Doboj East

Doboj East

Doboj Istok
Добој Исток
Doboj East Doboj Istok; Добој Исток
Village and municipality
	Location of Doboj East within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Tuzla Canton
Government
• Municipal mayor	Kemal Bratić (SDA)
Area
• Total	41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	10,248
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 35
Website	www.opcinadobojistok.ba

Doboj East (Serbian Cyrillic: Добој Исток) is a municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was created after the Dayton peace agreements in 1998 by seceding from the municipality of Doboj. Today Doboj East is experiencing rapid urbanization, as well as economic and industrial growth. One reason for this occurrence might be the fact that the municipality is situated on the crossroads of several other rapidly developing or developed areas of Bosnia.

Geography

Doboj East is situated between the cities of Gračanica to the east and the city of Doboj to the west. To the south lies the Spreča river which also serves as the municipalities edge and subsequent border with Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Spreča valley covers the southern half of the municipality where the ground is very fertile thus the area is mostly agricultural plots. Going north the elevation starts rising and the terrain is much hillier, this represents the southern part of the Trebava mountain.

Localities

Doboj East is composed of 5 small towns: Brijesnica Mala, Brijesnica Velika, Klokotnica, Lukavica Rijeka, and Stanić Rijeka, of which Klokotnica represents the seat of the municipality.

Population

Locality	1991^[1]	2013^[1]
Brijesnica Mala	1.530	1.764
Brijesnica Velika	1.771	1.872
Klokotnica	3.989	4.874
Lukavica Rijeka	983	1.037
Stanić Rijeka	765	701
Total:	9.038	10.248

The population density of Doboj East is around 260/km² which, if we didn't count the cities of Sarajevo and Tuzla, makes Doboj East the third most densely populated municipality in Bosnia right behind Teočak and Doboj South. Almost all of the residents are Bosniaks(96%), with the rest being Other(4%).

History

The area of present-day Doboj East was populated since the Middle Ages, and according to some written documents the first time Brijesnica Mala and Klokotnica were mentioned is in 1528. and Lukavica Rijeka and Stanić Rijeka in 1533.