Čelinac
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| Čelinac Челинац |
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| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Momčilo Zeljković (SNSD) [1] |
| Area | |
| - Total | 362 km2 (139.8 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| - Total | 18,666? |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 51 |
| Website | Official Web Site |
Čelinac (Cyrillic: Челинац) is a town and municipality in north-central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the central part of the Republika Srpska entity. The municipality lies about 15 km (9 mi) to the east of the city of Banja Luka.
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[edit] Geography
It is located between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor to the north, Teslić to the east, Kotor Varoš, Skender Vakuf / Kneževo to the south, and Banja Luka to the west.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1971
17,430 total
- Serbs - 15,880 (91.10%)
- Muslims - 1,209 (6.93%)
- Croats - 90 (0.51%)
- Yugoslavs - 14 (0.08%)
- others - 237 (1.38%)
[edit] 1991
In 1991, the population of Čelinac municipality was 18,666, including:
- 16,591 Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 1,440 Muslims by nationality
- 360 Yugoslavs
- 79 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 196 others
[edit] 2006
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs.
[edit] Inhabited places
In the municipality of Čelinac you can also find the villages Štrbe (main village in the municipality of Čelinac), Jošavka, Snjegotina, and Grabovac. Serbs are the overwhelming majority in these villages (99.9%) but great number of the natives of these villages have emigrated to Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia, because of a high degree of poverty in this municipality.
The Stuplje monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church is located in the municipality.
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Coordinates: 44°43′30″N 17°49′20″E / 44.725°N 17.82222°E
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