Laktaši
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Laktaši Лакташи |
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Location of Laktaši within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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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:
- 24,438 Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 2,584 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 1,491 Yugoslavs
- 506 Muslims by nationality
- 891 others
[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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