Jezera (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: ''Језера'') is a village in central

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 ...

. Before the collapse and dissolution of Yugoslavia and the

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war ...

, 1992-1995, Jezera was administratively under the jurisdiction of

Teslić Teslić ( sr-cyrl, Теслић) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the central part of the Republika Srpska, on the banks of Usora River. As of 2013, the town has a popul ...

, a

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in central-northern Bosnia; after the war the village was administratively partly attached to the

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, to the south of Teslić.

Demographics

The

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and

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structure of Jezera was disturbed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Heavily populated by the

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inhabitants before the war, Jezera's demographic structure drastically changed during and following the war. To give an example, virtually the entire subvillage (

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...

: ''zaseok'', pl. ''zaseoci'') Kusići, left their homes and the area. Among the reasons for this

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was the newly established

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order in Bosnia an Herzegovina, and the administrative attachment of the village to

. The border between the two Bosnian "entities," i.e. the

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and

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

, runs through the village Jezera. Before the war and the exodus of its population, the village of Jezera was composed of several subvillages: * Đukići * Đurići * Jelići * Kusići * Mijići * Nedići * Panići As is often the case with many other Bosnian

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s, the names of villages and subvillages are the same as the last names carried by its inhabitants; e.g., the villagers of the subvillage ''Đukići'' (pl. of ''Đukić'') would carry the same last name, Đukić.

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

total: 1,069 *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

- 1,063 (99.43%) *

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...

- 1 (0.09%) * others and unknown - 5 (0.46%)

References

* 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.

Demographics

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

References

See also