Pelagićevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Пелагићево) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Posavina geographical region. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,796 inhabitants, while the municipality has 5,220 inhabitants.
Pelagićevo
Пелагићево | |
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Town and municipality | |
Coordinates: 44°54′N 18°37′E / 44.90°N 18.61°E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Republika Srpska |
Government | |
• Municipal mayor | Slavko Tešić (SNSD) |
• Municipality | 122.49 km2 (47.29 sq mi) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Town | 2,796 |
• Municipality | 5,220 |
• Municipality density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | 54 |
It was originally named Gornji Žabar, and was later renamed after Vaso Pelagić, a representative of utopian socialism in Serbia during the second half of the nineteenth century, born in the town in 1833.
History edit
The municipality was created after the Dayton Agreement from part of the pre-war municipality of Gradačac (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).[1]
Demographics edit
Population edit
Population of settlements – Pelagićevo municipality | |||||
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Settlements | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
Total | 13,256 | 5,220 | |||
1 | Blaževac | 318 | |||
2 | Donja Tramošnica | 381 | |||
3 | Gornja Tramošnica | 347 | |||
4 | Pelagićevo | 3,398 | 3,214 | 3,069 | 2,529 |
5 | Porebrice | 344 | |||
6 | Turić | 293 |
Ethnic composition edit
Ethnic composition – Pelagićevo town | |||||||
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2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
Total | 2,529 (100,0%) | 3,069 (100,0%) | 3,214 (100,0%) | 3,398 (100,0%) | |||
Serbs | 2,502 (98,93%) | 2,968 (96,71%) | 3,103 (96,55%) | 3,340 (98,29%) | |||
Croats | 12 (0,474%) | 16 (0,521%) | 22 (0,685%) | 36 (1,059%) | |||
Others | 10 (0,395%) | 34 (1,108%) | 31 (0,965%) | 13 (0,383%) | |||
Bosniaks | 5 (0,198%) | 4 (0,130%) | 5 (0,156%) | 6 (0,177%) | |||
Yugoslavs | 47 (1,531%) | 47 (1,462%) | |||||
Macedonians | 4 (0,124%) | 2 (0,059%) | |||||
Albanians | 2 (0,062%) | ||||||
Montenegrins | 1 (0,029%) |
Ethnic composition – Pelagićevo municipality | |||||||
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2013. | 1991. | ||||||
Total | 5,220 (100,0%) | 13,256 (100,0%) | |||||
Serbs | 3,330 (63,79%) | 4,634 (34,96%) | |||||
Croats | 1,850 (35,44%) | 7,165 (54,05%) | |||||
Others | 27 (0,517%) | 721 (5,439%) | |||||
Bosniaks | 13 (0,249%) | 736 (5,552%) |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "КРАТАК ИСТОРИЈАТ ПЕЛАГИЋЕВА И ПОСАВИНЕ". СРБИ У БИХ (in Serbian). 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
External links edit
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