| Kotor Varoš Котор Варош |
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| Location of Kotor Varoš within Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nedeljko Knežević (SNSD) [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 (Cyrillic: Котор Варош) is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The city was first mentioned in the 10th century, when it was called Kotor. Varoš, added later, means "town" in Hungarian (város). The town has great historic importance to Bosniaks, Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs.
During the Bosnian War numerous religious and cultural monuments and landmarks were destroyed by various Serb paramilitary 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. Bosnian 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 and that the city's post-war population demographic percentages were strongly impacted by this.
• Baština • Bilice • Boljanići • Borci Donji • Borci Gornji • Ćorkovići • Duratovci • Garići • Grabovica • Hadrovci • Hrvaćani • Jakotina • Kotor Varoš • Kruševo Brdo I • Kruševo Brdo II • Liplje • Maljeva • Maslovare • Obodnik • Orahova • Palivuk • Plitska • Podbrđe • Podosoje • Postoje • Prisočka • Radohova • Ravne • Selačka • Sokoline • Stopan • Šibovi • Šiprage • Tovladić • Vagani • Varjače • Večići • Viševice • Vranić • Vrbanjci • Zabrđe i Zaselje.
According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Kotor Varoš municipality were Orthodox Christians (63.44%).
32.832 total
In 1991, there were 36,670 inhabitants in municipality of Kotor Varoš, including:
The town of Kotor Varoš had 10,828 residents and Croat relative majority. The population included:
Source: [2].
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.