Modriča
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| Modriča Модрича |
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| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Mladen Krekić (SNSD) [1] | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 297 km² (114.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1991) | |||
| - Total | 35,413 | ||
| - Municipality | ? | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Area code(s) | 53 | ||
| Website: www.modrica.ba | |||
Modriča (Cyrillic: Модрича) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Near it lie the towns of Šamac and Gradačac.
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[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1971
31.622 total
- Serbs - 13.457 (42,55 %)
- Croats - 9.418 (29,78 %)
- Muslims - 8.356 (26,42 %)
- Yugoslavs - 180 (0,56 %)
- оthers - 211 (0,69 %)
[edit] 1991
According to the 1991 census, the Modriča municipality had a population of 35,413 people, including:
- 12,563 Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 10,442 Bosniaks
- 9,660 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 1,813 Yugoslavs
- 935 others
In town there was;
- Settlement: Mus Srbs Croats Yugos Others Sum M% S% C% Y% O%
- Modrica-1 1163 871 460 488 89 3071 38% 28% 15% 16% 3%
- Modrica-2 1782 945 378 373 116 3594 50% 26% 11% 10% 3%
- Modrica-3 880 497 232 350 64 2023 43% 25% 11% 17% 3%
- Modrica-4 1475 121 51 138 25 1810 81% 7% 3% 8% 1%
Bosniaks were majority in every part of the town.
Source: [2].
Note: The overwhelming majority of those who considered themselves Muslims by nationality in 1991 today consider themselves Bosniaks.
- U gradu Modrici danas zivi oko 15 500 stanovnika
[edit] 2006
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of the municipality were ethnic Serbs. [3]
[edit] Economy
The Modriča oil refinery is located in Modriča. Products include High quality motor oil Optima, Optima Supervisk, Optima Racing and Maxima. It have ISO:9001 Certificat of Quality (web site: www.modricaoil.com).
Russians have bought the oil refinery.
[edit] Sports
- The local football club, FK Modriča, plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The local volleyball club is Modriča Optima.
Car racing club OPTIMA - MODRICA Image:Http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Fk3my1.jpg
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Historic Photos of Modriča
- Old photograph of Modriča - year unknown (#1)
- Old photograph of Modriča - year unknown (#2)
- Photograph of "Alibeg's Cafe", destroyed in 1946
- A photograph of Modriča in the 1970s
- An Austro-Hungarian map of Modriča and the surrounding area - from the end of the 19th century
[edit] Other links
- modrica.com (The largest Modriča community on the internet)
- History of Modriča (written in the Bosnian language) - garevac.com
- modrica.net
- modrica.org
- DJAVOLI
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