Trnovo ( sr-cyr, Трново) is a municipality of the city of

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located in

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, an entity of

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. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 2,050 inhabitants. The town itself had a total population of 1,023, with 956 of them living in the Republika Srpska part and 67 in the Federation part. It consists of roughly one third of the pre-war municipality of Trnovo. Roughly two thirds of the pre-war Trnovo municipality is now part of the

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entity.

Geography

Trnovo is situated south of

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

on the M-18 road

-Trnovo-

Foča Foča ( sr-Cyrl, Фоча, ) is a town and a municipality located in Republika Srpska in south-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the banks of Drina river. As of 2013, the town has a population of 12,234 inhabitants, while the municipality has 1 ...

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. It is surrounded by the

Jahorina Jahorina ( sr-Cyrl, Јахорина, ) is a mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the tripoint of the municipalities of Pale, Trnovo, Republika Srpska and Trnovo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Part of the Dinaric Alps, it borde ...

, Bjelašnica and

Treskavica Treskavica ( sr-cyrl, Трескавица) is a mountain range in Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated in Trnovo municipality just south of city of Sarajevo. Mala Ćaba (Đokin Toranj) peak at 2088 m (6850 ft.), which makes Treskavica the tallest ...

mountains which were the locations of Olympic competitions during the

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. Those mountains are popular destinations for a variety of winter sports and activities. The Željeznica river is one of the town's chief geographic features. It flows through the town and municipality from south through the center of Trnovo, Kijevo and

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to west part of Sarajevo City eventually meets with the Bosna river.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Trnovo, the municipality includes the following settlements: *

Bašci Bašci ( sr-cyrl, Башци) is a village in the municipalities of Trnovo, Republika Srpska and Trnovo FBIH, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina a ...

Bistročaj Bistročaj ( sr-cyrl, Бистрочај) is a village in the municipalities of Trnovo, Republika Srpska and Trnovo FBIH, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–H ...

Bogatići Bogatići ( sr-cyr, Богатићи) is a village in the municipality of Trnovo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often ...

* Boljanovići *

Divčići Divčići ( sr-cyrl, Дивичићи) is a village in the municipalities of Trnovo, Republika Srpska and Trnovo FBIH, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herz ...

Donja Presjenica Donja Presjenica is a village in the municipality of Trnovo, 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 ...

* Govedovići * Grab * Gračanica * Ilovice * Jablanica * Kijevo * Klanac * Kozija Luka * Milje * Podivič * Rajski Do * Slavljevići * Tošići * Turovi * Ulobići * Vrbovnik * Zabojska

Demographics

The pre-war municipality, with 63 settlements, had a total population of 6,991 people, of whom Muslims consisted 68.81% and Serbs 29.45% of total population. Most of the Serb-inhabited settlements became part of the Trnovo municipality of Republika Srpska (). The 2013 census preliminary results counted 2,192 inhabitants of the municipality of Trnovo in RS, and 1,018 in the settlement of Trnovo in RS.

Population

Ethnic composition

Gallery

File:Trnovo in former Yugoslavia 1996.JPEG, Ruined Trnovo after the Bosnian war, 9 October 1996 File:Trnovo BH Ilovice Željeznica river dam IMG 1005.jpg, Bogatići Small Hydroelectric Power Station File:Trnovo RS from south viewpt IMG 0898.jpg, Landscape from the area File:Trnovo RS north Bogatići IMG 1010.jpg, Road towardsTrnovo File:Трново црква 1.jpg, Serbian Orthodox church, built in the 19th century File:Trnovo RS south IMG 0891.jpg, Monument dedicated to the Serb victims of the Bosnian war

References

External links

Trnovo Municipality, Official Website
{{Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina Populated places in Trnovo, Republika Srpska Istočno Sarajevo Cities and towns in Republika Srpska Trnovo, Republika Srpska Populated places in Trnovo, Sarajevo