Kostajnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article is about the town on the Una river. For villages near Doboj and Konjic, see Kostajnica (disambiguation).
Kostajnica
Koстајница
Municipality

Hrvatska Kostajnica (left) and Kostajnica (right)

Coat of arms

Location of Kostajnica within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity  Republika Srpska
Government
 • Mayor Marko Čolić (SNSD[1])
Area
 • Total 85,12 km2 (3,287 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
 • Total 6,308
 • Density 74,1/km2 (1,920/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 52
Website Official website

Kostajnica (Serbian Cyrillic: Коstajnica),[2] is a town and municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, part of the Republika Srpska entity. It is situated in the part of the Кrajina[3] region. The municipality was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Novi Grad. It is located across the Una from Hrvatska Kostajnica, Croatia.

Name

Passport stamp bearing just the name Kostajnica.

During the Bosnian War, it was renamed to Srpska Kostajnica (Српска Костајница). After that, name of the town was changed to Kostajnica.[4]

Demographics

1991

In the 1991 census, Kostajnica was part of the Novi Grad municipality, and its population numbered 3,768 people, including:[5]

Note: The vast majority of those who declared as Muslims by nationality in 1991 have considered themselves Bosniaks since the Bosnian War, as before the 1910s.

History

From 1929 to 1941, Bosanska Kostajnica was part of the Vrbas Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

See also

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bosanska Kostajnica.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ the official web site of the municipality, Kostajnica/Костајница.
  3. ↑ official name of region
  4. ↑ http://www.opstina-kostajnica.com/
  5. ↑ See bs:Demografija Bosanskog Novog

Coordinates: 45°13′N 16°32′E / 45.217°N 16.533°E / 45.217; 16.533


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