Doboj East

Doboj East

Добој Исток
Doboj East Добој Исток
Town and municipality
	Location of Doboj East within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
• Municipality president	Kemal Bratić (SDA)
Area
• Town and municipality	41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Town and municipality	10,248
• Density	250/km2 (600/sq mi)
• Urban	4,874
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 35
Website	www.opcinadobojistok.ba

Doboj East (Doboj Istok/Добој Исток) is a town and 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 agreement in 1998 by seceding from the municipality of Doboj.

Municipality

It consists of the local communities of Lukavica Rijeka, Stanić Rijeka, Klokotnica, Velika Brijesnica and Mala Brijesnica.

Geography

Doboj East is situated between the municipalities of Gračanica and Doboj, on the left side of the Spreča river, in the Spreča valley, surrounded by the Trebava mountain. It is mainly a rural municipality, densely populated and has a high birth rate.

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Doboj East municipality
	Settlement	1991.	2013.
	Total	7,969	10,866
1	Brijesnica Mala	1,530	1,764
2	Brijesnica Velika	1,771	1,872
3	Klokotnica	3,989	4,874
4	Lukavica Rijeka	983	1,037
5	Stanić Rijeka		701

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Doboj East municipality
	2013.	1991.
Total	10,866 (100,0%)	7,969 (100,0%)
Bosniaks	9,909 (96,69%)	7,811 (98,02%)
Unknown	274 (2,674%)
Croats	18 (0,176%)	5 (0,063%)
Unaffiliated	18 (0,176%)
Others	15 (0,146%)	44 (0,552%)
Serbs	12 (0,117%)	61 (0,765%)
Albanians	1 (0,010%)
Roma	1 (0,010%)
Yugoslavs		48 (0,602%)

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.