Novi Grad
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Novi Grad is a town and municipality in northern Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 entity, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. The town is situated on the Una river on the border with Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 (opposite the town of Dvor
Dvor
Dvor is a town and a municipality in the Banovina region in central Croatia. Administratively it belongs to the Sisak-Moslavina County and is located across the Una River from Novi Grad in Bosnia and Herzegovina....

). Today, the municipality has a population of about 30,000 people with 8,500 households. In the town itself there is a hospital, post office, a great number of elementary and high schools, cultural center, etc.

Name

In 1878 Novi Grad was occupied by Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

 and the town name was changed to Bosanski Novi in 1895. In 1992 the town name was officially re-changed to "Novi Grad". The city is colloquially known simply as "Novi".

Geography

Municipality of Novi Grad is situated in the northwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's exact location is 45°53¨ longitude and 45°14 northern latitude. It takes up an area of 470 km² (181.5 sq mi). The municipality lies between the rivers of Sana and Una, between the mountains of Grmec and Kozara. The climate is temperamental-continental.

History

The town of Novi Grad was first mentioned in 1280 under the Roman name of Castrum Novum, which literally translated means "new town". In 1895, during the Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

 rule, the town was officially named Bosanski Novi. At the end of the last decade of the twentieth century, Novi Grad had 3,300 people with 550 typical Bosnian households
Bosnians
Bosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...

. There were wooden bridges across the Una and Sana
Sana river
Sana is a river in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a tributary of the Una, into which it flows near Novi Grad. It is longest of the nine rivers that flows through Sanski Most....

 rivers, which the citizens had to guard against the wild spring and fall floods. For that reason, a symbol of the town was built in 1906-Una quay. In 1872, Novi Grad was the first municipality to have a train station on the new Bosnian railway, which afforded it significant cultural and economic advantages over any other Bosanska Krajina
Bosanska Krajina
Bosanska Krajina or Bosnian Frontier is a geographical region, a subregion of Bosnia, in western Bosnia and Herzegovina enclosed by three rivers - Sava, Una and Vrbas. It is also a historic, economic and cultural entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

 municipalities. The first hospital was established around the same time.

After the Bosnian war, Kostajnica
Kostajnica
Kostajnica can refer to:* Kostajnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town on the right bank of river Una, in Bosnia* Hrvatska Kostajnica, a town on the left bank of river Una, in Croatia* Kostajnica , a village near Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 was split form the municipality.

Settlements

Ahmetovci
Ahmetovci
Ahmetovci is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Blagaj Japra
Blagaj Japra
Blagaj Japra is a city in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Blagaj Rijeka
Blagaj Rijeka
Blagaj Rijeka is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Blatna
Blatna
Blatna is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Kostajnica
Kostajnica
Kostajnica can refer to:* Kostajnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town on the right bank of river Una, in Bosnia* Hrvatska Kostajnica, a town on the left bank of river Una, in Croatia* Kostajnica , a village near Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina...


Novi Grad
Novi Grad
Novi Grad is a town and municipality in northern Republika Srpska entity, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is situated on the Una river on the border with Croatia . Today, the municipality has a population of about 30,000 people with 8,500 households...


• Cerovica
Crna Rijeka
Crna Rijeka
Crna Rijeka is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


• Čađavica Donja
• Čađavica Gornja
• Čađavica Srednja
Ćele
Ćele
Ćele is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


• Devetaci
Dobrljin
Dobrljin
Dobrljin is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Donje Vodičevo
Donje Vodičevo
Donje Vodičevo is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Donji Agići
Donji Agići
Donji Agići is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Donji Rakani
Donji Rakani
Donji Rakani is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Gornja Slabinja
Gornja Slabinja
Gornja Slabinja is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Gornje Vodičevo
Gornje Vodičevo
Gornje Vodičevo is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Gornji Agići
Gornji Agići
Gornji Agići is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Gornji Rakani
Gornji Rakani
Gornji Rakani is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Grabašnica
Grabašnica
Grabašnica is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Grdanovac
Grdanovac
Grdanovac is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Gumnjani
Gumnjani
Gumnjani is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


• Hozići
• Johovica
Jošava
Jošava
Jošava is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Kalenderi
Kalenderi
Kalenderi is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Kršlje
Kršlje
Kršlje is a village in Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, BiH. There are about 600 people who mostly depend of agriculture.-Geography:...


