Teočak is a town and municipality in the northeastern part 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...

. Center of the municipality is town of Teočak-Krstac.

Geography

The town of Teočak is located north of Kalesija

Kalesija

Kalesija is a town and municipality in north-eastern 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.-Kalesija:...

 and northeast of Tuzla

Tuzla

Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants...

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It is administratively part of the Tuzla Canton

Tuzla Canton

The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla.-Municipalities:...

 and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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History

During the 1990s, due to the Bosnian war

Bosnian War

The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...

, the area of Teočak received several hundred Bosniak

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...

 refugees from primarily the north and northeast areas of Teočak.

Before the war, Teočak was part of the Ugljevik

Ugljevik

Ugljevik is a municipality and town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality located in the eastern foothills of Mount Majevica, in picturesque countryside, where wondrous and beautiful mountain starts descending towards the flatlands of Semberija, to which it is tied more than any other...

 municipality, and became itself a municipality as part of the Dayton Agreement

Dayton Agreement

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Islam

Stari Teočak, Bilalići, Husejnovići, Jasikovac, Centar and Sniježnica. All these places in the Teočak municipality have 1 mosque with the exception of Stari Teočak which has two mosques. The total number of mosques in the Teočak municipality is 7 .

Demographics

The total population of the municipality of Teočak is estimated at approximately 9,000 inhabitants. Ethnically, 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...

 comprise 100% of the town and municipality population of Teočak (2005 estimation data). http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/B_2005.GIF/661px-B_2005.GIF

Demographics of town of Teočak - Krstac, 1991 census

total: 2,861

• Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
   - 2,831 (98.95%)
• 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...
  
   - 15 (0.52%)
• "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...
  
  " - 10 (0.34%)
• 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...
  
  - 2 (0.06%)
• others and unknown - 3 (0.10%)

External links

• http://www.teocak.ba
• http://www.teocak.co.de