Municipalities of Republika Srpska

Under the "Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government" adopted in 1994, Republika Srpska was divided into 80 municipalities. After the conclusion of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the law was amended in 1996 to reflect the changes to the entity's borders and now provides for the division of Republika Srpska into 64 municipalities.

Municipalities of Republika Srpska (light blue)

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The following list includes 64 municipalities of Republika Srpska (with population data from 2013 census):[1]

City / town Region Area (km2) Municipal
population		 Urban
population
Banja LukaBanja Luka1,239185,042150,997
BijeljinaDoboj-Bijeljina734107,71545,291
PrijedorBanja Luka83489,39732,342
DobojDoboj-Bijeljina77271,44126,987
Istočno Sarajevo[2]Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik1,45061,51643,657
ZvornikIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik37658,85612,674
GradiškaBanja Luka76251,72716,106
TeslićDoboj-Bijeljina83838,5367,518
PrnjavorBanja Luka76238,399 8,484
LaktašiBanja Luka38834,9665,879
TrebinjeTrebinje-Foča85429,91825,589
DerventaDoboj-Bijeljina51527,40412,680
Novi GradBanja Luka47327,11511,063
ModričaDoboj-Bijeljina32025,71210,137
Kozarska DubicaBanja Luka49921,54211,566
PaleIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik49320,90913,883
BratunacIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik29320,3408,359
Kotor VarošBanja Luka56419,7108,360
FočaTrebinje-Foča1,13518,28812,334
SrbacBanja Luka45317,5873,005
ŠamacDoboj-Bijeljina17817,2735,390
Mrkonjić GradBanja Luka67716,6717,915
BrodDoboj-Bijeljina22916,6198,563
UgljevikDoboj-Bijeljina16515,7104,155
ČelinacBanja Luka36215,5485,802
LopareDoboj-Bijeljina29315,3572,709
Istočna IlidžaIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik2814,76314,241
SrebrenicaIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik52713,4092,607
NevesinjeTrebinje-Foča87712,9615,464
SokolacIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik69312,0215,919
VlasenicaIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik44811,4677,228
MilićiIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik27911,4412,368
BilećaTrebinje-Foča62310,8078,220
RogaticaIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik64510,7236,855
VišegradIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik44810,6685,869
Istočno Novo SarajevoIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik3510,6428,557
ŠipovoBanja Luka55310,2934,052
KneževoBanja Luka3339,7933,958
GackoTrebinje-Foča7368,9905,784
RudoIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik3487,9631,949
StanariDoboj-Bijeljina1656,9581,015
ŠekovićiIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik2376,7611,519
PetrovoDoboj-Bijeljina1446,4742,322
RibnikBanja Luka5116,0480
OsmaciIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik786,0160
KostjanicaBanja Luka855,9774,047
PelagićevoDoboj-Bijeljina1225,2202,796
ČajničeTrebinje-Foča2754,8952,401
VukosavljeDoboj-Bijeljina954,6670
Donji ŽabarDoboj-Bijeljina473,8090
Han PijesakIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik3233,5302,018
LjubinjeTrebinje-Foča3193,5112,744
Novo GoraždeIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik1193,1170
Oštra LukaBanja Luka2052,7860
BerkovićiTrebinje-Foča2502,1140
TrnovoIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik1382,0501,018
KalinovikTrebinje-Foča6812,0291,093
Krupa na UniBanja Luka841,5970
JezeroBanja Luka561,1440
Istočni Stari GradIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik701,13139
PetrovacBanja Luka1553610
KupresBanja Luka483000
Istočni MostarTrebinje-Foča852570
Istočni DrvarBanja Luka75790

Renamed municipalities

On February 27, 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an opinion declaring the names of certain municipalities in Republika Srpska to be in violation of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the reason that the war names "are not consistent with the constitutional principle of the equality of the constituent peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]" Afterwards, the parliament of Republika Srpska accepted new names for the municipalities.[4] On September 22, 2004, the Court decided that the former names "be temporary replaced" with new names.[5] The following are the former and new names of the affected municipalities:

