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[edit] 1953-1961
In the census of 1953 in Bosnian-Herzegovian kotars Catholic Croats held majority in most kotars that were part of Banovina of Croatia with the difference of Odžak kotar (which was abolished and added to Modiča kotar) and Stolac (which was added to Ljubinje). Croats also held majority in town of Zenica and Vareš, which were not part of Banovina of Croatia.
By the new division of kotars into municipalities, Croats gained majority in newly created municipalities;
- Jajce (by division of kotar Jajce on Croat municipality Jajce and Serb municipality Šipovo)
- Stolac (by division of kotar Stolac on Croat municipality Stolac and Serb municiolity Ljubinje)
- Žepče (by division of kotar Zavidovići on Croat municipality Žepče and mostly Muslim (undisided) municipality Zavidovići
- Ravno (by division of kotar Trebinje on Croat municipality Ravno and Serb municipality Trebinje)
- Ljubija (from kotars Prijedor and Sanski Most)
lost majority;
- in most of municipalities which were created from old kotar Bugojno (except for the municipality of Bugojno itself)
- in Derventa municipality (former kotar Derventa)
- in Bosanski Šamac municipality (which was created with division of kotar Bosanski Šamac on Croat municipalities Odžak, Orašje and relativy Serb majority of Bosanski Šamac)
After this period Croats lost majority in municipalities (but not in the towns) Mostar, Stolac, Bugojno, Travnik, Fojnica and Žepče. [1]
[edit] 1971-1991
In this period Croatian percentage in the Bosnian-Herzegovian municipalities shrank by more than a quarter.
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Estimates of Bosnian percentage in BiH municipalities for 2005
During this period Croat percentage fell in most of Bosnian-Herzegovian municipalities due to slower natural growth than Bosniaks, emigration into Croatia and lands of western Europe (although Croats are one of the constitute nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Fall in percentage is only absent in western Herzegovina municipalities were Croats made more than 98% of population.
[edit] 1991
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1991 Croats in BiH were mostly concentreted in the following areas;
- areas which were part of Banovina Croatia 1939-1941(with addition of Jajce), which were also mostly the areas which were latter part of Croatian Cantons by Vance Owen peace plan
- border area southwestern of Bihać which were not part of Bosnia and Herzegovina until 1945.
other western Bosnian areas around Croatian border;
- Uništa (Croatian village near Bosansko Grahovo)
- few villages near Bosanska Gradiška
few inner enclaves which were not part of Banovina Croatia
- in central Bosnia;
- enclave of Žepče-Komušina-Novi Šeher
- enclave of Vareš-Kraljeva Sutjeska
- Usora enclave
- Kotor-Varoš
- in western Bosnia;
- Ljubija (near Prijedor)
- areas northern of Banja Luka
- in the villages around Zenica
- in the villages around Tuzla
in the big cities;
Most of the inner enclaves were cut into many municipallities in which Croats hadn't had majority (Vareš is obvious exception) and not all municipallities on the areas of Banovina Croatia were not ethnically homogenous due to the ethnic and administrative changes in 1953-1961 and 1961-1991 (period of second Yugoslavia).
During the municipal elections of 1990 in majority of municipalities with large percentage of Croats HDZ won majority of Croat voices (only exception is again Vareš) and during the next year it proclaims Croatian Community of Herzeg Bosnia on the areas which belonged to Banovina Croatia and additional central Bosnian enclaves, but which excluded Croatian enclaves in Western Bosnia and areas around Tuzla and Zenica.
