Banja Luka region

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Location of the region in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Banja Luka region is one of seven regions of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is located in the northwest of the country and is the largest and most populous region with 709,000 inhabitants. The population is mainly composed of Bosnian Serbs .

The nominal capital of the area is Banja Luka with 224,647 inhabitants (approx. 308,000 inhabitants in the closer agglomeration)

Communities

The region is divided into 22 municipalities:

  1. Banja Luka (municipality)
  2. Gradiška
  3. Kostajnica
  4. Čelinac
  5. Istočni Drvar
  6. Jezero
  7. Kneževo (also Skender Vakuf )
  8. Kotor Varoš
  9. Kozarska Dubica (also Bosanska Dubica )
  10. Krupa na Uni (previously part of Bosanska Krupa )
  11. Kupres
  12. Laktaši
  13. Mrkonjić degree
  14. Novi Grad (also Bosanski Novi )
  15. Oštra Luka (previously part of Sanski Most )
  16. Petrovac (previously part of Bosanski Petrovac )
  17. Prijedor
  18. Prnjavor
  19. Ribnik
  20. Srbac
  21. Šipovo
  22. Teslić

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2005 census

See also

Web links

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