Old namesProposed by Constitutional CourtProposed by parliament
Srpski DrvarIstočni DrvarIstočni Drvar
Srpski Sanski MostOštra LukaOštra Luka
Srpski MostarIstočni MostarIstočni Mostar
Srpsko GoraždeUstipračaNovo Goražde
SrbinjeFočaFoča
Srpski KljučRibnikRibnik
Srpska KostajnicaBosanska KostajnicaKostajnica
Srpski BrodBosanski BrodBrod
Srpska IlidžaKasindoIstočna Ilidža
Srpsko Novo SarajevoLukavicaIstočno Novo Sarajevo
Srpski Stari GradIstočni Stari GradIstočni Stari Grad
Srpsko OrašjeDonji ŽabarDonji Žabar

Former municipalities

The Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government was amended in 1996 to provide that certain municipalities whose territory was now completely or partially located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would "temporarily stop functioning." In addition, the parts of these former municipalities that were located in Republika Srpska (if any) were incorporated into other municipalities.

The following are the former municipalities of Republika Srpska:

  • Glamoč (part included in Šipovo)
  • Gradačac (parts included in Modriča and Pelagićevo)
  • Grahovo (formerly Bosansko Grahovo)
  • Hadžići
  • Ilijaš (part included in Sokolac)
  • Konjic (parts included in Nevesinje)
  • Kladanj (parts included in Šekovići)
  • Lukavac (parts included in Petrovo)
  • Maglaj (parts included in Doboj)
  • Olovo (parts included in Sokolac)
  • Skelani (included in Srebrenica)
  • Srbobran (parts included in Šipovo) (formerly Donji Vakuf)
  • Tuzla (parts included in Lopare)
  • Vogošća

Special municipalities

Sarajevo

In 1993, the Law on the Serb City of Sarajevo during the State of War or Immediate Danger of War[6] was adopted providing that Serb Sarajevo (later Istočno Sarajevo) consisted of the following municipalities: Centar, Hadžići, Ilidža, Ilijaš, Novo Sarajevo, Stari Grad, Rajlovac, Vogošća, and Trnovo. Centar, Hadžići, Ilijaš, Rajlovac, and Vogošća were incorporated into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city now consists of the following six municipalities: Srpska Ilidža (name replaced by "Kasindo" in 2004), Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (name replaced by "Lukavica" in 2004), Pale, Sokolac, Srpski Stari Grad (name replaced by "Istočni Stari Grad" in 2004), and Trnovo.

In 1996, the name "Serb City of Sarajevo" was changed to "City of Srpsko Sarajevo". In 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided that the temporary name of the city would be decided that the former name of the city "be temporary replaced" with the name "City of Istočno (East) Sarajevo".

Brčko

A significant portion of the Brčko District (48% of its area) was created from territory of Republika Srpska (RS). RS controlled this territory until March 8, 2000 (see the History and Mandate of the OHR North/Brcko). The Brčko District was created as a shared territory, a condominium, of both entities (RS and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), but it was not placed under control of either, and is hence under direct jurisdiction of Bosnia and Herzegovina. RS's authorities never officially accepted the Brčko Arbitration result, but nevertheless had to comply.

See also

References
  1. "Popis 2013 - Urbanizacija = stanovništvo urbanih područja / ukupno stanovništvo". statistika.ba (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. "Istočno Sarajevo is consisted of six municipalities: Istočna Ilidža, Istočno Novo Sarajevo, Istočni Stari Grad, Pale, Sokolac and Trnovo". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. 044-01 Decision English.ZIP U 044-01
  4. Paljanske novine, #17: На гласачким листићима стари називи за 13 општина у РС Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. U 44-01
  6. The Law on the Serb City of Sarajevo during the State of War or Immediate Danger of War (Official Gazette of the Republika Srpska, No. 25/93)


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