Bosanski Petrovac Босански Петровац | |
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Town andmunicipality | |
 Bosanski Petrovac | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bosanski Petrovac within Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| Coordinates:44°33′N16°22′E / 44.550°N 16.367°E /44.550; 16.367 | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton |  Una-Sana |
| Geographicalregion | Bosanska Krajina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mahmut Jukić (SDA) |
| Area | |
• Town andmunicipality | 717 km2 (277 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 664 m (2,178 ft) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
• Town andmunicipality | 7,328 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,427 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 37 |
| Website | www |
Bosanski Petrovac (Serbian Cyrillic:Босански Петровац) is a town and municipality located in theUna-Sana Canton of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity ofBosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the municipality has a population of 7,328 inhabitants, while the town has a population of 3,427 inhabitants.
The settlement has existed sinceRoman times. It was conquered by theOttoman Empire somewhere between 1520 and 1530. From 1929 to 1941, Bosanski Petrovac was part of theVrbas Banovina of theKingdom of Yugoslavia.
When the German and ItalianZones of Influence were revised on 24 June 1942, Bosanski Petrovac fell inZone III [hr], administered civilly by Croatia and militarily by Croatia and Germany.[1]
During the Second World War, it was a Partisan stronghold which was conveniently located close to MarshalJosip Broz Tito's headquarters in Drvar. On 6 December 1942 theWomen's Antifascist Front of Yugoslavia (AFŽ) was established in the town.[2]Judita Alargić was a key figure in the first generation of AFŽ organisers.[3][4]
During the 1992–95Bosnian War, the town'sSerb majority remained in the city while theBosniaks andCroats were forced to leave their homes. Then in 1995, as the war was nearing its end, theArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina seized Bosanski Petrovac and it remained in Bosnian hands until the end of the war.[5] In the following years, the Serbs' right to return would be hindered. However, the town would eventually return to its pre-war ethnic composition.
| Population of settlements – Bosanski Petrovac municipality | |||||
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| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 18,597 | 16,374 | 15,621 | 7,328 | |
| 1 | Bosanski Petrovac | 4,016 | 4,547 | 5,381 | 3,427 |
| 2 | Dobro Selo | 901 | 655 | ||
| 3 | Kolonić | 521 | 232 | ||
| 4 | Krnjeuša | 958 | 495 | ||
| 5 | Rašinovac | 627 | 398 | ||
| Ethnic composition – Bosanski Petrovac town | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 3,427 (100,0%) | 5,381 (100,0%) | 4,547 (100,0%) | 4,016 (100,0%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 2,608 (75,11%) | 2,678 (49,77%) | 2,248 (49,44%) | 2,551 (63,52%) | |||
| Serbs | 778 (22,67%) | 2,345 (43,58%) | 1,428 (31,41%) | 1,257 (31,30%) | |||
| Unaffiliated | 17 (0,496%) | ||||||
| Croats | 9 (0,263%) | 28 (0,520%) | 36 (0,792%) | 39 (0,971%) | |||
| Others | 7 (0,204%) | 77 (1,431%) | 21 (0,462%) | 34 (0,847%) | |||
| Unknown | 3 (0,088%) | ||||||
| Yugoslavs | 1 (0,029%) | 253 (4,702%) | 794 (17,46%) | 124 (3,088%) | |||
| Montenegrins | 1 (0,029%) | 11 (0,242%) | 6 (0,149%) | ||||
| Macedonians | 1 (0,029%) | 7 (0,154%) | 1 (0,025%) | ||||
| Albanians | 1 (0,029%) | 2 (0,050%) | |||||
| Turks | 1 (0,029%) | ||||||
| Slovenes | 2 (0,044%) | 2 (0,050%) | |||||
| Ethnic composition – Bosanski Petrovac municipality | |||||||
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| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 7,328 (100,0%) | 15,621 (100,0%) | 16,374 (100,0%) | 18,597 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 4,003 (54,53%) | 11,694 (74,86%) | 11,129 (67,97%) | 14,941 (80,34%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 3,236 (43,38%) | 3,288 (21,05%) | 2,893 (17,67%) | 3,315 (17,83%) | |||
| Unaffiliated | 30 (0,409%) | ||||||
| Croats | 26 (0,355%) | 48 (0,307%) | 49 (0,299%) | 76 (0,409%) | |||
| Unknown | 12 (0,164%) | ||||||
| Others | 11 (0,150%) | 225 (1,440%) | 89 (0,544%) | 92 (0,495%) | |||
| Roma | 3 (0,041%) | ||||||
| Yugoslavs | 2 (0,027%) | 366 (2,343%) | 2 187 (13,36%) | 154 (0,828%) | |||
| Montenegrins | 1 (0,014%) | 13 (0,079%) | 13 (0,070%) | ||||
| Macedonians | 1 (0,014%) | 8 (0,049%) | 1 (0,005%) | ||||
| Slovenes | 1 (0,014%) | 6 (0,037%) | 3 (0,016%) | ||||
| Albanians | 1 (0,014%) | 2 (0,011%) | |||||
| Turks | 1 (0,014%) | ||||||
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