Čelić

This article covers the place and the municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina; for the Yugoslav soccer player, see Dragutin Čelić . For the Austrian soccer player, see Nemanja Celic .

Čelić Челић
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Federation of BiH
Canton :	Tuzla
Coordinates :	44 ° 43 '  N , 18 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 43 '16 "  N , 18 ° 49' 13"  E
Height :
Area :	136.23  km²
Residents :	10,502 (2013)
Population density :	77 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 35
Postal code :	75 246
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	20 localities, 11 of them local communities
Mayor :	Sead Muminović ( SDA )
Postal address :	Alije Izetbegovića 60/2 75246 Čelić
Website :	opcinacelic.com

Čelić is a place and one of 13 municipalities in the canton of Tuzla in the northeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The community was separated from Lopare shortly before the Bosnian War and is now part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , one of the country's two constituent states .

geography

The municipality is located directly north of the city of Tuzla between the Save plain and the Majevica mountains, which here reach heights of 140–711 meters. The main town lies on the north-eastern border of the municipality and is bounded on three sides by the Republika Srpska . In the north the municipality borders on the Brčko district , in the west on the municipality Srebrenik , in the east on Lopare and in the south on the city of Tuzla.

Community structure

The municipality Čelić include 20 villages Brezje, Brnjik, Brusnica, Bučje, Čelić, Drijenča, Humci, Jablanica, Lopare Selo Lukavica, Miladići, Mirosavci, Nahvioci, Piperi Pukis, Ratkovići, Šibošnica, Velino Selo, Visori and Vražići .

11 of them form a Mjesna zajednica ( local community ), including the MZ Brnjik , MZ Čelić , MZ Donji Humci , MZ Drijenča , MZ Gornji Humci , MZ Nahvioci , MZ Ratkovići , MZ Sitari , MZ Šibošnica , MZ Velino Selož and MZ .

history

In 1991 the municipality of Lopare , to which Čelić and its districts belonged at that time, joined the so-called “Serbian Autonomous Region Semberija and Majevica”, which was founded by nationalist Serbs from Bijeljina and the surrounding area. The majority Muslim population of the western part of the municipality of Lopare then decided in a referendum in November 1991 to split off from Lopare and found the municipality of Čelić. At the same time, the ethnic separation in Lopare, which had begun by the Serbian autonomous regions, was completed. The new municipality of Čelić was now predominantly Bosniak, the municipality of Lopare predominantly Serbian.

population

In 1991 there were 12,445 people living on the territory of today's Čelić commune, which was a third of the total population of Lopare commune. While the Serbs were in the majority with 56% in the municipality, 86% of the population on Čelić territory described themselves as Bosniaks and 9% as Croatians . In nine out of ten places there was a Bosniak majority, only in Drijenča a Croatian.

	2013 census	1991 census
Bosniaks	9,341	9,399
Serbs	192	1,527
Croatians	843	1,206
Other	126	286
total	10,502	12,445

Sports

With the NK Čelić and the NK Vražići, there are 92 cantonal and local football clubs in the municipality . There is also a volleyball club, OKI Čelić .

Personalities

• Rasim Delić - former commander in chief of the Bosnian army
• Razija Mujanović - basketball player , see WNBA Draft 1998

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Popis 2013 u BiH - Općina Čelić ( Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian ) Retrieved July 8, 2019.