Municipalities of Republika Srpska

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Under the "Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government" adopted in 1994, Republika Srpska was divided into 80 municipalities. After the conclusion of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the law was amended in 1996 to reflect the changes to the entity's borders and now provides for the division of Republika Srpska into 64 municipalities.

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List of municipalities

The following list includes 64 municipalities of Republika Srpska (with population data from 2013 census): [1]

City / townRegionArea (km2)Municipal
population
Urban
population
Banja Luka Banja Luka1,239185,042150,997
Bijeljina Doboj-Bijeljina734107,71545,291
Prijedor Banja Luka83489,39732,342
Doboj Doboj-Bijeljina77271,44126,987
Istočno Sarajevo [2] Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik1,45061,51643,657
Zvornik Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik37658,85612,674
Gradiška Banja Luka76251,72716,106
Teslić Doboj-Bijeljina83838,5367,518
Prnjavor Banja Luka76238,3998,484
Laktaši Banja Luka38834,9665,879
Trebinje Trebinje-Foča90429,91825,589
Derventa Doboj-Bijeljina51527,40412,680
Novi Grad Banja Luka47327,11511,063
Modriča Doboj-Bijeljina32025,71210,137
Kozarska Dubica Banja Luka49921,54211,566
Pale Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik49320,90913,883
Bratunac Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik29320,3408,359
Kotor Varoš Banja Luka56419,7108,360
Foča Trebinje-Foča1,13518,28812,334
Srbac Banja Luka45317,5873,005
Šamac Doboj-Bijeljina17817,2735,390
Mrkonjić Grad Banja Luka67716,6717,915
Brod Doboj-Bijeljina22916,6198,563
Ugljevik Doboj-Bijeljina16515,7104,155
Čelinac Banja Luka36215,5485,802
Lopare Doboj-Bijeljina29315,3572,709
Istočna Ilidža Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik2814,76314,241
Srebrenica Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik52713,4092,607
Nevesinje Trebinje-Foča87712,9615,464
Sokolac Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik69312,0215,919
Vlasenica Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik44811,4677,228
Milići Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik27911,4412,368
Bileća Trebinje-Foča62310,8078,220
Rogatica Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik64510,7236,855
Višegrad Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik44810,6685,869
Istočno Novo Sarajevo Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik3510,6428,557
Šipovo Banja Luka55310,2934,052
Kneževo Banja Luka3339,7933,958
Gacko Trebinje-Foča7368,9905,784
Rudo Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik3487,9631,949
Stanari Doboj-Bijeljina1656,9581,015
Šekovići Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik2376,7611,519
Petrovo Doboj-Bijeljina1446,4742,322
Ribnik Banja Luka5116,0480
Osmaci Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik786,0160
Kostajnica Banja Luka855,9774,047
Pelagićevo Doboj-Bijeljina1225,2202,796
Čajniče Trebinje-Foča2754,8952,401
Vukosavlje Doboj-Bijeljina954,6670
Donji Žabar Doboj-Bijeljina473,8090
Han Pijesak Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik3233,5302,018
Ljubinje Trebinje-Foča3193,5112,744
Novo Goražde Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik1193,1170
Oštra Luka Banja Luka2052,7860
Berkovići Trebinje-Foča2502,1140
Trnovo Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik1382,0501,018
Kalinovik Trebinje-Foča6812,0291,093
Krupa na Uni Banja Luka841,5970
Jezero Banja Luka561,1440
Istočni Stari Grad Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik701,13139
Petrovac Banja Luka1553610
Kupres Banja Luka483000
Istočni Mostar Trebinje-Foča852570
Istočni Drvar Banja Luka75790

Former municipalities

The Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government was amended in 1996 to provide that certain municipalities whose territory was now completely or partially located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would "temporarily stop functioning." In addition, the parts of these former municipalities that were located in Republika Srpska (if any) were incorporated into other municipalities.

The following are the former municipalities of Republika Srpska:

Special municipalities

Sarajevo

In 1993, the Law on the Serb City of Sarajevo during the State of War or Immediate Danger of War [3] was adopted providing that Serb Sarajevo (later Istočno Sarajevo) consisted of the following municipalities: Centar, Hadžići, Ilidža, Ilijaš, Novo Sarajevo, Stari Grad, Rajlovac, Vogošća, and Trnovo. Ilidža, Hadžići, Ilijaš, Rajlovac, and Vogošća were incorporated into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city now consists of the following six municipalities: Srpska Ilidža (name replaced by "Kasindo" in 2004), Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (name replaced by "Lukavica" in 2004), Pale, Sokolac, Srpski Stari Grad (name replaced by "Istočni Stari Grad" in 2004), and Trnovo.

In 1996, the name "Serb City of Sarajevo" was changed to "City of Srpsko Sarajevo". In 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided that the temporary name of the city would be decided that the former name of the city "be temporary replaced" with the name "City of Istočno (East) Sarajevo".

Brčko

A significant portion of the Brčko District (48% of its area) was created from territory of Republika Srpska (RS). RS controlled this territory until March 8, 2000 (see the History and Mandate of the OHR North/Brcko). The Brčko District was created as a shared territory, a condominium, of both entities (RS and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), but it was not placed under control of either, and is hence under direct jurisdiction of Bosnia and Herzegovina. RS's authorities never officially accepted the Brčko Arbitration result, but the official decision about jurisdiction remains.

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References

  1. "Popis 2013 - Urbanizacija = stanovništvo urbanih područja / ukupno stanovništvo". statistika.ba (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. "Istočno Sarajevo consists of six municipalities: Istočna Ilidža, Istočno Novo Sarajevo, Istočni Stari Grad, Pale, Sokolac and Trnovo".Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. The Law on the Serb City of Sarajevo during the State of War or Immediate Danger of War (Official Gazette of the Republika Srpska, No. 25/93)