Trnovo, Republika Srpska
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Trnovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Трново) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Trnovo
Трново | |
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_municipality.svg) Location of Trnovo, Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
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| Coordinates: 43°39′56″N 18°26′47″E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| City |  Istočno Sarajevo |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Dragomir Gagović (SNSD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 138 km2 (53 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 2,050 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 57 |
| Website | www |
As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 2,050 inhabitants. The town itself had a total population of 1,023, with 956 of them living in the Republika Srpska part[1] and 67 in the Federation part.[2]
It consists of roughly one third of the pre-war municipality of Trnovo. Roughly two thirds of the pre-war Trnovo municipality is now part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity.
Geography
Trnovo is situated south of Sarajevo on the M-18 road Sarajevo-Trnovo-Foča-Trebinje. It is surrounded by the Jahorina, Bjelašnica and Treskavica mountains which were the locations of Olympic competitions during the 1984 Winter Olympics. Those mountains are popular destinations for a variety of winter sports and activities.[3]
The Željeznica river is one of the town's chief geographic features. It flows through the town and municipality from south through the center of Trnovo, Kijevo and East Sarajevo to west part of Sarajevo City eventually meets with the Bosna river.[citation needed]
Settlements
Aside from the town of Trnovo, the municipality includes the following settlements:[4]
Demographics
The pre-war municipality, with 63 settlements, had a total population of 6,991 people, of whom Muslims consisted 68.81% and Serbs 29.45% of total population. Most of the Serb-inhabited settlements became part of the Trnovo municipality of Republika Srpska (RS). The 2013 census preliminary results counted 2,192 inhabitants of the municipality of Trnovo in RS, and 1,018 in the settlement of Trnovo in RS.
Population
| Population of settlements – Trnovo (RS) municipality | |||||
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| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 9,555 | 8,161 | 6,991 | 2,050 | |
| 1 | Jablanica | 435 | 257 | ||
| 2 | Kijevo | 452 | 269 | ||
| 3 | Tošići | 391 | 259 | ||
| 4 | Trnovo | 765 | 1,403 | 2,099 | 1,018 |
Ethnic composition
| Ethnic composition – Trnovo (RS) municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 2,050 (100,0%) | 6,991 (100,0%) | 8,161 (100,0%) | 9,555 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 1,178 (57,46%) | 2,059 (29,45%) | 2,242 (27,47%) | 3,093 (32,37%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 837 (40,83%) | 4,790 (68,52%) | 5,693 (69,76%) | 6,342 (66,37%) | |||
| Others | 20 (0,976%) | 54 (0,772%) | 22 (0,270%) | 40 (0,419%) | |||
| Croats | 15 (0,732%) | 16 (0,229%) | 19 (0,233%) | 50 (0,523%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 72 (1,030%) | 163 (1,997%) | 12 (0,126%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 19 (0,233%) | 17 (0,178%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 3 (0,037%) | 1 (0,010%) | |||||
Gallery
Ruined Trnovo after the Bosnian war, 9 October 1996
Bogatići Small Hydroelectric Power Station
Landscape from the area
Road towardsTrnovo
Serbian Orthodox church, built in the 19th century
Monument dedicated to the Serb victims of the Bosnian war
References
External links
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