| Čelinac Челинац |
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| View on Čelinac | |
| Location of Čelinac within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Republic | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Čelinac |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Momčilo Zeljković (SNSD) [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 362 km2 (139.8 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 18,666? |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 51 |
| Website | Official Web Site |
Čelinac (Cyrillic: Челинац) is a town and municipality in north-west Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality lies about 15 km (9 mi) to the east of the city of Banja Luka.
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It is located between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor to the north, Teslić to the east, Kotor Varoš, Skender Vakuf / Kneževo to the south, and Banja Luka to the west.
17,430 total
In 1991, the population of Čelinac municipality was 18,666, including:
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs.
In the municipality of Čelinac you can also find the villages Štrbe (main village in the municipality of Čelinac), Jošavka, Snjegotina, and Grabovac. Serbs are the overwhelming majority in these villages (99.9%) but great number of the natives of these villages have emigrated to Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia, because of a high degree of poverty in this municipality.
The Stuplje monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church is located in the municipality.
• Balte • Basići • Branešci Donji • Branešci Gornji • Brezičani • Crni Vrh • Čelinac • Čelinac Gornji • Dubrava Nova • Dubrava Stara • Grabovac • Jošavka Donja • Jošavka Gornja • Kablovi • Kamenica • Lađevci • Lipovac • Markovac • Mehovci • Memići • Miloševo • Opsječko • Popovac • Skatavica • Šahinovići • Šnjegotina Donja • Šnjegotina Srednja • Šnjegotina Velika • Štrbe i Vijačani Gornji.