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Petrovo

Петрово
Petrovo Петрово
Town and municipality
	Town hall in Petrovo
	Location of Petrovo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Government
• Municipal mayor	Ozren Petković (SNSD)
• Municipality	143.9 km2 (55.6 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Town	2,322
• Municipality	6,474
• Municipality density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	53
Website	www.petrovo.ba

Petrovo municipality by population proportional to the settlement with the highest and lowest population

Petrovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Петрово) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,322 inhabitants, while the municipality has 16,474 inhabitants.

The municipality was formed from parts of the pre-war municipalities of Gračanica and Lukavac (the other parts of the pre-war municipalities are now in the other Bosnian entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Geography

The municipality is close to Doboj, halfway between Doboj and Tuzla. It is located on the mountain of Ozren.

History

The municipality was formed by Bosnian Serb authorities during the war. Bosnian government never recognised this decision and officially municipality was created after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. Bosnian Serb authorities also changed the name of the municipality to Petrovo from Bosansko Petrovo Selo. The municipality existed before, however, was dismantled in the 1960s. It belonged to Gračanica and Lukavac as well.

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Petrovo municipality
	Settlement	1971.	1981.	1991.	2013.
	Total			9,150	6,474
1	Kakmuž			2,398	1,691
2	Karanovac			1,178	1,088
3	Petrovo	2,333	2,606	2,919	2,322
4	Porječina			819	491
5	Sočkovac			1,121	768

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Petrovo town
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	2,322 (100,0%)	2,919 (100,0%)	2,856 (100,0%)	2,514 (100,0%)
Serbs		2,695 (92,33%)	2,606 (91,25%)	2,333 (92,80%)
Others		82 (2,809%)	28 (0,980%)	12 (0,477%)
Yugoslavs		70 (2,398%)	138 (4,832%)	27 (1,074%)
Bosniaks		54 (1,850%)	59 (2,066%)	91 (3,620%)
Croats		18 (0,617%)	12 (0,420%)	33 (1,313%)
Montenegrins			6 (0,210%)	7 (0,278%)
Macedonians			4 (0,140%)	1 (0,040%)
Slovenes			1 (0,035%)	4 (0,159%)
Albanians			1 (0,035%)	1 (0,040%)
Hungarians			1 (0,035%)	5 (0,199%)