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Pelagićevo

Coordinates: 44°54′N 18°37′E / 44.90°N 18.61°E / 44.90; 18.61
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Pelagićevo
Пелагићево
Coat of arms of Pelagićevo
Location of Pelagićevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Pelagićevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Pelagićevo
Coordinates: 44°54′N 18°37′E / 44.90°N 18.61°E / 44.90; 18.61
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Government
 • Municipal mayorSlavko Tešić (SNSD)
 • Municipality122.49 km2 (47.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Town
2,796
 • Municipality
5,220
 • Municipality density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code54

Pelagićevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Пелагићево) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Posavina geographical region. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,796 inhabitants, while the municipality has 5,220 inhabitants.

It was originally named Gornji Žabar, and was later renamed after Vaso Pelagić, a representative of utopian socialism in Serbia during the second half of the nineteenth century, born in the town in 1833.[1]

History

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The municipality was created after the Dayton Agreement from part of the pre-war municipality of Gradačac (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).[2]

Demographics

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The town is named after Vaso Pelagić

Population

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Population of settlements – Pelagićevo municipality
Settlements 1971. 1981. 1991. 2013.
Total 13,256 5,220
1 Blaževac 318
2 Donja Tramošnica 381
3 Gornja Tramošnica 347
4 Pelagićevo 3,398 3,214 3,069 2,529
5 Porebrice 344
6 Turić 293

Ethnic composition

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Ethnic composition – Pelagićevo town
2013. 1991. 1981. 1971.
Total 2,529 (100,0%) 3,069 (100,0%) 3,214 (100,0%) 3,398 (100,0%)
Serbs 2,502 (98,93%) 2,968 (96,71%) 3,103 (96,55%) 3,340 (98,29%)
Croats 12 (0,474%) 16 (0,521%) 22 (0,685%) 36 (1,059%)
Others 10 (0,395%) 34 (1,108%) 31 (0,965%) 13 (0,383%)
Bosniaks 5 (0,198%) 4 (0,130%) 5 (0,156%) 6 (0,177%)
Yugoslavs 47 (1,531%) 47 (1,462%)
Macedonians 4 (0,124%) 2 (0,059%)
Albanians 2 (0,062%)
Montenegrins 1 (0,029%)
Ethnic composition – Pelagićevo municipality
2013. 1991.
Total 5,220 (100,0%) 13,256 (100,0%)
Serbs 3,330 (63,79%) 4,634 (34,96%)
Croats 1,850 (35,44%) 7,165 (54,05%)
Others 27 (0,517%) 721 (5,439%)
Bosniaks 13 (0,249%) 736 (5,552%)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Roumen Daskalov, Diana Mishkova (2013). Entangled Histories of the Balkans – Volume Two. Brill. p. 233. ISBN 9789004261914.
  2. ^ "КРАТАК ИСТОРИЈАТ ПЕЛАГИЋЕВА И ПОСАВИНЕ". СРБИ У БИХ (in Serbian). 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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