Jajce is a town and municipality in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the town has a population of 7,172 inhabitants, with 27,258 inhabitants in the municipality, It is situated in the region of Bosanska Krajina, on the crossroads between Banja Luka, Mrkonjić Grad and Donji Vakuf, on the confluence of the rivers Pliva and Vrbas.
Mrkonjić Grad is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Bosanska Krajina region, between Banja Luka and Jajce. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 16,671 inhabitants, while the town of Mrkonjić Grad has a population of 7,915 inhabitants.
The Pliva is a relatively small river in central parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, however one of the most significant in terms of natural, cultural and historical heritage and value as a natural rarity. For hundreds of years this region was the ultimate stronghold of the Bosnian Kingdom, with the town of Jajce as permanent seat of the last kings of the Bosnian Kingdom.
Kneževo, formerly Skender Vakuf, is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 9,793 inhabitants.
Ribnik is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the southern part of the Bosanska Krajina region. As of 2013, it has a population of 6,048 inhabitants. Seat of the municipality is the village of Gornji Ribnik.
The Sana is a river in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a tributary of the Una, which it flows into at Novi Grad. It is the longest of the nine rivers that flow through Sanski Most, and is 142 km long. It is not a navigable waterway.
Operation Sana was the final military offensive of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in western Bosnia and Herzegovina and the last major battle of the Bosnian War. It was launched from the area of Bihać on 13 September 1995, against the Army of Republika Srpska, and involved advances towards Bosanski Petrovac, Sanski Most and Bosanska Krupa. At the same time, the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council were engaging the VRS in Operation Maestral 2 further to the southeast. After an initial 70-kilometre (43 mi) advance, VRS reinforcements managed to stop the ARBiH short of Sanski Most and Novi Grad, and reversed some of the ARBiH's territorial gains in a counterattack. After a part of the ARBiH 5th Corps was threatened with defeat around the town of Ključ, the ARBiH requested assistance from the HV.
The Drina is a 346 km (215 mi) long river in the Balkans, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube River drainage basin. Its name is derived from the Roman name of the river which in turn is derived from Greek.
The 7th Corps was an army corps of the Army of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina active during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia and subsequent Serbian and later Croatian military aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jezero is a village and a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 1,144 inhabitants, while the village of Jezero has a population of 581 inhabitants. A small part of the village in Jajce municipality has a population of 6.
Gornja Slatina is a village in the municipality of Ribnik, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Košarkaški klub Mladost, commonly referred to as KK Mladost Mrkonjić Grad or simply Mladost Mrkonjić Grad, is a men's professional basketball club based in Mrkonjić Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mladost competes in the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bočac Lake is an artificial lake of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of Mrkonjic Grad.
The 2013–14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the nineteenth season of Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and a fourteenth season of the unified competition. The winner would have qualified to the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
Operation Southern Move was the final Croatian Army (HV) and Croatian Defence Council (HVO) offensive of the Bosnian War. It took place in western Bosnia and Herzegovina on 8–11 October 1995. Its goal was to help the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) whose positions around the town of Ključ, captured by them during Operation Sana, were endangered by a counteroffensive by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS). The objectives of Operation Southern Move included the capture of the town of Mrkonjić Grad and positions on the Manjača Mountain which would allow the HV and the HVO to directly threaten Banja Luka, the largest city controlled by Bosnian Serbs. Finally, the offensive was also aimed at capturing the Bočac Hydroelectric Power Station, the last significant source of electricity under VRS control in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. The combined HV and HVO forces were under the overall command of HV Major General Ante Gotovina.
Skakavac Waterfall is located near Mrkonjić Grad in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. River Skakavac, from which occurs the mentioned waterfall is one of the small rivers that flow into the Balkana Lake.
Crna River is left tributary of Vrbas. It arises from Malo Lake of Balkana, Mrkonjić Grad Municipality. The lake fed by streams Cjepalo and Skakavac with mountain Lisina, as well as sublacustric sources under the Veliko Lake.
Lisina is a mountain of volcanic origin, located between the Municipality of Mrkonjić Grad and the Municipality of Šipovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its highest peak, Bandira, is at a height of 1.467 m.
Vlasinje is a village in the municipalities of Mrkonjić Grad, Republika Srpska and Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Gornja Podgorja is a settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Municipality of Mrkonjic Grad of the Republika Srpska entity.
