Potkozarje, Banja Luka

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Potkozarje
Поткозарје (Serbian)
Ivanjska (Croatian)
Potkozarje is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Potkozarje
Potkozarje
Coordinates: 44°55′N 17°04′E / 44.917°N 17.067°E / 44.917; 17.067
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
MunicipalityBanja Luka
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
3,296[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Potkozarje (Serbian Cyrillic: Поткозарје), better known as Ivanjska (official name until 1994), is a village in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

History

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An Ottoman census conducted in 1604 recorded a total of 42 households in Ivanjska, 11 Muslim and 31 non-Muslim, as part of the Banaluka nahiye.[3]

Between some time after 1953 and 1963, Ivanjska was a separate municipality from Banja Luka. Other than the town itself, municipality included the settlements of Barlovci, Cerici, Dragočaj, Piskavica, Prijakovci, Radosavska, Ramići, Šimići and Verići.

The majority Croat population of Ivanjska faced persecution during the Bosnian War by Serb authorities, causing most of them to flee from the region. As part of their broader ethnic cleansing campaign, Serb authorities renamed Ivanjska to Potkozarje.

Demographics

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Ethnic composition of Potkozarje/Ivanjska
Year 2013 1991 1981 1971
Bosniaks 9 - - -
Serbs 2,776 1,095 1,180 1,408
Croats 240 3,306 3,394 3,614
Muslims (ethnic group) 2 6 3 7
Yugoslavs 3 118 303 2
Ukrainians 2 - - -
Slovenes 1 - 4 3
Others 9 - 16 5
Undeclared 11 - - -
Unknown 1 - - 1
Total 3,067 4,577 4,953 5,062



References

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  1. ^ Nataša Gojković; Ognjen Ignjić. Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in BH 2013 Republika Srpska Preliminary Results (PDF) (Report). Republika Srpska Institute of Statistics, Banja Luka.
  2. ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
  3. ^ Smajić, Ramiza (2022-11-15). "Iseljavanje kršćana iz Bosanskog ejaleta (1683-1718)". Historijski pogledi. 5 (8): 17–43. doi:10.52259/historijskipogledi.2022.5.8.17. ISSN 2637-1502.

44°55′N 17°04′E / 44.917°N 17.067°E / 44.917; 17.067


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