Derventa

Derventa Дервента
Coat of arms
Location of Derventa within Republika Srpska
Coordinates: 44°59′N 17°54′E / 44.983°N 17.9°E / 44.983; 17.9
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Government
- Mayor	Milorad Simić (SNSD) [2]
Area
- Total	517 km2 (199.6 sq mi)
Population (1991)
- Total	57,000
- Municipality	43,500
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	53
Website	www.derventa.ba

Derventa (Serbian Cyrillic: Дервента) is the name of a town and municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the northern part of Republika Srpska just northwest of the town of Doboj, in the Posavina region. The municipality compromises of 57 villages as well as the town itself.

Villages within Derventa

• Agići • Begluci • Bijelo Brdo • Bosanski Dubočac • Brezici • Bukovac • Bukovica Mala • Bukovica Velika • Bunar • Cerani • Crnča • Dažnica • Derventa • Donja Bišnja • Donja Lupljanica • Donji Detlak • Donji Višnjik • Drijen • Gornja Bišnja • Gornja Lupljanica • Gornji Božinci • Gornji Detlak • Gornji Višnjik • Gradac • Gradina • Kalenderovci Donji • Kalenderovci Gornji • Kostreš • Kovačevci • Kulina • Kuljenovci • Lug • Lužani • Lužani Bosanski • Lužani Novi • Mala Sočanica • Mišinci • Miškovci • Modran • Osinja • Osojci • Pjevalovac • Pojezna • Poljari • Polje • Rapćani • Stanići • Šušnjari • Tetima • Trstenci • Tunjestala • Velika • Velika Sočanica • Vrhovi • Zelenike • Žeravac i Živinice.

Geography

The Derventa municipality borders with Brod, Modriča, Doboj, Prnjavor and Srbac, as well as Croatia across the Sava river. It has an area of 517 km² (200 sq mi) and includes 57 villages in addition to the actual town of Derventa.

The town of Derventa lies on the river Ukrina, and roads lead from it to Brod, Kotorsko (Doboj), Prnjavor (Banja Luka) and Srbac.

The town has a suburb called Derventski Lug which has grown substantially in recent years due to growth of Municipality.

Demographics

1971

56.141 total

• Croats - 25.228 (44,93%)
• Serbs - 23.124 (41,18%)
• Bosnian Muslims - 6.548 (11,66%)
• Yugoslavs - 575 (1,02%)
• Others - 666 (1,21%)

1991

Prior to the war in Bosnia (1992-1995), the municipality of Derventa had a population of around 57,000.

The 1991 census recorded 56,328 residents in the municipality, including:

• 22,986 Serbs (40.9%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 21,972 Croats (39%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 7,122 Muslims by nationality (Bosniaks) (12.6%)
• 3,306 Yugoslavs (5.9%)
• 942 others (1.6%)

The town of Derventa itself had 17,451 residents, including:

• 32% Muslims by Nationality (Bosniaks)
• 25% Croats
• 25% Serbs
• 15% Yugoslavs
• 3% others

Settlement	Muslims	Serbs	Croats	Yugoslavs	Others	Sum	M%	S%	C%	Y%	O%
Derventa-1	3284	2689	2613	1644	417	10647	31%	25%	25%	15%	4%
Derventa-3	421	582	432	308	45	1788	24%	33%	24%	17%	3%
Potocani	534	244	170	130	68	1146	47%	21%	15%	11%	6%
Ukrina	1258	1002	1000	489	121	3870	33%	26%	26%	13%	3%

Source[3].

Current population

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants from the municipality were ethnic Serbs.

The post-war total population of the city is estimated to be between 10,000 and 15,000, of which:

• 90% is Serb. ^[1]
• 6% is Bosniaks.
• 4% is Croat.

People from Derventa

Vedran Ćorluka, football player Mile Kitić, folk singer Dara Bubamara, folk singer Miroslav Pejić, football player Mario Tokić, football player

Abaz Arslanagić, Legendary handball player/coach Muhammed Memić, Handball player Sulejman Medencevic, Cinematographer Dragan Đurić, President of FK Partizan

References

1. ^ United Nations Development Programme: [1]

External links

• Derventa
• Zvanična prezentacija opštine Derventa
• www.derventa.rs.sr
• Cyber Derventa
• Parish of Derventa (Župa Derventa)
• Roman Catholic Parish of Derventa
• DerventaSrcem.net

Coordinates: 44°59′N 17°54′E / 44.983°N 17.9°E / 44.983; 17.9