Čelinac

Čelinac (Cyrillic: Челинац) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies c. 15 km (9 mi) to the east of Banja Luka. The Stuplje monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church is located in the municipality.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Inhabited places
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Geography

It is located between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor in the north, Teslić in the east, Kotor Varoš and Kneževo in the south, and Banja Luka in the west.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

17.430 total

Serbs - 15.880 (91,10%)
Muslims - 1.209 (6,93%)
Croats - 90 (0,51%)
Yugoslavs - 14 (0,08%)
others - 237 (1,38%)

[edit] 1991

In 1991, the population of Čelinac municipality was 18,666, including:

16,591 Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1,440 Muslims by nationality
360 Yugoslavs
79 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
196 others

[edit] 2006

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [2]

[edit] Inhabited places

In the municipality of Čelinac you can also find the villages Strbe (main village in the municipality of Čelinac), Josavka, Snjegotina, and Grabovac. Serbs are the overwhelming majority in these villages (99.9%) and most of the natives of these villages have emigrated to Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia, because of a high degree of poverty in this municipality.

[edit] See also

Municipalities of Republika Srpska

[edit] External links

v • d • e

Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

v • d • e Entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina • Republika Srpska ♦ Brčko District (belongs to both entities, but is self-governing)

v • d • e Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Podrinje (V) • Canton 10 (X) • Central Bosnia (VI) • Herzegovina-Neretva (VII) • Posavina (II) • Sarajevo (IX) • Tuzla (III) • Una Sana (I) • West Herzegovina (VIII) • Zenica-Doboj (IV)

v • d • e Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Republika Srpska	Berkovići • Bijeljina • Bileća • Bosanska Kostajnica • Bosanski Brod • Bratunac • Čajniče • Čelinac • Derventa • Doboj • Donji Žabar • Foča • Gacko • Grad Banja Luka • Grad Istočno Sarajevo • Gradiška • Han Pijesak • Istočni Drvar • Istočna Ilidža • Istočni Mostar • Istočni Stari Grad • Jezero • Kalinovik • Kneževo • Kozarska Dubica • Kotor Varoš • Krupa na Uni • Kupres • Laktaši • Ljubinje • Lopare • Lukavica • Milići • Modriča • Mrkonjić Grad • Nevesinje • Novi Grad • Novo Goražde • Osmaci • Oštra Luka • Pale • Pelagićevo • Petrovac • Petrovo • Prijedor • Prnjavor • Ribnik • Rogatica • Rudo • Šamac • Šekovići • Šipovo • Sokolac • Srbac • Srebrenica • Teslić • Trebinje • Trnovo (RS) • Ugljevik • Višegrad • Vlasenica • Vukosavlje • Zvornik