Prnjavor (Bosnia)

Prnjavor
Прњавор

Basic data

State :

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Entity :

Republika Srpska

Municipality :

Prnjavor

Coordinates :

44 ° 52 ' N , 17 ° 40' E Coordinates: 44 ° 52 '2 " N , 17 ° 39' 55" E

Height :

175 m. i. J.

Area :

631 km²

Residents :

33,278 (2018)

Population density :

53 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

+387 (0) 51

Postal code :

78430

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Structure :

Center and 6 districts

Mayor :

Darko Tomaš ( SNSD )

Website :

www.prnjavor.ba

Prnjavor ( Serbian - Cyrillic Прњавор ) is a city and municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina . Around 18,000 people live in the city and a good 38,000 in the municipality. Since the Bosnian War Prnjavor has belonged to the Republika Srpska .

The city is at an altitude of 175 meters above sea level. The Ukrina River flows through the Prnjavor municipality . The municipality also includes most of the Ljubić Mountain , after which the local football club, FK Ljubić , was named. Mayor of the city and the municipality is Božidar Ivanović.

City structure

Centar
Zapad
Youth
It's OK
Borik
Lazina Voda
Jošik
Naselje Vojvode Putnika
Gložić
Bare
Slatina

Villages in the municipality

Gusak
Maćino Brdo (mostly inhabited by Czechs)
Konjuhovci
Radunjevac
Donja Mravica, Gornja Mravica and Mravica (formerly "Muslimanska Mravica", mostly Muslims)
Ratkovac
Gradina
Naseobina Lišnja (mostly inhabited by Ukrainians)
Puraći
Kojin Han
Potočani
Dabrak
Hrvaćani
Naseobina Hrvaćani (mostly inhabited by Ukrainians)
Devetina (mostly inhabited by Wallachians)
Crkvena
Brezik
Vršani
Sarinci
Vijačani
Čivčije
Kokori
Skakavci
Prosjek
Branešci
Šibovska
Ilova
Palačkovci
Štrpci
Smrtići
Kremna
Vučijak
Kulaši
Drenova
Paramije
Štivor (mostly inhabited by Italians)
Čorle
Lišnja
Srpovci

population

The Serbs , who predominantly belong to the Serbian Orthodox Church , make up the largest part of the population of Prnjavor with a share of around 70% . The other ethnic groups resident in and around Prnjavor also include Bosniaks , Croats , Italians , Ukrainians and Poles mainly from Galicia , people of German , Russian , Jews , Czechs , Slovaks , Hungarians , Wallachians , Roma and others.

The comparatively large ethnic diversity of the Prnjavor region is mainly due to the settlement of miners from many areas of the Habsburg monarchy during the Austro-Hungarian administration of Bosnia between 1878 and 1918.

Sports

FK Ljubić (soccer)
KK Mladost '76 (basketball)
TK Prnjavor (Taekwondo)
RK Sloga Prnjavor (handball)
OK Ukrina (volleyball)
KK Ipon (Karate)
KBK Prnjavor (kick boxing)
AK Prnjavor (athletics)

media

TV channel 3
Radio Ljubić (88.9 MHz)
Radio Prnjavor (99.1 MHz)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ http://rzs.rs.ba/front/article/3630/ Updated population figures for 2018 from the Institute for Statistics of the Republika Srpska. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

[1] ttp://rzs.rs.ba/front/article/3630/ Updated population figures for 2018 from the Institute for Statistics of the Republika Srpska. Retrieved June 9, 2019.