Teočak ( sr-cyrl, Теочак) is a municipality located in
Tuzla Canton
The Tuzla Canton Official name of canton is Tuzla Canton (; ; ) is one of 10
of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, an entity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. The center of the municipality is the village of
Teočak-Krstac
Teočak-Krstac is a village in the Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, municipality of Teočak, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 2,763.
References
Populated places in Teočak ...
.
Geography
The municipality borders the municipality of
Lopare
Lopare ( sr-cyrl, Лопаре) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Majevica region. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,709 inhabitants, while the municipality has 15,357 inhabitant ...
to the west,
Ugljevik
Ugljevik ( sr-cyrl, Угљевик) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 15,710 inhabitants, while the town of Ugljevik has a population of 4,155 inhabitants.
The ...
to the north and east, and
Sapna
Sapna ( sr-cyrl, Сапна) is a town and municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
People have lived in the Sapna region since the earliest days. In the Midd ...
to the south.
It is administratively part of the
Tuzla Canton
The Tuzla Canton Official name of canton is Tuzla Canton (; ; ) is one of 10
in 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 ...
.
History
During the 1990s, due to 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 ...
, the area of Teočak received several hundred
Bosniak
The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...
refugees from primarily the north and northeast areas of Teočak.
Before the war, Teočak was part of the
Ugljevik
Ugljevik ( sr-cyrl, Угљевик) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 15,710 inhabitants, while the town of Ugljevik has a population of 4,155 inhabitants.
The ...
municipality, and became itself a municipality as part of the
Dayton Agreement
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.
Religion
The total number of mosques in the Teočak municipality is 7.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, the municipality has a total of 7,424 inhabitants.
Population and ethnicity by settlement
Gallery
File:Teocak-Kamene-kugle.jpg, Ancient stone balls
image:Teocak, mestecko na entitni hranici.jpg, View on Teočak
image:Teocak-Grad-i-dzamija.jpg, Fethija Mosque in Teočak