Kotor Varoš

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Котор Варош
Kotor Varoš

Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina Shown in bright red (click to enlarge) The light red indicates the Republika Srpska entity General Information Entity Republika Srpska Municipality area 560 km² Population - (est.) ? - (1991 census) 36,670 Coordinates 44°62′N 17°37′E Area code +387 51 Time zone CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Politics Mayor Radenko Čupić

Kotor Varoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Котор Варош) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Banja Luka Region of the Republika Srpska entity.

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 Features 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

The city was founded by the Ottoman Empire during their 500 year reign over the region. The town has great historic importance to Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks.

During the Bosnian War numerous religious and cultural monuments and landmarks were destroyed by various armed groups, such as the Croatian Greek Catholic Church in the centre of the town. Also notable destruction was found in the southern "Čarsija" region of the town where nearly every single house was destroyed. Serb dominated parts of the town were mainly unaffected by the conflict. It is also important to note that due to the proximity (30 km) of Kotor Varoš to Banja Luka (Republika Srpska Capital) and that the city's post-war population demographic percentages were strongly impacted by this.

In recent years both the Croatian and Bosniak minorities have increased in size and the town is experiencing a slow but steady economic revival.

[edit] Demographics

According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Kotor Varoš municipality were Orthodox Christians (63.44%).

In 1991, there were 36,670 inhabitants in municipality of Kotor Varoš, including:

• 13,986 Serbs (38.14%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 11,161 Muslims by nationality (30.44%)
• 10,640 Croats (29.02%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 707 Yugoslavs (1.93%)
• 176 others (0.48%)

The town of Kotor Varoš had 10,828 residents and Croat relative majority. The population included:

• 48% Croats (5,191)
• 25% Serbs (2,727)
• 21% Muslims by nationality (2,255)
• 5% Yugoslavs (538)
• 1% others (117)

Source: [1].

[edit] Features

The city also features a large monument to the local partisans who died for Yugoslavia during the fighting with the German and Ustaša forces during WW2.

[edit] See also

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

[edit] External links

• Kotor Varoš
• Kotor Varoš Valley
• Kotor Varoš Online
• Kotor Varoš Official Municipality Page
• Kotor Varoš Cafe
• Kotor Varoš Croatian Representation

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