Banja Luka

Banja Luka (in Cyrillic, Sr БањаЛука ) is the Capitale of the Serb République of Bosnia; it is about the second town of Bosnia-Herzégovine. In 2004, it counted: 224647 inhabitants. In Banja Luka several universities are.

Geography

Banja Luka is located at the North-West of Bosnia-Herzégovine, in Serb Republic of Bosnia.

Famous characters

Petar Kočić - writer
Emir Krajišnik - painter
Zlatan Muslimović - footballer
Ivan Ljubičić - tennis player
Andrei Golić - handballer

Twinnings

Demography

Distribution by nationalities (1991)

Municipality of Banja Luka:

Serb -: 106826 (54,58%)
Croatian -: 29026 (14,83%)
Moslem (nationality) -: 28558 (14,59%)
Yugoslav -: 23656 (12,08%)
Others -: 7626 (3,92%)

Total: : 195692

Town of Banja Luka

Serb -: 70155 (49,03%)
Moslem (nationality) -: 27689 (19,35%)
Croatian -: 15700 (10,97%)
Yugoslav -: 22645 (15,82%)
Others -: 6890 (4,81%)

Total: : 143079

Today, the population of the town of Banja Luka is estimated at a little less: 250000 inhabitants and with: 300000 for the whole of the municipality of Banja Luka. In this field, it is necessary to note an unquestionable lack of recent official statistics. Many nonSerb populations left the sector at the time of the Guerre of Bosnia; while approximately: 65000 refugees come from Croatia came to settle there following the ethnic purification of the area of the Kninska Krajina during the Opération Storm in 1995.

At the end of the day, an estimate of the ethnic distribution was carried out:

Serb (92%)
Bosnian (4%)
Croatian (2%)
Others (2%)

Localities of the municipality of Banja Luka

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Banjaluka Blog

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