Gradina ( sr, Градина) is a
village in the
municipality of
Derventa, south of the town of Derventa, and in the north of
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.]
The surrounding area is very verdant, and the village is mostly forested, and there is farming taking place in the south of the village.
The name Gradina may be derived from the Slavic word of 'Gradina', meaning a fortified town.
From 1929 to 1939, Gradina was part of the
Vrbas Banovina and from 1939 to 1941 of the
Banovina of Croatia
The Banovina of Croatia or Banate of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Banovina Hrvatska, Бановина Хрватска) was an autonomous province ( banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1939 and 1941. It was formed by a merg ...
within the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
References
Villages in Republika Srpska
Populated places in Derventa
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