Gradiška

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Бocанска Градишка
Градишка
Bosanska Gradiška
Gradiška

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 762 km² Population - (est.) 64,651 - (1991 census) 62,062 Coordinates 45°08′N 17°15′E Area code +387 51 Time zone CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Website www.opstina.gradiska.com Politics Mayor Nikola Kragulj (SNSD) [1]

Bosanska Gradiška [2] (Cyrillic: Босанска Градишка) or Gradiška (Cyrillic: Градишка) is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the right bank of the Sava river, across Stara Gradiška in Croatia, and north of Banja Luka.

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 2.1 1910 2.2 1991 2.3 2006 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

According to the written documents, Bosanska Gradiška was first mentioned a little more than 700 years ago under the name of Gradiški Brod. However, the life in the area of the present town, its immediate and wider environs, dates back to the prehistoric times. In the time of Roman Empire, the city named Serbinum (Servitium) existed at this location. Some Serbs consider it to be the oldest Serb settlement ever recorded in the Balkans.

Bosanska Gradiška was mentioned as a free town. In the Middle Ages, Bosanska Gradiška had a major importance as the place where the Sava river used to be crossed.

The people of this region who lived to see the end of the Second World War found themselves in looted places and deserted hearths. At battlefields and the death camps in Jasenovac, Stara Gradiška, Jastrebarsko, and other places of torture, some 13,000^{[citation needed]} Serbs lost their lives among them about 4,500 children below fifteen years of age.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1910

According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Bosanska Gradiška municipality were Orthodox Christians (71.98%).

[edit] 1991

In 1991, the municipality of Bosanska Gradiška had a population of 60,062, including:

• 35,989 Serbs (59.9%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 15,888 Muslims by nationality (26.4%)
• 3,422 Croats (5.6%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 3,245 Yugoslavs (5.4%)
• 1,518 others (2.5%)

The town of Bosanska Gradiška itself had 18,671 residents, including:

• 43.5% Muslims by nationality
• 37.7% Serbs
• 10.3% Yugoslavs
• 4.6% Croats
• 3.9% others

[edit] 2006

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

[edit] See also

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska
• Subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

[edit] External links

• Official site of the municipality
• www.gradiska.com

Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Coordinates: 45°08′N 17°15′E