Sapna is a town and municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the

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, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

People have lived in the Sapna region since the earliest days. In the Middle Ages, Sapna was an important transit route between the then towns of Zvornik and

Teočak Teočak ( sr-cyrl, Теочак) is a municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The center of the municipality is the village of Teočak-Krstac. Geography The municipal ...

. When the

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came, the area was placed under the administrative unit called the Zvornik Sandžak, which was created between 1478 and 1483. During Austro-Hungarian rule this was part of the Zvornik Kotar, and in early Yugoslavia it was part of the Zvornik Srez. Before 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 ...

, Sapna was part of the Zvornik municipality. But, as a result of the Dayton Agreement, the Zvornik municipality was divided between the two entities,

and Republika Srpska, so Sapna became a municipality itself, comprising the portion of Zvornik municipality that remained in the Federation of BiH. Sapna officially became a municipality on March 8, 1998.

Settlements

The other villages within Sapna Municipality are Baljkovica, Goduš, Hanđelići, Kobilići, Kovačevići, Međeđa, Nezuk, Rastošnica, Selimovići, Skakovica, Vitinica and

Zaseok Zaseok may refer to the following places in Bosnia and Herzegovina : * Zaseok, Bosansko Grahovo * Zaseok, Sapna Zaseok is a village in the municipality of Sapna, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated Bi ...

Demographics

Before the war, Sapna had a population of 13,500, with a density of 114,4 people per km². ;Town of Sapna, census 2013 total: 1,807 *

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— 1,722 (99.99%) * Serbs — 0 (0.0%) * Yugoslavs — 14 (0.77%) * Croats — 0 (0.0%) * others and unknown — 0 (0.0%) Today about 5,350 people live in the town of Sapna ;Municipality of Sapna, 2013 total: 14,500 *

— 14,145 (99.15%) * Serbs — 0 (0.0%) * Yugoslavs — 0 (0.00%) * Croats — 0 (0.00%) * others and unknown — 0 (0.00%)

External links

Official website
{{Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cities and towns in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Populated places in Sapna Zvornik Municipalities of the Tuzla Canton Populated places in Zvornik