Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Petrovo (Cyrillic: Петрово) is a village and relatively young municipality located in northern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality was formed from parts of the pre-war municipalities of Gračanica and Lukavac (the other parts of the pre-war municipalities are now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
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[edit] Geography
The municipality is close to Doboj and Gračanica just a half way between Doboj and Tuzla. It is located on the mountain Ozren.
[edit] History
The municipality was formed before the Dayton Agreement. The old name of the municipality was Bosansko Petrovo Selo but was changed before the Bosnian War. The municipality existed before, however, was dismantled in the 1960s and constituted again in 1991. It belonged to Gračanica and Lukavac as well. Now it is one of the poorest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1991
In 1991, the population of the village of Bosansko Petrovo Selo numbered 2,911 people, of whom 2,694 (93%) were Serbs. (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
[edit] 2006
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [2]
[edit] Municipality
The following villages are constituents of Petrovo municipality:
- 1. Petrovo
- 2. Kakmuz
- 3. Sockovac
- 4. Karanovac
- 5. Krtova
- 6. Porjecina
[edit] Culture
The Saint Nikola monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church is in the Petrovo municipality.
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