Brčko District

The Brčko District was established after an arbitration process undertaken by the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{Cite web | title=Final Award - Arbitral Tribunal For Dispute Over Inter-Entity Boundary In Brcko Area | url=https://www.ohr.int/?p=111275&print=print | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025154937/https://www.ohr.int/?p=111275&print=print | work=Brcko Arbitral Tribunal | publisher=Office of the High Representative | date=1999-03-05 | access-date=2023-10-25 | archive-date=2023-10-25 | url-status=live}}{{Cite web | title=Supervisory Order On the Establishment of the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina | url=https://www.ohr.int/ohr_archive/supervisory-order-on-the-establishment-of-the-brcko-district-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina/?print=print | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025170945/https://www.ohr.int/ohr_archive/supervisory-order-on-the-establishment-of-the-brcko-district-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina/?print=print | work=International Supervisor for Brčko | publisher=Office of the High Representative | date=2000-03-08 | access-date=2023-10-25 | archive-date=2023-10-25 | url-status=live}}{{Cite web | title=Decision on the establishment of the Brcko District of BiH | url=https://www.ohr.int/?p=67144&print=print | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025165236/https://www.ohr.int/?p=67144&print=print | work=High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina | publisher=Office of the High Representative | date=2000-03-08 | access-date=2023-10-25 | archive-date=2023-10-25 | url-status=live}} According to the Dayton Peace Accords, however, the process could only arbitrate the disputed portion of the Inter-Entity Boundary Line (IEBL).[http://www.ohr.int/dpa/default.asp?content_id=370 Dayton Agreement, Annex 2, Article V] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415180415/http://www.ohr.int/dpa/default.asp?content_id=370 |date=April 15, 2007 }} The Brčko District was formed of the entire territory of the former Brčko municipality, of which 48% (including Brčko city) was in the newly formed Republika Srpska, while 52% was in the old Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Brčko was the only element in the Dayton Peace Agreement that was not finalized at the time. The arbitration agreement was later finalized in March 1999, resulting in a "district" that was to be administrated by an American Brčko International Supervisor. Since 2006, Principal Deputy High Representative has taken over the Brcko supervisor role.

In the 1990s, the Arizona Market was created at the intersection of the IFOR north-south "Arizona" road and the east–west Posavina Corridor roads, bordering today's district, and became a commercial success.{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=smoO2DQNGJsC | title = Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value | year = 2007 | publisher = Wiley | editor1-first = Brooke | editor1-last = Barton | editor2-first = Gustavo | editor2-last = Herrero | editor3-first = John A. | editor3-last = Quelch | editor4-first = V. Kashturi | editor4-last = Rangan | isbn = 9780787988548 | pages = 55–59 }}

The first Brčko International Supervisor arrived in April 1997. Up to that time, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) had a modest office headed by Randolph Hampton. During the interim time before the District of Brčko could be represented post-arbitration agreement, local elections were held, and humanitarian relief was provided with cooperation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and ECHO. The District became known as a center for different state-building programs run by foreign governments, particularly the United States.

In 2006, under the Supervisory Order, all "Entity legislation in Brčko District and the IEBL" was abolished. The ruling made by the Brčko Supervisor Susan Johnson abolished all Entity Laws in the District, as well as the Entity Border Line. The ruling made the Laws of the District and the Laws of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina (including the laws of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina) paramount within the District.{{Cite web | title=Supervisory Order Abolishes Entity Legislation, Ends Legal Significance of IEBL in Brčko District | url=http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=37760 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813135952/http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=37760 | date=August 4, 2006 | archive-date=August 13, 2006 | url-status=dead}}

Following a Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting on 23 May 2012, it was decided to suspend, not terminate, the mandate of the Brčko International Supervisor. The Brčko Arbitral Tribunal, together with the suspended Brčko Supervision, continues to exist.{{Cite web | title=Press Conference Following the Meeting of the Steering Board of the Peace implementation Council on 23/5/2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235242/http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressb/default.asp?content_id=47197 | url=http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressb/default.asp?content_id=47197 | archive-date=2013-12-02 | date=2012-05-23 | url-status=dead}}

