Teočak

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Teočak
Теочак
Location of Teočak within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Location of Teočak within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Teočak (Bosnia)
Teočak
Teočak
Location of Teočak
Coordinates: 44°36′N 18°59′E / 44.6, 18.983
Country Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 - Municipality president Taib Muminović (SDA)
Population
 - Total 9,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +387 35
Website: http://www.teocak.co.ba

Teočak (Cyrillic: Теочак) is a town and municipality in the northeastern part Bosnia and Herzegovina. Center of the municipality is town of Teočak-Krstac.

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[edit] Geography

The town of Teočak is located north of Kalesija and northeast of Tuzla. It is administratively part of the Tuzla Canton and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[edit] History

During the 1990s, due to the Bosnian war, the area of Teočak received several hundred Bosniak refugees from primarily the north and northeast areas of Teočak.

Before the war, Teocak was part of the Ugljevik municipality, and became itself a municipality as part of the Dayton Agreement.

[edit] Demographics

The total population of the municipality of Teočak is estimated at approximately 9,000 inhabitants. Ethnically, Bosniaks comprise 100% of the town and municipality population of Teočak (2005 estimation data). [1]

[edit] Demographics of town of Teočak - Krstac, 1991 census

total: 2,861

[edit] References

  • Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.


[edit] External links

http://www.teocak.ba http://www.teocak.co.ba

Coordinates: 44°36′N, 18°59′E