Kozarac

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For the settlement in Croatian Baranja, see: Kozarac, Čeminac

Kozarac Козарац
Town
Mutnik mosque in Kozarac
Location of Prijedor within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Region	Bosanska Krajina
Municipality	Prijedor
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Kozarac (Serbian Cyrillic: Козарац, pronounced [kɔ̂zarats]) is a town in north-western Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Prijedor Municipality near the city of Prijedor. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of Banja Luka. Kozarac is also famous because of the Kozara National Park.

Kozarac has two public swimming pools, 14 mosques, two churchеs and a shopping mall. Every summer in Kozarac, famous musicians from across the whole of former Yugoslavia perform in the village.

History[]

During the time of Yugoslavia, Kozarac had 8,028 citizens;^[1] 1,233 of these people (mostly Bosniak and Croat) were killed during the war.

Coordinates: 44°58′N 16°50′E / 44.967°N 16.833°E / 44.967; 16.833

Notable people[]

• Duško Tadić, war criminal
• Eldin Jakupović, footballer
• Nedžad Mulabegović, athlete
• Vehid Gunić, journalist
• Fikret Hodžić, professional body builder
• Sakib Mahmuljin, war-time general

References in popular culture[]

In the BBC drama series New Tricks episode 84 "Things Can Only Get Better", Hana Keranović, a suspect in the case, comes from Kozarac.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kozarac.

• Official Kozarac Community Council Website (Bosnian)
• Official web site of Kozarac (Bosnian)

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