Bosanska Kostajnica

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Босанска Костајница
Bosanska Kostajnica

Coat of arms

Location in Republika Srpska
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General Information
Entity	Republika Srpska
Municipality area	? km²
Population - (est.)	?
- (1991 census)	5,276
Area code	+387 52
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Politics
Mayor	Drago Bundalo (SDS) [1]

Castle in Bosanska Kostajnica

Bosanska Kostajnica (Serbian: Босанска Костајница or Bosanska Kostajnica; Bosnian: Bosanska Kostajnica; Croatian: Bosanska Kostajnica) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Bosanski Novi (today Novi Grad). It is located across the Una from Hrvatska Kostajnica in Croatia.

1 Name
2 Demographics
- 2.1 1991
- 2.2 2006
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Name

The town name was changed to just Kostajnica (Костајница), however, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ruled the town be changed back to Bosanska Kostajnica. It was also known as Srpska Kostajnica (Српска Костајница).

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1991

In 1991, the population of the town of Bosanska Kostajnica numbered 5,276 people, including:

3,162 Serbs (60%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1,708 Muslims by nationality (32%)
199 Yugoslavs (4%)
137 Croats (3%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
70 others (1%)

Note: The vast majority of those who declared as Muslims by nationality in 1991 have considered themselves Bosniaks since the Bosnian War.

[edit] 2006

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [2]

[edit] See also

Municipalities of Republika Srpska

[edit] External links

Kostajnica (Serbian)
Bosanska Kostajnica (Bosnian)

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