- Čelinac
Infobox Settlement
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population_as_of=1991
native_name = Челинац
official_name = Čelinac
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population_total = 18,666?
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area_code = 51
website = [http://www.opstina-celinac.com/ Officia Web Site]
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|leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = Uroš Janković (SDS) [http://www.izbori.ba/documents/Rezultati%20izbora%202004/Utvrdjeni/2004NacelniciRS.pdf]
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|Čelinac (
Cyrillic : Челинац) is a town and municipality inRepublika Srpska ,Bosnia and Herzegovina . It lies c. convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on to the east ofBanja Luka . TheStuplje monastery of theSerbian Orthodox Church is located in the municipality.Geography
It is located between municipalities of
Laktaši andPrnjavor in the north,Teslić in the east,Kotor Varoš andKneževo in the south, andBanja Luka in the west.Demographics
1971
17.430 total
* Serbs - 15.880 (91,10%)
* Muslims - 1.209 (6,93%)
* Croats - 90 (0,51%)
* Yugoslavs - 14 (0,08%)
* others - 237 (1,38%)1991
In 1991, the population of Čelinac municipality was 18,666, including:
*16,591Serbs (See:Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina )
*1,440Muslims by nationality
*360Yugoslavs
*79Croats (See:Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina )
*196 others2006
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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Inhabited places
In the municipality of Čelinac you can also find the villages Strbe (main village in the municipality of Čelinac), Josavka, Snjegotina, and Grabovac. Serbs are the overwhelming majority in these villages (99.9%) and most of the natives of these villages have emigrated to Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia, because of a high degree of poverty in this municipality.
ee also
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Municipalities of Republika Srpska External links
* [http://www.caffe-celinac.eu Caffe-Čelinac Portal of city Celinac ]
* [http://www.opstina-celinac.com Official Municipality Web Page]
* [http://www.celinac.org Čelinac on the Internet]
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