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Дервента
Derventa

Coat of arms Image:Derventa.gif Location in Republika Srpska Shown in bright red (click to enlarge) The light red indicates the Republika Srpska entity General Information Entity Republika Srpska Municipality area 517 km² Population - (est.) 43,500 - (1991 census) 57,000 Coordinates 44°59′N 17°54′E Area code +387 53 Time zone CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Website www.derventa.rs.sr Politics Mayor Milorad Simić (SNSD) [2]

Derventa (Cyrillic: Дервента) is a town and municipality in the northern part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia-Herzegovina, located just northwest of Doboj, in the Posavina region.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 2.1 1991 2.2 Current population 2.3 Demographic history 3 People from Derventa 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

The Derventa municipality borders with Brod, Modriča, Doboj, Prnjavor and Srbac, as well as Croatia across the Sava river. It has an area of 517 km² and includes 57 villages in addition to the actual town of Derventa.

Prior to the war in Bosnia (1992-1995), the municipality of Derventa had a population of around 57,000.

The 1991 census recorded 56,328 residents in the municipality, including:

• 22,986 Serbs (40.9%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 21,972 Croats (39%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 7,122 Muslims by nationality (12.6%)
• 3,306 Yugoslavs (5.9%)
• 942 others (1.6%)

The town of Derventa itself had 17,451 residents, including:

• 32% Muslims by nationality
• 25% Croats
• 25% Serbs
• 15% Yugoslavs
• 3% others

Settlements:

• Settlement: Mus Srbs Croats Yugos Others Sum M% S% C% Y% O%
• Derventa-1 3284 2689 2613 1644 417 10647 31% 25% 25% 15% 4%
• Derventa-3 421 582 432 308 45 1788 24% 33% 24% 17% 3%
• Potocani 534 244 170 130 68 1146 47% 21% 15% 11% 6%
• Ukrina 1258 1002 1000 489 121 3870 33% 26% 26% 13% 3%

Source[3].

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [4]

The post-war total population of the city is estimated to be between 36,000 and 40,000, of which:

• 97% is Serb. ^[1]
• 2% is Bosniak.
• 1% is Croat.

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia: [5]

According to the census of 22 April 1895, Bosnia has 1,361,868 inhabitants and Herzegovina 229,168, giving a total population of 1,591,036. The number of persons to the square mile is small (about 80), less than that in any of the other Austrian crown provinces excepting Salzburg (about 70). This average does not vary much in the six districts (five in Bosnia, one in Herzegovina). The number of persons to the square mile in these districts is as follows: Doljna Tuzla, 106; Banjaluka, 96; Bihac, 91; Serajevo, 73, Mostar (Herzegovina), 65, Travnik, 62. There are 5,388 settlements, of which only 11 have more than 5,000 inhabitants, while 4,689 contain less 500 persons. Excluding some 30,000 Albanians living in the south-east, the Jews who emigrated in earlier times from Spain, a few Osmanli Turks, the merchants, officials. and Austrian troops, the rest of the population (about 98 per cent) belong to the southern Slavonic people, the Serbs. Although one in race, the people form in religious beliefs three sharply separated divisions: the Mohammedans, about 550,000 persons (35 percent), Greek Schismatics, about 674,000 persons (43 percent), and Catholics, about 334,000 persons (21.3 percent). The last mentioned are chiefly peasants. The Mohammedans form the mass of the population in the region called the Krajina in the north-west, in the district of Serajevo and in the south-eastern part of the territory; the Greek Schismatics preponderate in the district of Banjaluka. The Catholics of the Latin Rite exceed the other two denominations only in the district of Travnik and in northern Herzegovina. There are in addition 8,000 Jews and 4,000 Protestants. Divided according to occupation 85 percent of the population are farmers or wine-cultivators (1,385,291). There are 5,833 large estates, the owners of which are chiefly Mohammedans, 88,970 cultivators of land not their own (kmeten), 88,867 free peasants who own the land they till, and 22,625 peasants who own farming-land and also cultivate the land of others. The population of the towns is small.

• Mario Tokić, Croatian football player
• Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian football player
• Mile Kitić, Bosnian-Serb Turbo-folk singer

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

• Derventa Dream
• www.derventa.rs.sr
• www.derventa.com
• www.derventa.org
• user.tninet.se/~kbe983b
• Parish of Derventa (Župa Derventa)

1. ^ United Nations Development Programme: [1]

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 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Banovići • Bihać • Bosanska Krupa • Bosanski Petrovac • Bosansko Grahovo • Bugojno • Busovača • Bužim • Čapljina • Cazin • Čelić • Centar, Sarajevo • Čitluk • Drvar • Doboj East • Doboj South • Dobretići • Domaljevac-Šamac • Donji Vakuf • Foča-Ustikolina • Fojnica • Glamoč • Goražde • Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje • Gračanica • Gradačac • Grude • Hadžići • Ilidža • Ilijaš • Jablanica • Jajce • Kakanj • Kalesija • Kiseljak • Kladanj • Ključ • Konjic • Kreševo • Kupres • Livno • Ljubuški • Lukavac • Maglaj • Mostar • Neum • Novi Grad, Sarajevo • Novo Sarajevo • Novi Travnik • Odžak • Olovo • Orašje • Pale-Prača • Posušje • Prozor-Rama • Ravno • Sanski Most • Sapna • Široki Brijeg • Srebrenik • Stari Grad, Sarajevo • Stolac • Teočak • Tešanj • Tomislavgrad • Travnik • Trnovo (FBiH) • Tuzla • Usora • Vareš • Velika Kladuša • Visoko • Vitez • Vogošća • Zavidovići • Zenica • Žepče • Živinice 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 • Istočno Novo Sarajevo • Istočni Stari Grad • Jezero • Kalinovik • Kneževo • Kozarska Dubica • Kotor Varoš • Krupa na Uni • Kupres • Laktaši • Ljubinje • Lopare • 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

Coordinates: 44°59′N 17°54′E