Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
{{Short description|Town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Petrovo
| native_name = Петрово
| official_name =
| settlement_type = Town and municipality
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| subdivision_type1 = Entity
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Republika Srpska}}
| subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_name2 =
| established_title =
| established_date =
| leader_title = Municipal mayor
| leader_name = Ozren Petković
| leader_party = SNSD
| unit_pref = Metric
| map_caption = Location of Petrovo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
| other_name =
| image_skyline = Naselje petrovo 02.jpg
| image_caption = Town hall in Petrovo
| image_shield =
| image_map = Petrovo municipality.svg
| area_blank1_title = Town
| area_blank1_km2 =
| area_blank2_title = Municipality
| area_blank2_km2 = 143.9
| population_as_of = 2013 census
| population_blank1_title = Town
| population_blank1 = 2322
| population_density_blank1_km2 = auto
| population_blank2_title = Municipality
| population_blank2 = 6474
| population_density_blank2_km2 = auto
| coordinates =
| area_code = 53
| website = {{url|http://www.petrovo.ba/}}
| footnotes =
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| image_map1 = Petrovo-naselja.PNG
}}
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Petrovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Петрово) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,322 inhabitants, while the municipality has 16,474 inhabitants.
The municipality was formed from parts of the pre-war municipalities of Gračanica and Lukavac (the other parts of the pre-war municipalities are now in the other Bosnian entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Geography
History
The municipality was formed by Bosnian Serb authorities during the war. The Bosnian government never recognised this decision and officially municipality was created after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. Bosnian Serb authorities also changed the name of the municipality to Petrovo from Bosansko Petrovo Selo. The municipality existed before, however, it was dismantled in the 1960s. It belonged to Gračanica and Lukavac as well.
Demographics
= Population =
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" |Population of settlements – Petrovo municipality |
| |Settlement
|1971. |1981. |1991. |2013. |
| |Total
| | |9,150 |6,474 |
| 1
|Kakmuž | | |2,398 |1,691 |
| 2
|Karanovac | | |1,178 |1,088 |
| 3
|Petrovo |2,333 |2,606 |2,919 |2,322 |
| 4
|Porječina | | |819 |491 |
| 5
|Sočkovac | | |1,121 |768 |
=Ethnic composition=
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="8" |Ethnic composition – Petrovo town |
| |2013.
|1991. |1981. |1971. |
| Total
|2,322 (100,0%) |2,919 (100,0%) |2,856 (100,0%) |2,514 (100,0%) |
| Serbs
| |2,695 (92,33%) |2,606 (91,25%) |2,333 (92,80%) |
| Others
| |82 (2,809%) |28 (0,980%) |12 (0,477%) |
| Yugoslavs
| |70 (2,398%) |138 (4,832%) |27 (1,074%) |
| Bosniaks
| |54 (1,850%) |59 (2,066%) |91 (3,620%) |
| Croats
| |18 (0,617%) |12 (0,420%) |33 (1,313%) |
| Montenegrins
| | |6 (0,210%) |7 (0,278%) |
| Macedonians
| | |4 (0,140%) |1 (0,040%) |
| Slovenes
| | |1 (0,035%) |4 (0,159%) |
| Albanians
| | |1 (0,035%) |1 (0,040%) |
| Hungarians
| | |1 (0,035%) |5 (0,199%) |
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="9" |Ethnic composition – Petrovo municipality |
| |2013.
|1991. |
| Total
|6,474 (100,0%) |9,150 (100,0%) |
| Serbs
|6,371 (98,41%) | |
| Others
|60 (0,927%) | |
| Croats
|36 (0,556%) | |
| Bosniaks
|7 (0,108%) | |
Settlements
Culture
The "Saint Nikola Monastery" of the Serbian Orthodox Church is located in the Petrovo municipality.
Twin municipalities – Sister municipalities
- {{flagicon|Croatia}} Borovo, Croatia{{cite web|url=http://www.petrovo.ba/cir/printpress.php?pid=819|title=ПОТПИСАН СПОРАЗУМ О БРАТИМЉЕЊУ ОПШТИНА БОРОВО (РХ) И ОПШТИНА ПЕТРОВО (РС)|format=PDF|access-date=2013-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094628/http://www.petrovo.ba/cir/printpress.php?pid=819|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.petrovo.ba/}}
{{Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
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Category:Populated places in Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina