Omarska

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Omarska

Omarska (Serbian Cyrillic: Омарска) is a small town near Prijedor in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It includes an old iron mine and ore processing plant. During the Bosnian War, it was the site of the Omarska concentration camp.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Main Features
- 1.2 Hydrography
2 Demographic Features
3 Dark History
4 Pictures of Omarska
5 See also

[edit] Geography

[edit] Main Features

Municipal commonwealth of Omarska consists of Omarska town and 10 villages: Petrov Gaj, Kevljani, Lamovita, Bistrica, Verići, Niševići, Gradina, Jelićka, Krivaja and Marićka. It's georaphical coordinates are 44°53'22.00"N 16°53'43.23"E. It has area of 246.73km² and it is located 169m above sea level. Average temperature (over the year) is +12 degrees celsius. Average yearly rain level is 1200mm. Terrain of Omarska is mainly plains, 65% lowlands and 35% highlands.

[edit] Hydrography

River system in Omarska is very rich. Through the middle of Omarska teritory runs river Gomjenica, which has great agricultural significance, because it runs through most fertile land in this area. Gomjenica is confluent of Sana. It infuses Sana in Prijedor.

[edit] Demographic Features

[edit] Population

Following data is outdated. On census of 1971. population of Omarska was 19.044 - 16.084 Serbs, 2.198 Muslims, 376 Croats and 433 others. Average population density was 68 per km².

[edit] Education

There is one elementary school in Omarska, OŠ "Vuk Karadžić", which has about 800 pupils. Children from Omarska usually go to high schools in Prijedor or Banjaluka.

[edit] Sports

Omarska has a football club FK Omarska, which competes in 3rd League-West of Republika Srpska.

[edit] Dark History

Omarska gained worldwide infamy as the location of a detention or Omarska concentration camp set up by the authorities of the Republika Srpska during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia. It was officially termed an investigation centre and the detainees were Bosnian Muslim and Croat men that the Serbs accused of paramilitary activities.