Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Petrovo

Петрово
Petrovo Петрово
Municipality
	Town hall in Petrovo
	Location of Petrovo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Municipality	Petrovo
Government
• Mayor	Ozren Petković
Area
• Total	1,439 km2 (556 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	7,010
• Density	487/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	53

For another village in Gradiška, see Petrovo, Gradiška.

Petrovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Петрово) is a town and relatively young municipality located in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, part of the Republika Srpska entity. The municipality was formed from parts of the pre-war municipalities of Gračanica and Lukavac (the other parts of the pre-war municipalities are now in the other Bosnian entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Geography

The municipality is close to Doboj just a half way between Doboj and Tuzla. It is located on the mountain Ozren.

History

The municipality was formed by Bosnian Serb authorities during the war. Bosnian government never recognised this decision and officially municipality was created after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. Bosnian serb authorities also changed the name of the municipality to Petrovo from Bosansko Petrovo Selo. The municipality existed before, however, was dismantled in the 1960s. It belonged to Gračanica and Lukavac as well. Now it is one of the poorest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

1991

Town of Bosansko Petrovo Selo (Petrovo) itself

total: 2,919

Serbs - 2,695 (92.32%)
"Yugoslavs" - 70 (2.39%)
Muslims by nationality - 54 (1.84%)
Croats - 18 (0.61%)
others and unknown - 82 (2.80%)

Other villages

Kakmuž

total: 2,398

Serbs - 2,252 (93.91%)
"Yugoslavs" - 42 (1.75%)
Croats - 8 (0.33%)
Muslims by nationality - 4 (0.17%)
others and unknown - 92 (3.84%)

Karanovac

total: 1,178

Serbs - 1,112 (94.40%)
"Yugoslavs" - 28 (2.38%)
Croats - 12 (1.02%)
Muslims by nationality - 6 (0.51%)
others and unknown - 20 (1.70%)

Krtova

total: 1,121

Serbs - 1,097 (97.86%)
"Yugoslavs" - 18 (1.61%)
Muslims by nationality - 2 (0.18%)
Croats - 1 (0.09%)
others and unknown - 3 (0.27%)

Porječina

total: 819

Serbs - 795 (97.07%)
"Yugoslavs" - 14 (1.71%)
Croats - 1 (0.12%)
Muslims by nationality - 1 (0.12%)
others and unknown - 8 (0.98%)

Sočkovac

total: 1,112^[1]

Serbs - 1,052 (95%)
"Yugoslavs" - 21 (2%)
Muslims by nationality - 15 (1%)
Croats - 7 (1%)
others and unknown - 17 (2%)

2006

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs.^{[citation needed]}

References

Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.