Teočak

Teočak Теочак
Town and municipality
Location of Teočak within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Teočak Location of Teočak
Coordinates: 44°36′10″N 18°59′05″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
• Municipality president	Taib Muminović (SDA)
Area
• Total	29 km2 (11 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	7,607
• Density	262/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 35

Teočak (Cyrillic: Теочак) is a town and municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Geography

The town of Teočak is located north of Kalesija and northeast of Tuzla. It is administratively part of the Tuzla Canton and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

During the 1990s, due to the Bosnian war, the area of Teočak received several hundred Bosniak refugees from primarily the north and northeast areas of Teočak.

Before the war, Teočak was part of the Ugljevik municipality, and became itself a municipality as part of the Dayton Agreement.

Religion

The total number of mosques in the Teočak municipality is 7.

Demographics

The total population of the municipality of Teočak is estimated at approximately 9,000 inhabitants.

Demographics / 1991 census

• Bosniaks - 2,831 (98.95%)
• Serbs - 15 (0.52%)
• Yugoslavs - 10 (0.34%)
• Croats - 2 (0.11%)
• others and unknown - 3 (0.5%)

2013 Census

Municipality	Nationality						Total
	Bosniaks	%	Croats	%	Serbs	%
Teočak	7,398	99.64	5	0.06	7	0.09	7,424

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Gallery

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  Ancient stone balls
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  View on Teočak
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  Mosque in Teočak

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.

External links

• Official website