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

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. 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 several 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 ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Dejtonski mirovni sporazum, Дејтонски мировни споразум), and colloquially kn ...

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 northwes ...

(the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the entity of

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: ''Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / ''Федерација Босне и Херцеговине'') is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities composing Bo ...

Geography

The municipality is located between the municipalities of Novi Grad and

Prijedor Prijedor ( sr-cyrl, Приједор, ) is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it had a population of 80,916 inhabitants within its administrative limits. Prijedor is situated in the northwestern part of the Bosanska ...

in the north,

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the tr ...

in the east, Ribnik in the south,

in the south and west, and

Bosanska Krupa Bosanska Krupa ( sr-cyrl, Босанска Крупа) is a city 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 situat ...

in the west. The territory of the municipality follows the

Inter-Entity Boundary Line The Inter-Entity Boundary Line (IEBL; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Međuentitetska linija razgraničenja, Међуентитетска линија разграничења) is the administrative line that subdivides Bosnia and Herzegovina into two entities ...

. Alongside Oštra Luka, other villages forming the municipality are Batkovci, Budimlić Japra, Donja Kozica, Donja Tramošnja, Duge Njive, 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: Унско-сански кантон) is one of the ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the northwest of the country, a region known as Bosanska K ...

. 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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