Modriča
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Coordinates: 44°57′24″N 18°18′54″E / 44.95667°N 18.315°E
| Modriča Модрича |
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| Coordinates: 44°57′24″N 18°18′54″E / 44.95667°N 18.315°E | |||
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity | Republika Srpska | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Mladen Krekić (SNSD) [1] | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 297 km2 (114.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1991) | |||
| - Total | 35,413 | ||
| - Municipality | ? | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Area code(s) | 53 | ||
| Website | www.modrica.ba | ||
Modriča (Cyrillic: Модрича) is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located near the towns of Bosanski Samac, Derventa and Doboj. After the war prewar municipal borders were changed, villages of Jakeš, Pećnik and Modrički Lug were excluded from Modriča and included in new Vukosavlje municipality), and few villages from western part of prewar Gradačac municipality were included. So the area of municiplity changed substantly.
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[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1971
31,622 total
- Serbs - 13,457 (42.55 %)
- Croats - 9,418 (29.78 %)
- Bosniaks - 8,356 (26.42 %)
- Yugoslavs - 180 (0.56 %)
- оthers - 211 (0.69 %)
[edit] 1991
According to the 1991 census, the Modriča municipality had a population of 35,413 people, including[1]:
[edit] Economy
The Modriča oil refinery, currently owned by Russian investors, is located in Modriča.
[edit] Sports
- The local football club, FK Modriča, plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Champions League, and they play very well.
- The local volleyball club is Modriča Optima.
Car racing club OPTIMA - MODRICA
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
[edit] Historic Photos of Modriča
- Old photograph of Modriča - year unknown (#1)
- Old photograph of Modriča - year unknown (#2)
- Photograph of "Alibeg's Cafe", destroyed in 1946
- A photograph of Modriča in the 1970s
- An Austro-Hungarian map of Modriča and the surrounding area - from the end of the 19th century
[edit] Other links
- modrica.com (The largest Modriča community on the internet)
- History of Modriča (written in the Bosnian language) - garevac.com
- modrica.net
- modrica.org
- DJAVOLI
