Under the "Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government" adopted in 1994, Republika Srpska was divided into 80 municipalities. After the conclusion of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the law was amended in 1996 to reflect the changes to the country's borders and now provides for the division of Republika Srpska into 63 municipalities. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Official language Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian Official script Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet Capital de jure Sarajevo de facto Banja Luka Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  24,811 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ Density  1,411,000  60/km² Ethnic groups (2005 est. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

List of municipalities

The following are the 63 municipalities of Republika Srpska:

• Banja Luka
• Bijeljina
• Bileća
• Bratunac
• Brčko
• Čajniče
• Čelinac
• Derventa
• Doboj
• Gacko
• Gradiška
• Han Pijesak
• Jajce
• Kalesija
• Kalinovik
• Kneževo
• Kozarska Dubica
• Kotor Varoš
• Krupa na Uni
• Kupres
• Laktaši
• Lopare
• Ljubinje
• Milići
• Modriča
• Mrkonjić Grad
• Nevesinje
• Novi Grad
• Pale
• Pelagićevo
• Petrovac
• Petrovo
• Prijedor
• Prnjavor
• Rogatica
• Rudo
• Skelani
• Sokolac
• Srbac
• Srbinje (name changed from "Foča" in 1993)
• Srpska Ilidža (name changed from "Ilidža" in 1996)
• Srpska Kostajnica
• Srpski Brod (name changed from "Brod" in 1995)
• Srpski Drvar
• Srpski Ključ (name changed from "Ključ" in 1996)
• Srpski Mostar (name changed from "Mostar" in 1996)
• Srpski Sanski Most (name changed from "Sanski Most" in 1996)
• Srpski Stari Grad (name changed from "Stari Grad" in 1996)
• Srpsko Goražde (name changed from "Goražde" in 1996)
• Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (name changed from "Novo Sarajevo" in 1996)
• Srpsko Orašje (name changed from "Orašje" in 1996)
• Stolac
• Šamac
• Šekovici
• Šipovo
• Teslić
• Trebinje
• Trnovo
• Ugljevik
• Višegrad
• Vlasenica
• Vukosavlje (name changed from "Odžak" in 1995)
• Zvornik

Banja Luka (Cyrillic: Бања Лука) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the capital and the largest city of the entity Republika Srpska as well as a major center of the region known as Bosanska Krajina. ... Map showing the location of the Brčko District within Bosnia and Herzegovina (in red, upper right corner) Brcko District map Brčko (Serbian: Брчко) is a city in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Bosanska Dubica (Serbian: Босанскa Дубицa/Bosanska Dubica, Bosnian: Bosanska Dubica/Босанскa Дубицa, Croatian: Bosanska Dubica), is a town in Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Pale or the English Pale comprised a region in a radius of 20 miles around Dublin which the English in Ireland gradually fortified against incursion from Gaels. ... Prijedor (Cyrilic: Приједор) is a city and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the Sana river, between Novi Grad and Banja Luka. ... Trebinje (Serbian: Требиње) is the southern-most city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in southeastern Herzegovina at 42°42′32″ N 18°19′18″ E. It is located in the Republika Srpska entity. ...

Renamed municipalities

On February 27, 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an opinion declaring the names of certain municipalities in Republika Srpska to be in violation of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the reason that the names "are not consistent with the constitutional principle of the equality of the constituent peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina^[1]." Afterwards, the parliament of Republika Srpska accepted new names for the municipalities^[2]. On September 22, 2004, the Court decided that the former names "be temporary replaced" with new names^[3]. The following are the former and new names of the affected municipalities:

Former Municipalities

The Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government was amended in 1996 to provide that certain municipalities whose territory was now completely or partially located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would "temporarily stop functioning." In addition, the parts of these former municipalities that were located in Republika Srpska (if any) were incorporated into other municipalities.

The following are the former municipalities of Republika Srpska:

• Bihać
• Centar Sarajevo
• Glamoč (part included in Šipovo)
• Gradačac (parts included in Modriča and Pelagićevo)
• Grahovo (formerly Bosansko Grahovo)
• Hadžići
• Ilijaš (part included in Sokolac)
• Konjic (parts included in Nevesinje)
• Lukavac (parts included in Petrovo)
• Maglaj (parts included in Doboj)
• Olovo (parts included in Sokolac)
• Rajlovac
• Srbobran (parts included in Šipovo) (formerly Donji Vakuf)
• Srebrenik
• Tuzla (parts included in Lopare)
• Vogošća
• Zavidovići

In addition, parts of the territory of the Kladanj municipality (not formerly a municipality of Republika Srpska) were included in Šekovici municipality.

Sarajevo

In 1993, Law on the Serb City of Sarajevo during the State of War or Immediate Danger of War was adopted providing that the Serb City of Sarajevo consisted of the following municipalities: Centar, Hadžići, Ilidža, Ilijaš, Novo Sarajevo, Stari Grad, Rajlovac, Vogošća, and Trnovo. Centar, Hadžići, Ilijaš, Rajlovac, and Vogošća were incorporated into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city now consists of the following six municipalities: Srpska Ilidža (name replaced by "Kasindo" in 2004), Srpsko Novo Sarajevo (name replaced by "Lukavica" in 2004), Pale, Sokolac, Srpski Stari Grad (name replaced by "Istočni Stari Grad" in 2004), and Trnovo.

In 1996, the name "Serb City of Sarajevo" was changed to "City of Srpsko Sarajevo". In 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided that the temporary name of the city would be decided that the former name of the city "be temporary replaced" with the name "City of Istočni (East) Sarajevo".

Brčko

A significant portion of the Brčko District (48% of its area) was created from Republika Srpska's territory. Republika Srpska controlled this territory until March 8, 2000 (see the History and Mandate of the OHR North/Brcko). When the Brčko District was created, Republika Srpska's territory within the District (as well as that of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) became a shared territory of both entities. District Brčko's territory was defined as being shared by both entities as a condominium, but it was not placed under control of either of the two, and is hence under direct jurisdiction of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Republika Srpska's authorities never officially accepted the Brčko Arbitration result, but nevertheless had to comply. Map showing the location of the Brčko District within Bosnia and Herzegovina (in red, upper right corner) Brčko District map Brčko District (Serbian: Брчко Дистрикт/Brčko Distrikt, Bosnian: Brčko Distrikt/Брчко Дистрикт, Croatian: Brčko Distrikt) in northeastern Bosnia is a self-governing administrative unit under the sovereignty of... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

References

1. ^ 044-01 Decision English.ZIP U 044-01
2. ^ Paljanske novine, #17: На гласачким листићима стари називи за 13 општина у РС
3. ^ U 44-01