Novi Grad
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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:
- 25,106 Serbs (60.44%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 14,083 Muslims by nationality (Bosniaks) (33.90%)
- 1,531 Yugoslavs (3.69%)
- 402 Croats (0.97%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 419 others (1.01%)
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]
[edit] Gallery
 Novi Grad/Bosanski Novi |
 Vidorija mosque (Vidorijska džamija) - one of the oldest buildings in Bosanski Novi. It was destroyed in 1992 during the Bosnian war as a result of the so-called ethnic cleansing and its reconstruction began in 2006. |
 Monument "Majka Partizanka" ("the partisan mother") |
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