Modriča

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Модрича
Modriča

Coat of arms
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Location in Republika Srpska
Shown in bright red (click to enlarge) The light red indicates the Republika Srpska entity
General Information
Entity	Republika Srpska
Municipality area	297 km²
Population - (est.)	?
- (1991 census)	35,413
Coordinates	44°57′N 18°18′E
Area code	+387 53
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.modrica.ba
Politics
Mayor	Mladen Krekić (SNSD) [1]

Modriča (Cyrillic: Модрича) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Near it lie the towns of Šamac and Gradačac.

1 Demographics
- 1.1 1991
- 1.2 2006
2 Economy
3 Sports
4 See also
5 External links
- 5.1 Historic Photos of Modriča
- 5.2 Other links

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1991

According to the 1991 census, the Modriča municipality had a population of 35,413 people, including:

12,563 Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
10,442 Muslims by nationality
9,660 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1,813 Yugoslavs
935 others

In town there was;

Settlement: Mus Srbs Croats Yugos Others Sum M% S% C% Y% O%
Modrica-1 1163 871 460 488 89 3071 38% 28% 15% 16% 3%
Modrica-2 1782 945 378 373 116 3594 50% 26% 11% 10% 3%
Modrica-3 880 497 232 350 64 2023 43% 25% 11% 17% 3%
Modrica-4 1475 121 51 138 25 1810 81% 7% 3% 8% 1%

Muslims by nationality were majority in every part of the town.

Source: [2].

Note: The overwhelming majority of those who considered themselves Muslims by nationality in 1991 today consider themselves Bosniaks.

[edit] 2006

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of the municipality were ethnic Serbs. [3]

[edit] Economy

The Modriča oil refinery is located in Modriča. Products include High quality motor oil Optima, Optima Supervisk, Optima Racing and Maxima. It have ISO:9001 Certificat of Quality (web site: www.modricaoil.com).

[edit] Sports

The local football club is FK Modriča.
The local volleyball club is Modriča Optima.

[edit] See also

Municipalities of Republika Srpska

[edit] External links

[edit] Historic Photos of Modriča

[edit] Other links

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