Sanski Most

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Sanski Most
—  Municipality  —
Sanski Most is located in Bosnia
Sanski Most
Location of Sanski Most
Coordinates: 44°46′N 16°40′E / 44.767°N 16.667°E / 44.767; 16.667
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivisons 75
Government
 - Mayor Sanjin Halimović (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 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.

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[edit] Demographics

Ethnic Composition
Year Serb  % Muslims  % 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.


[edit] History

During the Bosnian war, Sanski Most was taken over by the Bosnian-Serb 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 either fled, was forcibly expelled or killed. In October 1995, the city was entered by the forces of the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina, shortly before the end of the war. This triggered a mass exodus of the Serb population.[1]

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

[edit] Sport

The football club of the town is NK Podgrmeč.

[edit] Business

Sanski Most is home to a number of different types of shop, Internet Centers are in high numbers with PCs with internet. There is a shopping center, one of a chain around the country.

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Coordinates: 44°46′N 16°40′E / 44.767°N 16.667°E / 44.767; 16.667