Kneževo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Kneževo, previously called Skender Vakuf, is a small town in Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Kneževo
Skender-Vakuf | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates: 44°28′16″N 17°22′44″E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Skender Vakuf/Kneževo (seat) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,329 km2 (1,285 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Total | 10,428 |
| • Density | 313/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 51 |
| Website | Official Kneževo Municipality Website |
Kneževo is situated between the rivers Ugar, Vrbas and Vrbanja and surrounded by the mountain masiff of Čemernica, Ranča in the west, Vlašić in the south and Ježica in the north-east. The municipality has an official altitude of 864 metres (2,835 feet), but really ranges from 600 to 1,493 metres (1,969 to 4,898 feet). Kneževo is 50 kilometres (31 miles) southeast of Banja Luka by the M56 motorway.
The mountainous region in the south is forested and impracticable; its limestone mountains reach a height of 1,493 metres (4,898 feet).[1][2][3][4]
In Imljani and Javorani, Roman basilica have been found, as well as the Roman road from Servitium (Banja Luka) to Levsaba (Travnik) in the vicinity were also found. Tombstones of the Stećak type date back to the 14th and 15th centuries, when the area was part of the Kingdom of Bosnia. In 1463 the town became part of the Ottoman Empire and Islam was to become the dominant religion of the region. The Old Mosque was significant and one of the first in the region. It was destroyed, along with the New Mosque, in 1992 during the Bosnian War.
In the Korićani Cliffs massacre of 21 August 1992, some 200 Bosniaks and Croats detainees were massacred by the Bosnian Serbs Police and Army forces (in deep cliff in the canyon of Ilomska) river. After the Bosnian War, part of the municipality was split off to form the Dobretići municipality of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity.
According to the results of the 2013 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina, there were 3.958 inhabitants in Skender Vakuf town, and 10.428 inhabitants in the Skender Vakuf Municipality.[5]
Population
| Skender Vakuf Municipality[6](URL) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine | ||||||
| Census Year | 1991 | 1981 | 1971 | |||
| Serbs | 13,263 (68.30%) | 15.953 (69.51%) | 15.926 (74.35%) | |||
| Croats | 4770 (24.56%) | 5395 (23.50%) | 4431 (20.68%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 1071 (5.51%) | 1141 (4,97%) | 947 (4.42%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 169 (0.87%) | 318 (1.38%) | 9 (0.04%) | |||
| Others and unknown | 145 (0.74%) | 141 (0.61%) | 106 (0.49%) | |||
| Total | 19,418 | 22,948 | 21,419 | |||
- Skender Vakuf (town)
| Skender Vakuf | ||||||
| Census Year | 1991 | 1981 | 1971 | |||
| Serbs | 2484 (66.08%) | 1491 (51.23%) | 723 (42.83%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 1063 (28.27%) | 1118 (38.41%) | 923 (54.68%) | |||
| Croats | 42 (1.11%) | 45 (1.54%) | 17 (1.00%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 111 (2.95%) | 205 (7.04%) | 5 (0.29%) | |||
| Others and unknown | 59 (1.56%) | 51 (1.75%) | 20 (1.18%) | |||
| Total | 3,759' | 2,910' | 1,688' | |||
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