Petrovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Petrovac Петровац
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Location of Petrovac within Republika Srpska
Coordinates: 44°30′N 16°28′E / 44.500°N 16.467°E / 44.500; 16.467
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Region	Krajina
Government
• Mayor	Dejan Prošić (DNS)
Area
• Total	154,9 km2 (598 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	367
• Density	2,4/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	51
Website	www.drinic.rs.ba

Petrovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Петровац) is a municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of the Republika Srpska entity and the central part of the Krajina region. Petrovac was created from a small part of the pre-war municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, whose remaining portion kept the original name and is a part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1] The municipality seat is in Drinić.

Geography

Petrovac is a rural municipality, consisting of villages Bunara, Drinić and Podsrnetica.^[2] It is located between municipalities of Bosanski Petrovac (BIH Federation) in the north and west, Ribnik and Istočni Drvar in the east, and Drvar in the south. The total area of the municipality is 137 km², about a sixth of 853 km² of the pre-war municipality. It is bordered by rivers of Una, Sana and Unca (river).^[3]

Demographics

The majority of inhabitants of the municipality are ethnic Serbs. An internal census in 2004 registered 376 permanent residents, and 1250 persons with temporary residence status.

See also

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

References

Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska
Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina      Una-Sana  Central Bosnia  Posavina  Herzegovina-Neretva  Tuzla  West Herzegovina  Zenica-Doboj  Sarajevo  Bosnian Podrinje  Canton 10
Districts of Bosnia and Herzegovina Brčko distrikt
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