Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

For another village in Gradiška, see Petrovo, Gradiška.
Petrovo
Петрово
Municipality

Town hall in Petrovo

Location of Petrovo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Municipality Petrovo
Government
 • Mayor Ozren Petković
Area
 • Total 143,9 km2 (556 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
 • Total 7,010
 • Density 48,7/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 53

Petrovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Петрово) is a town and relatively young municipality located in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, part of the Republika Srpska entity. 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 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. 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

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

Governance

Mayor


Municipality

The following villages are constituents of Petrovo municipality:

Culture

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

Twin municipalities – Sister municipalities

See also

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "ПОТПИСАН СПОРАЗУМ О БРАТИМЉЕЊУ ОПШТИНА БОРОВО (РХ) И ОПШТИНА ПЕТРОВО (РС)" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-10.

External links

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

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