Petrovac ( sr-cyr, Петровац) is a municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of Republika Srpska and the central part of the

Krajina Krajina () is a Slavic toponym, meaning 'frontier' or 'march'. The term is related to ''kraj'' or ''krai'', originally meaning 'edge'Rick Derksen (2008), ''Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon'', Brill: Leiden-Boston, page 244 an ...

region. Petrovac was created from a small part of the pre-war municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, whose remaining portion kept the original name and is a part of the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...

. The municipality seat is the village of

Drinić Drinić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дринић) is a village and seat of the municipality of Petrovac, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina and is also located partly in the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac. It is also known for strangely being th ...

Geography

Petrovac is a rural municipality, consisting of villages

Bunara Bunara ( sr-cyrl, Бунара) is a village in the municipality of Petrovac, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 39, all Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) ...

and

Podsrnetica Podsrnetica ( sr-cyrl, Подсрнетица) is a village in the municipality of Petrovac, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina an ...

and parts of Bravski Vaganac, Bukovača,and Klenovac. It is located between municipalities of Bosanski Petrovac in the north and west, Ribnik and

Istočni Drvar Istočni Drvar ( sr-cyrl, Источни Дрвар) is a municipality located in western Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. it is situated in the central part of the Bosanska Krajina region. The seat of the municipality is in ...

in the east, and

Drvar Drvar (, ) is a town and municipality located in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 2013 census registered the municipality as having a population of 7,036. It is situated in western Bos ...

in the south. The total area of the municipality is 137 km², about a sixth of 853 km² of the pre-war municipality.

History

Petrovac was created in 1995 following the end of the

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

. As of 2019, it is one of the smallest municipalities by number of inhabitants in Republika Srpska.

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