Teslić
44°36′24″N 17°51′36″E / 44.60667°N 17.86000°E
Teslić
Теслић | |
|---|---|
 Serbian Orthodox church in Teslić. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Teslić within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Region | Doboj Region |
| Government | |
| • Municipality president | Dr Milan Miličević [1] (SDS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 837.97 km2 (323.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Total | 41,904 |
| • Density | 50.01/km2 (129.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 53 |
Teslić (Serbian Cyrillic: Теслић) is a town and municipality in north-central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the central part of the Republika Srpska entity. Teslić is located on the Usora River.
History
The town was settled in the 19th century with the first industrialization of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Main industries are wood products and the chemical industry. Long before Tesliċ began to rise a nearby village called Čečava existed as one of the oldest places people inhabited, there is archaeological evidence that Čečava existed as early as the 10th century.
From 1929 to 1941, Teslić was part of the Vrbas Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Teslić was until the late 1950s among the largest industrial centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today Tesliċ industry is mostly based on the production of wood, milk, clothing, telecommunications, electro industry, metallic industry and building construction.
Tesliċ is also known as a tourist destination, mainly because of the Banja Vrućica, а health spa for healing cardio-vascular diseases. With a complex of five hotels and a capacity of over 1000 beds, Banja Vrućica has the biggest tourist capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also worth mentioning nearby mountain Borje, an attractive tourist destination, with two hotels and sports facilities.
Demographics
1971
In the 1971 census, the municipality of Teslić had 52,713 residents, including:
- 32,756 (62.14%) Serbs
- 10,000 (18.97%) Bosniaks
- 9,467 (17.95%) Croats
- 108 (0.20%) Yugoslavs
- 382 (0.72%) others and unknown
1981
In the 1981 census, the municipality of Teslić had 60,434 residents, including:
- 35,024 (57.95%) Serbs
- 11,148 (18.44%) Bosniaks
- 10,744 (17.77%) Croats
- 3,008 (4.97%) Yugoslavs
- 510 (0.84%) others and unknown
1991
In the 1991 census, the municipality of Teslić had 59,854 residents, including:
- 32,962 (55.07%) Serbs
- 12,802 (21.38%) Bosniaks
- 9,525 (15.91%) Croats
- 3,465 (5.78%) Yugoslavs
- 1,100 (1.83%) others
Settlements
Settlements (over 1,500 residents), according to the 1991 census:
- Teslić
total: 8,655
- 3,571 (41.25%) Serbs
- 1,889 (21.82%) Bosniaks
- 766 (8.85%) Croats
- 1,987 (22.95%) Yugoslavs
- 442 (5.10%) others and unknown
total: 2,890
- 2,768 (95.77%) Serbs
- 40 (1.38%) Croats
- 7 (0.24%) Bosniaks
- 60 (2.07%) Yugoslavs
- 15 (0.51%) others and unknown
total: 2,637
- 1,381 (52.37%) Serbs
- 828 (31.39%) Croats
- 37 (1.40%) Bosniaks
- 334 (12.66%) Yugoslavs
- 57 (2.16%) others and unknown
total: 2,616
- 2,503 (95.68%) Serbs
- 36 (1.37%) Croats
- 1 (0.03%) Bosniaks
- 54 (2.06%) Yugoslavs
- 22 (0.84%) others and unknown
total: 2,419
- 2,292 (94.74%) Serbs
- 12 (0.49%) Bosniaks
- 6 (0.24%) Croats
- 76 (3.14%) Yugoslavs
- 33 (1.36%) others and unknown
total: 2,406
- 2,366 (98.33%) Serbs
- 3 (0.12%) Croats
- 24 (0.99%) Yugoslavs
- 13 (0.54%) others and unknown
total: 2,060
- 1,804 (87.57%) Bosniaks
- 118 (5.72%) Serbs
- 12 (0.58%) Croats
- 83 (4.02%) Yugoslavs
- 43 (2.08%) others and unknown
total: 1,996
- 1,662 - 83.26% Serbs
- 275 - 13.77% Bosniaks
- 7 - 0.35% Croats
- 37 - 1.85% Yugoslavs
- 15 - 0.75% others and unknown
total: 1,740
- 1,451 - 83.39% Bosniaks
- 155 - 8.90% Serbs
- 18 - 1.03% Croats
- 109 - 6.26% Yugoslavs
- 7 - 0.40% others and unknown
total: 1,667
- 1,322 - 79.30% Bosniaks
- 246 - 14.75% Croats
- 39 - 2.33% Serbs
- 47 - 2.81% Yugoslavs
- 13 - 0.77% others and unknown
total: 1,590
- 1,238 - 77.86% Croats
- 292 - 18.36% Serbs
- 49 - 3.08% Yugoslavs
- 11 - 0.69% others and unknown
total: 1,512
- 710 - 46.95% Serbs
- 673 - 44.51% Bosniaks
- 12 - 0.79% Croats
- 37 - 2.44% Yugoslavs
- 80 - 5.29% others and unknown
Historical sites
- About 5 km to the South-East from the city center there is a location of medieval tombstones of Duke Momčilo.
- Solila on the Borja Mountain
Notable people
- Borki Predojević, professional chess player
- Dragan Bogdanic, health minister of Republika Srpska
- Dragan Blatnjak, football player
- Drago Đurić, former businessman
- Vladimir Petrović, football player
- Željka Cvijanović, Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
- Drago Ćosić, sports journalist and commentator on HRT
See also
- Jezera, formerly a village in Teslić
- Kusići, formerly a sub-village of Jezera
- Vrela, a village in Teslić
- Žarkovina, a village in Teslić
- Usora River
- Krstova Gora hill (formerly Gračun)
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