• Kuljani
Lješljani
Lješljani
Lješljani is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Mala Krupska Rujiška
Mala Krupska Rujiška
Mala Krupska Rujiška is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Mala Novska Rujiška
Mala Novska Rujiška
Mala Novska Rujiška is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Mala Žuljevica
Mala Žuljevica
Mala Žuljevica is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


• Maslovare
Matavazi
Matavazi
Matavazi is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Mazić
Mazić
Mazić is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Mrakodol
Mrakodol
Mrakodol is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Mraovo Polje
Mraovo Polje
Mraovo Polje is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Petkovac
Petkovac
Petkovac is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Petrinja
Petrinja
Petrinja is a city in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banovina. The city belongs to Sisak-Moslavina County .- History :The name of Petrinja has its roots in Latin petrus, meaning "stone"...


• Pobrđani
Podoška
Podoška
Podoška is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Poljavnice
Poljavnice
Poljavnice is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Prusci
Prusci
Prusci is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Radomirovac
Radomirovac
Radomirovac is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


• Rakovac
Rašće
Rašće
Rašće is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Ravnice
Ravnice
Ravnice is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Rudice
Rudice
Rudice is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Sokolište
Sokolište
Sokolište is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


• Suhača
Svodna
Svodna
Svodna is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Tavija
Tavija
Tavija is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Trgovište
Trgovište
Trgovište is a small town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 1,785, while population of the municipality is 5,145.-Municipality:...


Vedovica
Vedovica
Vedovica is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Velika Rujiška
Velika Rujiška
Velika Rujiška is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Velika Žuljevica
Velika Žuljevica
Velika Žuljevica is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...


Vitasavci
Vitasavci
Vitasavci is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....


Zovik
Zovik
Zovik is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

.

1991

In the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

 of 1991, the municipality of Novi Grad
had 41,541 residents, including:
  • 14,083 Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     (33.69%)
  • 25,106 Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     (60.24%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina are people of Serb ethnicity inhabiting the Balkan regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or, since the establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state in the 1990s, the Serbs who have its citizenship. The Serbs are one of the three constitutive nations of this...

    )
  • 1,531 Yugoslavs
    Yugoslavs
    Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

     (3.73%)
  • 402 Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     (0.96%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina form one of the three constitutive nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.There is no precise data regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina's population since the last war. Ethnic cleansing within Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s saw the vast majority of Croats move and take...

    )
  • 419 others (1.35%)

Economy

The largest industries in the town are wood processing, textile manufacturing, mining and electrical industry.

Sport

There are several active sports organizations in the town, such as soccer, handball and basketball clubs.

The local football club
Football team
A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...

 is FK Sloboda Novi Grad
FK Sloboda Novi Grad
FK Sloboda is a football club from the town of Novi Grad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the First League of the Republika Srpska.-External sources:* at Transfermarkt.* at BiHsoccer....

.

See also

  • Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    In Bosnia and Herzegovina the smallest unit is the municipality or Opština. Prior to the war there were 109 municipalities in Bosnia. 10 of these were part of the Sarajevo area. After the war the number of municipalities increased to 142: 79 municipalities in the Federation of Bosnia and...

  • Bosanska Krajina
    Bosanska Krajina
    Bosanska Krajina or Bosnian Frontier is a geographical region, a subregion of Bosnia, in western Bosnia and Herzegovina enclosed by three rivers - Sava, Una and Vrbas. It is also a historic, economic and cultural entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina....


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