Laktaši

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Laktaši
Лакташи
Location of Laktaši within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Laktaši within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°54′N 17°18′E / 44.9, 17.3
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Government
 - Mayor Milovan Topolović (SNSD) [1]
Population (1991)
 - Total 29,910
 - Municipality ?
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 51

Laktaši (Cyrillic: Лакташи) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Republika Srpska entity near the city of Banja Luka.

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[edit] Geography

It is located between municipalities of Gradiška and Srbac in the north, Prnjavor in the east, Čelinac in the south, and Banja Luka in the west.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

25.997 total

  • Serbs - 21.986 (84,57%)
  • Croats - 2.731 (10,50%)
  • Muslims - 341 (1,14%)
  • Yugoslavs - 84 (0,32%)
  • others - 855 (3,47%)

[edit] 1991

According to the 1991 census the Laktaši municipality had a population of 29,910 people, including:

[edit] 2006

In 2006, Laktaši had a population about 40,000 people. The majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [2]

[edit] Sport

The local football club, FK Laktaši, plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Coordinates: 44°54′N, 17°18′E