| Kotor Varoš Котор Варош |
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| Coordinates: 44°37′20″N 17°22′13″E / 44.62222°N 17.37028°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 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 Republic of Srpska, BiH.
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History
The city was first mentioned in the tenth century, when it was called Kotor. Varoš, added later, means "town" in Hungarian. 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 armed 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.
 The Swimming Dam on the Bobas is a popular attraction |
 The Kotor Varoš Red Cross building |
 The Croatian catholic church, rebuilt |
 The "Kocke" (Apartment Blocks) in the city |
 Elementary School "Sveti Sava", used to be called "Bratstvo i jedinstvo" |
 The Orthodox Christian church in Kotor Varoš |
 One of two mosques in Kotor Varos, this one is in the Kotor region |
 Caršija region of the city, shops litter the left side. |
Demographics
1910
According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Kotor Varoš municipality were Orthodox Christians (63.44%).
1971
32.832 total
- Bosnian Serbs - 15.255 (46,46%)
- Bosnian Croats - 8.863 (26,99%)
- Bosnian Muslims ( Bosniaks) - 8.366 (25,48%)
- Yugoslavs - 176 (0,53%)
- others - 172 (0,54%)
1991
In 1991, there were 36,670 inhabitants in municipality of Kotor Varoš, including:
- 13,986 Bosnian Serbs (38.14%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 11,161 Muslims by nationality (Bosniaks) (30.44%)
- 10,640 Bosnian Croats (29.02%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 707 Yugoslavs (1.93%)
- 176 others (0.48%)
The town of Kotor Varoš had 10,828 residents and Croat relative majority. The population included:
- 48% Bosnian Croats (5,191)
- 25% Bosnian Serbs (2,727)
- 21% Muslims by nationality (Bosniaks) (2,255)
- 5% Yugoslavs (538)
- 1% others (117)
Source: [2].
Features
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.
Sister cities
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