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Novi Grad
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| Novi Grad Нови Град |
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| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Borislav Vuković (SDS) [1] |
| Population (1991) | |
| - Total | 41,541 |
| - Municipality | ? |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 52 |
| Website: www.novi-grad.org | |
Novi Grad (Cyrillic: Нови Град), formerly Bosanski Novi (Cyrillic: Босански Нови), is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the Una river on the border with Croatia (opposite the town of Dvor).
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In the former Yugoslavia, the city and the municipality was known as Bosanski Novi. During the Bosnian War the town became part of the Republika Srpska and the Muslim population (which today largely considers itself Bosniak) and Croat population were expelled or had to leave. The city epithet Bosanski (meaning "Bosnian") was removed from the name of the city.
The current legal name of the town is Novi Grad, but in some of the joint institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina there is a persistent dual use of the two names - the Election Law, for example, refers to "Bosanski Novi / Novi Grad".[2][3]
According to the 1910 population census, the absolute majority in the district was held by Orthodox Serbs - 76.07%.
41.216 total
- Serbs - 28.328 (68,73%)
- Muslims - 11.625 (28,20%)
- Croats - 640 (1,55%)
- Yugoslavs - 366 (0,88%)
- others - 257 (0,64%)
In the census of 1991, the municipality of Bosanski Novi had 41,541 residents, including:
- 25,106 Serbs (60.44%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 14,083 Muslims by nationality (33.90%)
- 1,531 Yugoslavs (3.69%)
- 402 Croats (0.97%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 419 others (1.01%)
The town of Bosanski Novi itself had 13,500 inhabitants, including:
- 51% Muslims by nationality
- 38% Serbs
- 8% Yugoslavs
- 1% Croats
- 2% others
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [4]
The local football club, FK Sloboda Novi Grad, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska.
 Novi Grad/Bosanski Novi |
 Vidorija mosque (Vidorijska džamija) - one of the oldest buildings in Bosanski Novi. It was destroyed in 1992 during the Bosnian war as a result of ethnic cleansing done by bosnian serb forces. Its reconstruction began in 2006. |
 Monument "Majka Partizanka" ("the partisan mother") |
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