Šiprage (Шипраге) is a settlement in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, Kotor Varoš Municipality. The first Kotor-Varosian settlement, the medieval town Kotor, existed certainly before the 9th century, because, according to credible sources, it was previously "destroyed several times." It was named as Vasekatro „near Banja Luka“.[1]
Šiprage | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Kotor Varoš |
| Highest elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 507 m (1,663 ft) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 952 |
Šiprage is on the Vrbanja river. In 1991, 956 people lived in Šiprage. The highest elevation is 520 m.
During the Bosnian War (1992–95), Bosnian Serb Police and Army forces destroyed villages upstream along the Vrbanja to Kruševo Brdo.[2] One of the 18 camps for detained Bosniaks from the Kotor Varoš Municipality was at the Police station (MUP) in Šiprage.[3]
After 1996, most of the Bosniak villages were partly restored thanks to the Luxembourgish government.[4][5][6] During the war, an Orthodox church was built in the centre of the village.
| Month | Average temperature (°C) |
Minimal temperature (°C) |
Maximal temperature (°C) |
Precipitation / Rainfall (mm) |
| January | –1.7 | –4.8 | 1.4 | 59 |
| February | 0.3 | –3.6 | 4.2 | 63 |
| March | 4.6 | –0.1 | 9.3 | 59 |
| April | 9.1 | 3.9 | 14.3 | 74 |
| May | 13.6 | 8.1 | 19.2 | 90 |
| June | 17.2 | 11.5 | 22.9 | 99 |
| July | 18.9 | 12.6 | 25.3 | 81 |
| August | 18.4 | 11.9 | 24.9 | 76 |
| September | 14.7 | 8.6 | 20.9 | 71 |
| October | 9.5 | 4.7 | 14.4 | 79 |
| November | 4.4 | 1 | 7.8 | 100 |
| December | 0.1 | –2.7 | 3 | 88 |
Overview by census
| Year | 1879. | 1885. | 1895. | 1910 | 1921. | 1931. | 1948. | 1953. | 1961. | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. |
| Population | 64 (1312♦) | 277 (1575♦) | 88 (1426♦) | 159 (760♦) | 999 | 5.098* | 1.774 | 7.764* | 828 | 822 | 1.183 | 952 | 788 |
- 1931. and 1953.: Šiprage Municipality.[8]
♦ Šiprage area
| Šiprage[9][10]Total population 2013: 788 | ||||||
| Census Year | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | |||
| Bosniaks | 745 (78.25%) | 711 (60.10%) | 422 (51.33%) | |||
| Serbs | 168 (17.64%) | 320 (27.04%) | 370 (45.01%) | |||
| Croats | 1 (0.10%) | 6 (0.50%) | 0 | |||
| Yugoslavians | 32 (3.36%) | 136 (11.49%) | 21 (2.55%) | |||
| Other and Unknown | 6 (0.63%) | 10 (0.84%) | 9 (1.09%) | |||
| Total | 952 | 1,183 | 822 | |||
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