Oštra Luka ( sr-cyrl, Оштра Лука) is a village and a municipality located in

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is locat ...

, an entity of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 2,786 inhabitants, with 782 in Oštra Luka itself. The municipality is situated in the northwestern part of the Republika Srpska and the central part of the

Bosanska Krajina Bosanska Krajina ( sr-cyrl, Босанска Крајина, ) is a geographical region, a subregion of Bosnia, in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is enclosed by a number of rivers, namely the Sava (north), Glina (northwest), Vrbanja and Vrba ...

region. It was previously known as ''Srpski Sanski Most'' (Српски Сански Мост, "Serbian Sanski Most") and was formed after the

Dayton Agreement The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( Croatian: ''Daytonski sporazum'', Serbian and Bosnian: ''Dejtonski mirovni sporazum'' / Дејтонски миро ...

from part of the pre-war municipality of

Sanski Most Sanski Most ( sr-cyrl, Сански Мост, ) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of the Sana River in northweste ...

(the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Geography

The municipality is located between the municipalities of Novi Grad and

Prijedor Prijedor ( sr-cyrl, Приједор, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 89,397 inhabitants within its administrative limits. Prijedor is situated in ...

in the north,

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

in the east, Ribnik in the south,

in the south and west, and

Bosanska Krupa Bosanska Krupa ( sr-cyrl, Босанска Крупа) is a municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 29,659 inhabitants. It is ...

in the west. The territory of the municipality follows the

Inter-Entity Boundary Line The Inter-Entity Boundary Line ( sh, Međuentitetska linija), commonly abbreviated IEBL, is the administrative line that subdivides Bosnia and Herzegovina into two entities, ''Republika Srpska'' and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. T ...

. Alongside Oštra Luka, other villages forming the municipality are Batkovci, Budimlić Japra, Donja Kozica, Donja Tramošnja,

Duge Njive Duge is a village in the municipality of Prozor-Rama, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the c ...

, Garevica, Gornja Kozica, Gornja Tramošnja, Hadrovci, Halilovci, Hazići, Koprivna,

Marini Marini (last name) is a surname of Roman/Italian Catholic origin; closely associated with the last names: Marino and Mariani with the three patronymic forms emerging from the same region at approximately the same time. Migrations branching from Ita ...

, Mrkalji, Ovanjska, Podvidača, Sasina, Slatina, Stara Rijeka, Škrljevita, Trnova, Usorci, Zenkovići. Contemporary administrative villages of Batkovci, Donja Kozica, Donja Tramošnja, Gornja Kozica, Gornja Tramošnja, Hadrovci, Koprivna, Mrkalji, Podvidača, Sasina, Slatina, Stara Rijeka, Škrljevita, Trnova, Zenkovići were created by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line between the Oštra Luka and

municipality of the

Una-Sana Canton The Una-Sana Canton (Serbian and / Унско-сански кантон; ) is one of the ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the northwest of the country and has been ...

. The boundary creates divided settlements which for administrative purposes function as independent villages while geographically and sociologically forming a single unit.

Demographics

Population

Ethnic composition

References

External links

Official website

Oštra Luka
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