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• Bijela
• Boće
• Boderište
• Brčko
• Brezik
• Brezovo Polje
• Brka
• Brod
• Bukovac
• Bukvik Donji
• Bukvik Gornji
• Buzekara
• Cerik
• Čađavac
• Čande
• Čoseta
• Donji Rahić
• Donji Zovik
• Dubrave
• Dubravice Donje
• Dubravice Gornje
• Gajevi
• Gorice
• Gornji Rahić
• Gornji Zovik
• Grbavica
• Gredice
• Islamovac
• Krbeta
• Ivici
• Krepšić
• Laništa
• Lukavac
• Maoča
• Marković Polje
• Ograđenovac
• Omerbegovača
• Palanka
• Popovo Polje
• Potočari
• Rašljani
• Ražljevo
• Repino Brdo
• Sandići
• Skakava Donja
• Skakava Gornja
• Slijepčevići
• Stanovi
• Šatorovići
• Štrepci
• Trnjaci
• Ulice
• Ulović
• Vitanovići Donji
• Vitanovići Gornji
• Vučilovac
• Vujičići
• Vukšić Donji
• Vukšić Gornji

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Brčko District comprises 1% of the land area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is home to 2.37% of the country's total population.

The ethnic composition of Brčko district:

;1961 census

File:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_1961.gif|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 1961

File:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_1961_2.png|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 1961

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Muslimana_po_naseljima_1961.png|Share of Bosniaks in Brčko by settlements 1961

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Hrvata_po_naseljima_1961.png|Share of Croats in Brčko by settlements 1961

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Srba_po_naseljima_1961.png|Share of Serbs in Brčko by settlements 1961

;1971 census

File:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_1971.gif|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 1971

File:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_1971_2.png|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 1971

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Muslimana_po_naseljima_1971.png|Share of Bosniaks in Brčko by settlements 1971

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Hrvata_po_naseljima_1971.png|Share of Croats in Brčko by settlements 1971

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Srba_po_naseljima_1971.png|Share of Serbs in Brčko by settlements 1971

;1981 census

File:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_1981.gif|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 1981

File:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_1981_2.png|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 1981

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Muslimana_po_naseljima_1981.png|Share of Bosniaks in Brčko by settlements 1981

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Hrvata_po_naseljima_1981.png|Share of Croats in Brčko by settlements 1981

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Srba_po_naseljima_1981.png|Share of Serbs in Brčko by settlements 1981

;1991 census

File:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_1991.gif|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 1991

File:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_1991_2.png|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 1991

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Muslimana_po_naseljima_1991.png|Share of Bosniaks in Brčko by settlements 1991

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Hrvata_po_naseljima_1991.png|Share of Croats in Brčko by settlements 1991

File:Brcko_-_Udeo_Srba_po_naseljima_1991.png|Share of Serbs in Brčko by settlements 1991

;2013 census

Image:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_2013_1.gif|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 2013

Image:Brcko_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_naseljima_2013_2.gif|Ethnic structure of Brčko by settlements 2013

Image:Brcko_-_Udeo_Bosnjaka_po_naseljima_2013.gif|Share of Bosniaks in Brčko by settlements 2013

Image:Brcko_-_Udeo_Hrvata_po_naseljima_2013.gif|Share of Croats in Brčko by settlements 2013

Image:Brcko_-_Udeo_Srba_po_naseljima_2013.gif|Share of Serbs in Brčko by settlements 2013

There are 31 seats in the Assembly of the Brčko District. The seats are divided as follows as of 2024:{{Cite web|url=http://skupstinabd.ba/fajlovi/sala.pdf|title=GRAFIČKI PRIKAZ SALE SKUPŠTINE BRČKO DISTRIKTA BIH|accessdate=14 March 2023|archive-date=26 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926145209/http://skupstinabd.ba/fajlovi/sala.pdf|url-status=dead}}

• Edo Maajka (birth name Edin Osmić) – rapper
• Lepa Brena (birth name Fahreta Jahić) – pop-folk singer
• Edvin Kanka Ćudić – Human rights activist
• Mladen Petrić – Croatian international football player
• Vesna Pisarović – pop singer
• NiKo – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player
• Esed Kadrić – Mayor of Brčko

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• Brčko bridge massacre
• List of mayors of Brčko

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• {{official website|https://www.skupstinabd.ba}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20200326095120/http://www.vlada.bdcentral.net/ Government of the Brčko District]

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20231026040006/https://www.ohr.int/ohr_archive/statute-of-the-brcko-district-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina/?print=print Statute of the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina]

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