovo
*2. Kakmuz
*3. Sockovac
*4. Karanovac
*5. Krtova
*6. Porjecina

Culture

The Saint Nikola monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church is in the Petrovo municipality.

ee also

*Municipalities of Republika Srpska

External links

* [http://www.ozren.net www.ozren.net]
* [http://ozrenkros.doboj.net Ozrenkros]
* [http://www.bibliotekapetrovo.com City library]