Kotor-Varoš was a ''
srez
In the Principality of Serbia, Kingdom of Serbia and Yugoslavia, the ''srez'' ( sr-cyr, срез; / срезови) was a second-level administrative unit, a district that included several town- or village municipalities. It was abolished in 1963 ...
'' (a second-level administrative unit) centered at
Kotor Varoš
Kotor Varoš ( sr-cyrl, Котор Варош) is a town and municipality located in north-western Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, it has a population of 19,710 inhabitants, while the town of Kotor Varo ...
, that existed during the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia and
Socialist Yugoslavia. It had earlier been a ''kreis'' of
Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina fell under Austro-Hungarian rule in 1878, when the Congress of Berlin approved the occupation of the Bosnia Vilayet, which officially remained part of the Ottoman Empire. Three decades later, in 1908, Austria-Hungary p ...
. It was a subdivision of the
Vrbas Oblast
Vrbas Oblast ( sh, Врбас област, translit=Vrbas Oblast) was one of the oblasts of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929. Its capital was Banja Luka. It was named after the Vrbas River.
History
The Kingdom of Ser ...
in 1922–29,
Vrbas Banovina in 1929–41, and thereafter the
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was abolished in 1955.
In 1948 and 1953, it included the six municipalities of Kotor Varoš,
Previle,
Skender Vakuf,
Šiprage
Šiprage ( sr-Cyrl, Шипраге) is a settlement municipality in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, Kotor Varoš Municipality.
The administrative status of this populated place was changed – from the local community has gro ...
,
Vrbanjci and
Zabrđe.
Demographics
;1953
References
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Districts of Yugoslavia
Kotor Varoš