Bosanski Brod
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Bosanski Brod (Serbian: Босански Брод or Bosanski Brod; Bosnian: Bosanski Brod; Croatian: Bosanski Brod) also known as Brod (Брод), formerly known as Srpski Brod (Српски Брод), is a town and municipality located on the right bank of the river Sava in the north of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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[edit] Name
During the Bosnian war the town name was changed to Srpski Brod but after the war the name was ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of BiH, and so is now again know as Bosanski Brod.
The Croatian town of Slavonski Brod is situated on the opposite bank of the Sava.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1991
In 1991, the population of Bosanski Brod municipality was 33,962, including:
- Croats (41%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Serbs (33.8%)(See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Muslims by nationality (12.2%)
- Yugoslavs (10.6%)
- others (2.4%)
The urban part of the municicipality had in 1991 a population of 14,045, including:
- Serbs (31.39%)
- Croats (29.17%)
- Yugoslavs (19.3%)
- Muslims by nationality (16.26%)
Urban settlements population:
- Settlement: Mus Srbs Croats Yugos Others Sum M% S% C% Y% O%
- Brodsko Polje 196 2438 596 466 110 3806 5% 64% 16% 12% 3%
- Centar 528 477 843 684 93 2625 20% 18% 32% 26% 4%
- Mahala Skele 712 345 427 474 88 2046 35% 17% 21% 23% 4%
- Rit 707 860 1502 736 194 3999 18% 22% 38% 18% 5%
- Tulek 141 289 729 351 59 1569 9% 18% 46% 22% 4%
Source: [2].
Serbs were majority in Brodsko Polje, Croats in Centar, Rit and Tulek, and Muslims by nationality in Mahala Skele.
[edit] 2006
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [3]
[edit] See also
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