Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Petrovo
Петрово
Town and municipality
Town hall in Petrovo

Location of Petrovo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Government
 • Mayor Ozren Petković
 • Municipality 143.9 km2 (55.6 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
 • Town 2,322
 • Municipality 6,474
 • Municipality density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s) 53

Petrovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Петрово; previously Bosansko Petrovo Selo / Босанско Петрово Село) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,322 inhabitants, while the municipality has 6,474 inhabitants.

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 just a halfway 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. The municipality existed before, however, was dismantled in the 1960s. It belonged to Gračanica and Lukavac as well.

Demographics

1991

Town of Bosansko Petrovo Selo (Petrovo) itself

total: 2,919

Other villages

Kakmuž

total: 2,398

Karanovac

total: 1,178

Krtova

total: 1,121

Porječina

total: 819

Sočkovac

total: 1,112[1]

2006

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

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.

Governance

Mayor
  • 2008: Zoran Blagojević (Alliance of Independent Social Democrats)


Settlements

The following villages are constituents of Petrovo municipality:

Culture

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

Twin municipalities – Sister municipalities

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  2. ↑ "ПОТПИСАН СПОРАЗУМ О БРАТИМЉЕЊУ ОПШТИНА БОРОВО (РХ) И ОПШТИНА ПЕТРОВО (РС)" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-10.

Coordinates: 44°38′N 18°22′E / 44.633°N 18.367°E / 44.633; 18.367

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