Sanski Most

Sanski Most
—  Municipality  —
Sanski Most Location of Sanski Most
Coordinates: 44°46′N 16°40′E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivisons	75
Government
• Mayor	Mustafa Avdagić (SDA)
Area
• Total	781 km2 (301.5 sq mi)
Population (1991 census)
• Total	60,307
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 37
Website	http://www.sanskimost.gov.ba

Sanski Most (pronounced [sâːnskiː mɔ̂ːst]) is a town and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the Sana River in Bosanska Krajina, between Prijedor and Ključ. Administratively it is part of the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

Ethnic Composition
Year	Bosnian Serbs	%	Bosniaks	%	Bosnian Croats	%	Yugoslavs	%	Others	%	Total
1961	19,156	48.52%	12,350	31.28%	4,844	12.27%	3,014	7.63%		%	39,483
1971	30,422	48,98%	24,839	39,99%	6,307	10,15%	195	0,31%	339	0,57%	62,102
1981	26,619	42.61%	27,083	43.36%	5,314	8.51%	2,936	4.70%		%	62,467
1991	25,363	42.05%	28,136	46.65%	4,322	7.16%	1,247	2.06%	1,239	2.08%	60,307

The size of the municipality's area more than doubled after 1961. Therefore the population rose quite a bit.

The town of Sanski Most itself had 17,144 residents in 1991.

• 7,831 Bosnian Serbs (45.67%)
• 7,245 Bosniaks (42.25%)
• 901 Yugoslavs (5.25%)
• 646 Bosnian Croats (3.76%)
• 521 others and unknown (3.03%)

History

During the Bosnian war, Sanski Most was ocupied and taken over by the Serbian forces of the Republika Srpska, and was under Bosnian-Serb control from the spring of 1992 to 1995. During this time, large parts of the non-Serb population was mass killed or either fled . In October 1995, the city was entered by the forces of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina]], shortly before the end of the war.

In 2004, Oštra Luka was split from Sanski Most to make the territory under Republika Srpska became formal.

Sport

The football club of the town is NK Podgrmeč.

Businesses and Organisations

Sanski Most is home to many different types of stores, and in the city center Konzum is located, part of a food chain from Croatia. There is also a store of the Tuš-chain of foodstores. There are many cafés in the city as well as many bakeries.

There are several non-governmental organisations in Sanski Most. Center for Peacebuilding, in the local language "Centar za Izgradnju Mira (CIM)" has been active in the city since 2004. The "Fenix Center", Centar Fenix provides humanitarian aid to the persons in need in the local community.

See also

• Una-Sana Canton
• Bosanska Krajina
• Anna Ibrisagic (MEP)

External links

• Official site
• Sanski Most's news portal
• http://www.sanskimost.com/
• http://www.sanski-most.info
• http://www.sanskaognjista.org

Gallery

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  Sana river

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  Hamzibey's mosque

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  Hamzibey's mosque

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  Orthodox church

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  Croatian supermarket Konzum