| Skender Vakuf / Kneževo Скендер Вакуф / Кнежево |
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| Coordinates: 44°28′16″N 17°22′44″E / 44.47111°N 17.37889°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Čedo Vuković (SNSD) [1] |
| Population (1991) | |
| - Total | 3,759 |
| - Municipality | 19,418 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 51 |
Skender Vakuf / Kneževo (Cyrillic: Скендер Вакуф / Кнежево)[1][2][3][4][5], is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Republika Srpska entity.
Dobretići was part of the pre-war municipality of Skender Vakuf, but now it is part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Majority of Croats (almost all) of pre-war municipality of Skender Vakuf lived on the area of today's Dobretići municipality.
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Demographics
| Population of Skender Vakuf municipality | ||||||
| year of census | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | |||
| Serbs | 13,263 (68,30%) | 15,953 (69,51%) | 15,926 (74,35%) | |||
| Croats | 4,770 (24,56%) | 5,395 (23,50%) | 4,431 (20,68%) | |||
| Muslims | 1,071 (5,51%) | 1,141 (4,97%) | 947 (4,42%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 169 (0,87%) | 318 (1,38%) | 9 (0,04%) | |||
| others and unknown | 145 (0,74%) | 141 (0,61%) | 106 (0,49%) | |||
| total | 19,418 | 22,948 | 21,419 | |||
After war majority of Skender Vakuf municipality became part of Republic of Srpska. Part of municipality which included 4 croatian settlments (almost all of Croatian population in prewar municipality) became part of Federation of Bosnia - Hercegovina is new municipality - Dobretići.
2006
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [2]
Town of Skender Vakuf (Kneževo)
| Ethnic composition of Skender Vakuf municipality, by settlements, 1991. census | ||||||
| settlement | total | Serbs | Muslims | Croats | Yugoslavs | others |
| Skender Vakuf | 3,759 | 2,484 | 1,063 | 42 | 111 | 59 |
Settlements
- 1991. :
Bastaji, Bokani, Borak, Bregovi, Brnjići, Bunar, Čarići, Ćukovac, Davidovići, Dobratići, Donji Orašac, Golo Brdo, Gornji Orašac, Imljani, Javorani, Kobilja, Kostići, Kričići - Jejići, Melina, Mijatovići, Milaševci, Mokri Lug, Paunovići, Pavlovići, Prisika, Rađići, Skender Vakuf, Slipčevići, Šolaji, Vitovlje Malo, Vlatkovići, Vukovići, Zapeće, Zasavica, Zubovići i Živinice.
- today:
Bastaji, Bokani, Borak, Bregovi, Čarići, Ćukovac, Golo Brdo, Imljani, Javorani, Kobilja, Kostići, Mokri Lug, Paunovići, Rađići, Kneževo (Skender Vakuf), Šolaji, Vlatkovići i Živinice.
See also
References
- Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
- ^ The usage of both municipalities according to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ^ UN website regarding the name usage
- ^ Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Law) mentioning the official usage of "Skender Vakuf/Kneževo"
- ^ Official Gazette (Law/Constitution) pdf regarding the name usage of "Skender Vakuf / Kneževo"
- ^ Office of High Representation (European Union) using the name "Skender Vakuf / Kneževo"
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