NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kalesija

Kalesija is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town of Kalesija is located east of Tuzla. It is administratively part of the Tuzla Canton and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tuzla city shield Tuzla is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Federation of BiH shaded red Official languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Capital Sarajevo Area â€“ Total â€“ % water 26,110 kmÂ² n/a Population â€“ Total (2002) â€“ Density 2,318,972 88/kmÂ² Ethnic groups (2002) Bosniaks: 72,9% Croats: 21,8% Serbs: 4,4% and others: 1,0% President Niko LozanÄiÄ‡ Time...

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Kalesija had 41,795 inhabitants: 33,226 Bosniaks (79.5%), 7,669 Serbs (18.4%), 33 Croats (0.1%), 270 Yugoslavs (0.6%), and 597 others (1.4%). 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Bosniaks (Bosnian: BoÅ¡njaci) are a Southeast European ethnic group, descended from Slavic converts to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century), living primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Ð¡Ñ€Ð±Ð¸, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ... The Yugoslavs were a relatively short-lived nationality that was created at the time of Yugoslavia. ...

Today, the population of Kalesija is uncertain since no census has been conducted after 1991. However, it is certain that during the 1990s, the municipality of Kalesija received roughly 4000 Bosniak refugees from primarily the nearby municipalities of Zvornik and Bijeljina. At the same time, parts of the Serb population left, after Kalesija became an administratively part of the Tuzla Canton and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ... Zvornik is a city on the Drina river in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Bijeljina (Бијељина) is a city in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska entity. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Federation of BiH shaded red Official languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Capital Sarajevo Area â€“ Total â€“ % water 26,110 kmÂ² n/a Population â€“ Total (2002) â€“ Density 2,318,972 88/kmÂ² Ethnic groups (2002) Bosniaks: 72,9% Croats: 21,8% Serbs: 4,4% and others: 1,0% President Niko LozanÄiÄ‡ Time...

So, today it is safe to say that the municipality of Kalesija has a clear Bosniak majority with a population of approx. 40,000 (est.) residents. Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ...

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