Šamac
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- Also see: Šamac (disambiguation)
| Šamac/Bosanski Šamac Шамац |
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| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Republika Srpska | |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Mirko Lukić (SDS) [1] |
| Population (1991) | |
| - Total | 32,835 |
| - Municipality | ? |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 54 |
| Website: www.opstinasamac.org | |
Šamac (Cyrillic: Шамац) or Bosanski Šamac (Cyrillic: Босански Шамац), is a town and municipality in the northern part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the right bank of the Sava river.[2] Across the river is Slavonski Šamac in Croatia.
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[edit] History
The city was part of the old Ottoman province of Bosnia by the time it was incorporated in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of 19th century. After the I World War, the city passed to part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From 1929 to 1939, it was part of Drina Banovina; and from 1939 until 1941 it was part of the Banovina of Croatia. During World War II, Bosanski Šamac, as all the rest of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was included into Nazi-controlled Independent State of Croatia. After 1945, the city was reintegrated within the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Tito’s Yugoslavia.
In the early stages of the Bosnian war the town was taken by Serbs who established the provisional municipal government. Most Bosniaks and Croats were ethnically cleansed.[2][3] During the war, a semi-permanent front line was established against Croatian and Bosniak forces towards the neighboring Orašje. In 2003, three town leaders at the time of the Yugoslav Wars were sentenced in ICTY for crimes against humanity.[4]
The town lies on an important strategic position – the corridor connecting north-western and south-eastern parts of Republika Srpska, near Brcko and bordering the two FBiH’s exclaves at the frontier with Croatia. As with most other places under their control, Srpska authorities removed the “Bosnian” adjective from the town’s official name. Bosniaks and Croats continue to refer to it as “Bosanski Šamac”.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1971
31.374 total
- Croats - 14.336 (45,69%)
- Serbs - 14.230 (45,35%)
- Muslims - 2.192 (6,98%)
- Yugoslavs - 481 (1,53%)
- others - 135 (0,45%)
[edit] 1991
[edit] Municipality of Bosanski Šamac
total: 32,960
- Croats - 14,731 (44.69%)
- Serbs - 13,628 (41.34%)
- Muslims by nationality - 2,233 (6.77%)
- "Yugoslavs" - 1,755 (5.32%)
- others and unknown - 613 (1.85%)
[edit] Town of Bosanski Šamac (itself)
total: 6,239
- Muslims by nationality - 2,178 (34.90%)
- Serbs - 1,755 (28.12%)
- "Yugoslavs" - 1,195 (19.15%)
- Croats - 827 (13.25%)
- others and unknown - 284 (4.55%)
[edit] 2006
[edit] Municipality of Bosanski Šamac
In 2006, the majority of the inhabitants of the municipality were ethnic Serbs.[5]
[edit] References
- Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
[edit] Sport
The local football club, FK Borac Šamac, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska.
[edit] Famous residents
Bosanski Šamac is the birthplace of Alija Izetbegović (former leader of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Sulejman Tihić (Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Zoran Đinđić (former prime minister of Serbia), and Predrag Nikolić (chess Grand Master). Dario Damjanović Ilija Katić
[edit] Monument to Bosnian Serbs
A monument in Samac, Republika Srpska, for the Serbs who fought and died in the Bosnian war, has the Serbian eagle in the center, the years which the war occurred (1992-1995) and the Serbian slogan: "Samo Sloga Srbina Spasava" on the left and right sides.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ From Centralna izborna komisija Bosne i Hercegovine — in Serbo-Croatian
- ^ War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina: Bosanski Samac — Six War Criminals Named by Victims of “Ethnic Cleansing”, Human Rights Watch, April 1994
- ^ FACE TO FACE WITH EVIL, Time magazine, May 13, 1996
- ^ International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (Trial Chamber II): Prosecutor v. Blagoje Simic, Mirolsav Tadic and Simo Zadic (October 17, 2003)
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- ^ Jean-Arnault Derens, EU plans trade routes across the continent
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