Petrovac ( sr-cyr, Петровац) is a 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 ...

. It is situated in the western part of Republika Srpska and the central part of the

Krajina Krajina () is a Slavic languages, Slavic toponym, meaning 'country' or 'march (territory), march'. The term is related to ''kraj'' or ''krai'', originally meanings ''land'', ''country'' or ''edge''Rick Derksen (2008), ''Etymological Dictionary of t ...

region. Petrovac was created from a small part of the pre-war municipality of

Bosanski Petrovac Bosanski Petrovac ( sr-cyrl, Босански Петровац) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the municipality has a p ...

, whose remaining portion kept the original name and is a part of the

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 ...

. 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,

and Podsrnetica and parts of Bravski Vaganac, Bukovača,and Klenovac. It is located between municipalities of

in the north and west, Ribnik and Istočni Drvar in the east, and

Drvar Drvar (, ) is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Drvar in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the road between Bosansko Grahovo an ...

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 ( / 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. Following several earlier violent incid ...

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

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