Čelinac

Čelinac Челинац
Town and municipality
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Coat of arms
Location of Čelinac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°43′30″N 17°19′48″E / 44.72500°N 17.33000°E / 44.72500; 17.33000Coordinates: 44°43′30″N 17°19′48″E / 44.72500°N 17.33000°E / 44.72500; 17.33000
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Government
• Mayor	Vlado Gligorić (SNSD)
Area
• Total	361.81 km2 (139.70 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	15,548
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	051
Website	www.opstina-celinac.com

Čelinac municipality by population proportional to the settlement with the highest and lowest population

Čelinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Челинац) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 15,548 inhabitants, while the town of Čelinac has a population of 5,097 inhabitants.

Geography[]

It is located by Jošavka and Vrbanja rivers, between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor to the north, Teslić to the east, Kotor Varoš, Kneževo (formerly known as Skender Vakuf) to the south, and Banja Luka to the west.

History[]

War in Yugoslavia[]

Main initiator and leader of persecution nonserbs population in the valley of the Vrbanja river and Bosanska Krajina, including Čelinac, was member of the radical currents SDS - Radoslav Brdjanin, a native of nearby village of Popovac.

Brđanin was a leading political figure in Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK). During The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, was the key positions at the municipal, regional and "republic" level. Among other things, he was the first vice president of the Assembly of the ARK, president of the ARK Crisis Staff and later as Acting Vice Minister for Production, Minister for Construction, Traffic and Utilities and acting Deputy Prime Minister Republika Srpska (RS). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) condemned him for various crimes to 30 years in prison.^[1]

During the War in Bosnia, along with other generally known reprisals, local authorities have introduced the original limits of Bosniaks and Croats, i.e. non-Serb population. In addition to those who have experienced this, among other things, bears witness to the indictment against Radovan Karadžić to tribunal in The Hague. At the hearing, Nikola Poplašen, 2013, one of the questions to the witness for the defense, was:

"Being in a statement that the Republiika Srpska there was no discrimination on ethnic grounds, the prosecutor showed the decision of the authorities of the municipality Čelinac of 23 July 1992, in which Croats and Muslims prohibited from the streets of 16–18 hours, swimming in the river, fishing, gathering in large groups, and the only thing they expressly permitted - departure. And that is only if the municipality abandoned the entire household. After Poplasen, municipal governments have these restrictions wanted to "protect" population and 'keep people head'"^{[clarification needed][2]}

Settlements[]

Aside from the town of Čelinac, the municipality includes the following settlements:

Demographics[]

Vrbanja river

City assembly

Community Health centre

Church in Jošavka Donja

Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Archangel Gabriel

Monument dedicated to the defenders of Republika Srpska

Population[]

Ethnic composition[]

Economy[]

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered employed people per their core activity (as of 2016):^[3]

See also[]

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

Notable people[]

• Radoslav Brđanin, politician
• Rajko Kuzmanović, politician
• Željko Blagojević, ultramarathon

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Čelinac.

• Official Municipality Web Page
• Čelinac on the Internet

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