Istočni Mostar

Istočni Mostar Источни Мостар East Mostar
Village and municipality
Location of Istočni Mostar within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°24′40″N 18°0′17″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Government
• Mayor	Božo Sjeran (SDS)
Area
• Total	85.24 km2 (32.91 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	257
• Density	3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	59

Istočni Mostar (Serbian Cyrillic: Источни Мостар, "East Mostar") is a village and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 257 inhabitants.

History

Istočni Mostar was created in 1995, following the end of the Bosnian War. It was known as Srpski Mostar (Serbian Cyrillic: Српски Мостар) until 2004, after which it was renamed to its current name Istočni Mostar. It was created from the Serb-inhabited part of the pre-war municipality of Mostar which is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH).

The seat of municipality is in Zijemlje, with 257 inhabitants, most of whom are Serbs. The two other settlements are Kamena and Kokorina.

As of 2019, it is one of the smallest municipalities by number of inhabitants in Republika Srpska.

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Istočni Mostar municipality
	Settlement	1991.	2013.
	Total	153	257
1	Istočni Mostar		244

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Istočni Mostar municipality
	2013.	1991.
Total	257 (100,0%)	152 (100,0%)
Serbs	166 (64,59%)	96 (63,16%)
Bosniaks	78 (30,35%)	57 (37,50%)
Croats	11 (4,280%)
Others	2 (0,778%)

External links

Media related to Istočni Mostar at Wikimedia Commons