Kozarac
- For the settlement in Croatian Baranja, see: Kozarac, Čeminac
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| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Region | Banja Luka Region |
| Municipality | Prijedor |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Kozarac (pronounced [kɔ̂zarats]) is a town in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Prijedor Municipality, near the city of Prijedor. It is located 10 km east of Prijedor and 45 km west of Banja Luka. The name Kozarac comes from a story saying Canyon from Kozara will make strong wind called Kozarac. However, the prevailing wind in Kozarac is mild.
Kozarac is also famous because of the Kozara National Park.
Kozarac now has two public swimming pools, 14 mosques, one church, a shopping mall, plus many restaurants and bars. Every summer in Kozarac, famous musicians from across the whole of former Yugoslavia perform, and around 15000 people who are from Kozarac but are living abroad, come back to Kozarac to spend their summer there.
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[edit] History
During the time of Yugoslavia, Kozarac had 8,038 citizens[1]; about 2,500 civilians were killed in 72 hours[2]; 2,500 of these people were killed during the war. Mass graves are still being dug up to this day.
Kozarac is now known for its development after the war. As a lot of inhabitants of Kozarac were forced to go abroad during the war, they have been working abroad and are now investing a lot in Kozarac. Coordinates: 44°58′N 16°50′E / 44.967°N 16.833°E
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.hdmagazine.com/bosnia/census/cens-sz.html
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=8ui7wi85JHAC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=kozarac+civilians+killed&source=bl&ots=M59HD7bV19&sig=PT_A9yKHy90Y7XdULsR0yzkuUi4&hl=en&ei=nmMBTaWoOIeRnwebk8DlDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=kozarac%20civilians%20killed&f=false
[edit] External links
- Official Kozarac Community Council Website (Bosnian)
- Haven-guessed/advised Dusan Tadic (German)
- Report from the concentration camp in Kozarac (German)
- The history of Kozarac (Bosnian)
- The castle and history of Kozarac (Bosnian)
- The attack on Kozarac as reported in the newspaper Die Zeit (German)
- Optimisti 2004 Stichiting Optimisti 2004
- Kozarac.eu Site about Kozarac, for diaspora of Kozarac and the people who still live in Kozarac
- Kozarac.ba Site for the people of Kozarac
- NaseTrnopolje.org Site for the people of Kozarac (Trnopolje)
- Sedra.nl Stichting Sedra
- RadioUzdah.com First humaniterian internet radio from kozarac still online as of 1994 first time caled Omladinski Radio Kozarac
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