Kotor Varoš
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| Kotor Varoš Котор Варош |
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| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Radenko Čupić (PDP) [1] | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 560 km² (216.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1991) | |||
| - Total | 36,670 | ||
| - Municipality | ? | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Area code(s) | 51 | ||
Kotor Varoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Котор Варош) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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[edit] History
The first mention of city was from X century. It was called just Kotor. Varoš is later added and it means town in Hungarian. The town has great historic importance to Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks.
During the Bosnian War numerous religious and cultural monuments and landmarks were destroyed by various armed groups, such as the Croatian Roman Catholic Church in the centre of the town. Also notable destruction was found in the southern "Čarsija" region of the town where nearly every single house was destroyed. Serb dominated parts of the town were mainly unaffected by the conflict. It is also important to note that due to the proximity (38 km) of Kotor Varoš to Banja Luka (Republika Srpska Capital) and that the city's post-war population demographic percentages were strongly impacted by this.
In recent years both the Croatian and Bosniak minorities have increased in size and the town is experiencing a slow but steady economic revival.
 The Swimming Dam on the Bobas is a popular attraction |
 The Kotor Varoš Red Cross building |
 The Croatian catholic church, rebuilt |
 The "Kocke" (Apartment Blocks) in the city |
 Elementary School "Sveti Sava", used to be called "Bratstvo i jedinstvo" |
 The Orthodox Christian church in Kotor Varoš |
 One of two mosques in Kotor Varos, this one is in the Kotor region |
 Caršija region of the city, shops litter the left side. |
[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1910
According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Kotor Varoš municipality were Orthodox Christians (63.44%).
[edit] 1971
32.832 total
- Serbs - 15.255 (46,46%)
- Croats - 8.863 (26,99%)
- Muslims - 8.366 (25,48%)
- Yugoslavs - 176 (0,53%)
- others - 172 (0,54%)
[edit] 1991
In 1991, there were 36,670 inhabitants in municipality of Kotor Varoš, including:
- 13,986 Serbs (38.14%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 11,161 Muslims by nationality (30.44%)
- 10,640 Croats (29.02%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 707 Yugoslavs (1.93%)
- 176 others (0.48%)
The town of Kotor Varoš had 10,828 residents and Croat relative majority. The population included:
- 48% Croats (5,191)
- 25% Serbs (2,727)
- 21% Muslims by nationality (2,255)
- 5% Yugoslavs (538)
- 1% others (117)
Source: [2].
[edit] 2006
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [3]
[edit] Features
The city also features a large monument to the local partisans who died for Yugoslavia during the fighting with the German and Ustaša forces during WW2.
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