Novi Grad

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Нови Град
Novi Grad
Босански Нови
Bosanski Novi
Location in Republika Srpska

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General Information
Entity Republika Srpska
Municipality area  ? km²
Population
- (est.)

?
- (1991 census) 41,541
Coordinates 45°5′ N 16°38′ E
Area code +387 52
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)
Website www.novi-grad.org and [1]
Politics
Mayor Borislav Vuković (SDS) [2]
Bosanski Novi/Novi Grad
Bosanski Novi/Novi Grad

Bosanski Novi (Cyrillic: Босански Нови) or Novi Grad (Cyrillic: Нови Град) is a town and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the river Una on the border with Croatia (across the town of Dvor), near the towns of Prijedor, Bosanska Krupa and Bosanska Kostajnica. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska entity.

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[edit] Name

In the former Yugoslavia, the city and the municipality was known as Bosanski Novi. During the Bosnian War the Muslim population (which today largely considers itself Bosniak) and Croat population were expelled or had to leave the city and the epithet Bosanski (meaning "Bosnian") was removed from the name of the city.

According to the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina both names of the city are used, Bosanski Novi and Novi Grad. [3]

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1910

According to the 1910 population census, the absolute majority in the district was held by Orthodox Serbs - 76.07%.

[edit] 1991

In the census of 1991, the municipality of Bosanski Novi / Novi Grad had 41,541 residents, including:

The town of Bosanski Novi (official name at that time) itself had 13,500 inhabitants, including:

  • 51% Muslims by nationality (Bosniaks)
  • 38% Serbs
  • 8% Yugoslavs
  • 1% Croats
  • 2% others

[edit] 2006

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [4]

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Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zastava Bosne i Hercegovine