Kotor Varoš
Kotor Varos ( Serbian Cyrillic Котор Варош ) is a small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina and capital of the homonymous municipality with 22,000 inhabitants. Since 1992 she is part of the Republika Srpska.
History
The modern city developed from the medieval town of Kotor, which was founded in the 16th century settlement Varos ( ungar for " city ").
Geography
Kotor Varos is situated in the valley of the Vrbanja about 35 km southeast of Banja Luka. The 560 km ² area extends at an altitude of 220 m ( north-west ) to 1,739 m ( southeast, Vlasic Mountains ). Around Kotor Varos are other, lower middle mountains: in the north of Uzlomac, in the East Borja, in the west the Čemernica.
Neighboring municipalities are Čelinac, Kneževo, Teslić and Travnik.
Population
At the 1991 census, the municipality of Kotor Varos had 36 853 inhabitants, including
- Serbs: 14,056 ( 38.14 %)
- Bosniaks: 11,090 ( 30.09 %)
- Croats: 10,695 ( 29.02 %)
- Yugoslavs: 745 (2.02 %)
- Other: 267 (0.73 %)
In the capital lived 10,885 people, including
- Croats: 5,205 ( 47.82 %)
- Serbs: 2,735 ( 25.13 %)
- Bosniaks: 2,256 ( 20.73 %)
- Yugoslavs: 555 ( 5.10% )
- Other: 134 (1.23 %)
No ethnic group found the absolute majority of the inhabitants.
The community includes a total of 42 locations: Bastina, Bilic, Boljanići, Borci Donji Borci Gornji, Ćorkovići, Duratovci, Garići, Grabovica Hadrovci, Hrvacani, Jakotina, Kotor Varos, Krusevo Brdo I, II Krusevo Brdo, Donje Liplje, Maljeva, Maslovare, Novo Selo, Obodnik, Orahova, Palivuk, Plitska, Podbrđe, Podosoje, Postoje, Prisočka, Radohova, Rastani, Ravne Selačka, Sokoline, Stopan, Sibovi, Šiprage, Tovladić, Vagani, Varjače, Večići, Visevice, Vranić, Vrbanjci, Zabrdje and Zaselje.
Traffic
In the Valley of Vrbanja runs the main road M4 ( Banja Luka -Doboj Teslić ).
Sports
The men's team handball club RK Kotor Varos plays 2008/2009 in the Premijer league. The teams of the football club FK Mladost and the basketball club KK Mladost each play in the ( third-rate ) 2 League of Republika Srpska.
Sons and daughters
- Senijad Ibričić ( born 1985 ), football player
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