Ključ

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Ključ
Кључ
Location of Ključ within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Location of Ključ within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Federation
Canton Una-Sana
Government
 - Municipality president Bajazid Hadžić (SDA)
Population
 - Total 16,020
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +3873766XXXX
Website: http://www.opcina-kljuc.ba

Ključ (Serbian Cyrillic: Кључ) is a town and municipality by the same name in western Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically the Una-Sana Canton. The name of the town and the municipality translates to "Key".

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[edit] Geography

It is located a short distance south from Sanski Most. The Sana River runs through the municipality. The terrain is heavily forested.

[edit] Population

[edit] 1910

According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Ključ municipality were Orthodox Christians (66.43%).

[edit] 1971

39.966 total

  • Serbs - 23.892 (59,78)
  • Muslims - 15.226 (38,09)
  • Croats - 534 (1,33)
  • Yugoslavs - 131 (0,32)
  • Others - 183 (0,48)

[edit] 1991

Pre-war census data that covers the area of today's municipalities of Ključ (FBIH) and Srpski Ključ/Ribnik (Republika Srpska)

According to the 1991 census the municipality had 37,233 inhabitants.

The town of Ključ had 10,547 inhabitants

[edit] 2003

In 2003 Ključ (FBIH) municipality had 16,020 inhabitants, of whom 97% Bosniaks.

[edit] Economy

The area is connected to other parts of Bosnia by the M-5 highway. Forestry, light industry and tourism are major components of the economy.

[edit] History

Human settlements have existed in the area before the Roman time. The town itself is first mentioned in 1322 in the documents of ban Stjepan II Kotromanić. It was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1463 as the last Royal and Serbian Bosnian forteress.[citation needed] Today this killings/the ethnic cleansing are cases in International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[citation needed] After Dayton agreement, the pre-war municipality was divided between Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.

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Coordinates: 44°32′N 16°46′E / 44.533, 16.767