Čelinac

Infobox Settlement

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subdivision_name =Bosnia and Herzegovina

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native_name = Челинац
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website = [http://www.opstina-celinac.com/ Officia Web Site]
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|leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = Uroš Janković (SDS) [http://www.izbori.ba/documents/Rezultati%20izbora%202004/Utvrdjeni/2004NacelniciRS.pdf]
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Čelinac (Cyrillic: Челинац) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies c. convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on to the east of Banja Luka. The Stuplje monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church is located in the municipality.

Geography

It is located between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor in the north, Teslić in the east, Kotor Varoš and Kneževo in the south, and Banja Luka in the west.

Demographics

1971

17.430 total
* Serbs - 15.880 (91,10%)
* Muslims - 1.209 (6,93%)
* Croats - 90 (0,51%)
* Yugoslavs - 14 (0,08%)
* others - 237 (1,38%)

1991

In 1991, the population of Čelinac municipality was 18,666, including:
*16,591 Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*1,440 Muslims by nationality
*360 Yugoslavs
*79 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*196 others

2006

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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Inhabited places

In the municipality of Čelinac you can also find the villages Strbe (main village in the municipality of Čelinac), Josavka, Snjegotina, and Grabovac. Serbs are the overwhelming majority in these villages (99.9%) and most of the natives of these villages have emigrated to Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia, because of a high degree of poverty in this municipality.

ee also

*Municipalities of Republika Srpska

External links

* [http://www.caffe-celinac.eu Caffe-Čelinac Portal of city Celinac ]
* [http://www.opstina-celinac.com Official Municipality Web Page]
* [http://www.celinac.org Čelinac on the Internet]