Kozaruša

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Kozaruša
Козаруша
Kozaruša (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Basic data
State : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity : Republika Srpska
Municipality : Prijedor
Coordinates : 44 ° 59 '  N , 16 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 58 '41 "  N , 16 ° 49' 25"  E
Height : 175  m. i. J.
Area : 6.81  km²
Residents : 3,361 (2013)
Population density : 494 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : +387 (0) 52
Postal code : 79 202
Mount Kozarački came near Kozaruša

Kozaruša ( Serbian - Cyrillic Козаруша ) is a village in the northwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina , in the Republika Srpska . The village belongs to the municipality of Prijedor .

In the Bosnian war Kozaruša was heavily damaged. The place borders in the northeast to Kozarac , from where it was also administered earlier. Kozaruša is eight kilometers from Prijedor and 42 kilometers from Banja Luka . The Kozaruša mosque was rebuilt after the Bosnian War.

geography

Kozaruša is located on the southern slope of the Kozara Mountains.

climate

The winter in Kozaruša is usually severe, the summers are usually very hot, as everywhere in Bosnia.

history

Before 1992 Kozaruša was part of Yugoslavia . Many Kozaruša residents were expelled during the Bosnian War, and many men were deported to the Omarska camp and killed there. Since the war the place belongs to the Republika Srpska.

population

Most of the inhabitants of Kozaruša are Bosniaks, but there are also Roma, Serbs and Croats living in the village.

Individual evidence

  1. cf. ICTY judgment against Duško Tadić , z. B. International Law Reports 1999, p. 127