Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Petrovo

Петрово

Town and municipality

Town hall in Petrovo

Location of Petrovo within Bosnia and Herzegovina

Country|  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity|  Republika Srpska
Government

• Municipal mayor| Ozren Petković (SNSD)
• Municipality| 143.9 km2 (55.6 sq mi)
Population

(2013 census)

• Town

| 2,322
• Municipality

| 6,474
• Municipality density| 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code| 53
Website| www.petrovo.ba
Petrovo municipality by population proportional to the settlement with the highest and lowest population Ozren Ozren Primary school Saint Sava Church of the Ozren Monastery Serbian Orthodox Holy Trinity church

Petrovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Петрово) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,322 inhabitants, while the municipality has 16,474 inhabitants.

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 other Bosnian entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

## Geography

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The municipality is close to Doboj, halfway between Doboj and Tuzla. It is located on the mountain of Ozren.

## History

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The municipality was formed by Bosnian Serb authorities during the war. Bosnian government never recognised this decision and officially municipality was created after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. Bosnian Serb authorities also changed the name of the municipality to Petrovo from Bosansko Petrovo Selo. The municipality existed before, however, was dismantled in the 1960s. It belonged to Gračanica and Lukavac as well.

## Demographics

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### Population

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Population of settlements – Petrovo municipality

| Settlement  | 1971\.  | 1981\.  | 1991\.  | 2013\.
| Total  |  |  | 9,150  | 6,474
1  | Kakmuž  |  |  | 2,398  | 1,691
2  | Karanovac  |  |  | 1,178  | 1,088
3  | Petrovo | 2,333  | 2,606  | 2,919  | 2,322
4  | Porječina  |  |  | 819  | 491
5  | Sočkovac  |  |  | 1,121  | 768

### Ethnic composition

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Ethnic composition – Petrovo town

| 2013\.  | 1991\.  | 1981\.  | 1971\.
Total  | 2,322 (100,0%)  | 2,919 (100,0%)  | 2,856 (100,0%)  | 2,514 (100,0%)
Serbs  |  | 2,695 (92,33%)  | 2,606 (91,25%)  | 2,333 (92,80%)
Others  |  | 82 (2,809%)  | 28 (0,980%)  | 12 (0,477%)
Yugoslavs  |  | 70 (2,398%)  | 138 (4,832%)  | 27 (1,074%)
Bosniaks  |  | 54 (1,850%)  | 59 (2,066%)  | 91 (3,620%)
Croats  |  | 18 (0,617%)  | 12 (0,420%)  | 33 (1,313%)
Montenegrins  |  |  | 6 (0,210%)  | 7 (0,278%)
Macedonians  |  |  | 4 (0,140%)  | 1 (0,040%)
Slovenes  |  |  | 1 (0,035%)  | 4 (0,159%)
Albanians  |  |  | 1 (0,035%)  | 1 (0,040%)
Hungarians  |  |  | 1 (0,035%)  | 5 (0,199%)
Ethnic composition – Petrovo municipality

| 2013\.  | 1991\.
Total  | 6,474 (100,0%)  | 9,150 (100,0%)
Serbs  | 6,371 (98,41%)  |
Others  | 60 (0,927%)  |
Croats  | 36 (0,556%)  |
Bosniaks  | 7 (0,108%)  |

## Settlements

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The following villages are constituents of Petrovo municipality:

* Petrovo
* Kakmuž
* Sočkovac
* Karanovac
* Krtova
* Porječina

## Culture

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The "Saint Nikola Monastery" of the Serbian Orthodox Church is located in the Petrovo municipality.

## Twin municipalities – Sister municipalities

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* Borovo, Croatia[1]

## See also

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* Municipalities of Republika Srpska

## References

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1. ^ "ПОТПИСАН СПОРАЗУМ О БРАТИМЉЕЊУ ОПШТИНА БОРОВО (РХ) И ОПШТИНА ПЕТРОВО (РС)". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-10.

## External links

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* Official website

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