Trnovo ( sr-cyr, Трново) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo,

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 ...

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. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 2,050 inhabitants. The town itself had a total population of 1,023, with 956 of them living in the Republika Srpska part and 67 in the Federation part. It consists of roughly one third of the pre-war municipality of Trnovo. Roughly two thirds of the pre-war Trnovo municipality is now part of the

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entity.

Geography

Trnovo is situated south of

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on the M-18 road

-Trnovo-

Foča Foča ( sr-Cyrl, Фоча, ) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the south-east on the banks of Drina river. As of 2013, the town has a population of 12,234 inhabitants, while the municipality has 1 ...

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. It is surrounded by the Jahorina,

Bjelašnica Bjelašnica ( sr-Cyrl, Бјелашница, ) is a mountain in the Dinaric Alps in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is to the southwest of Sarajevo, bordering Mount Igman. Bjelašnica's tallest peak, by which the mountain group got its name, r ...

and Treskavica mountains which were the locations of Olympic competitions during the

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. Those mountains are popular destinations for a variety of winter sports and activities. The Željeznica river is one of the town's chief geographic features. It flows through the town and municipality from south through the center of Trnovo, Kijevo and East Sarajevo to west part of Sarajevo City eventually meets with the Bosna river.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Trnovo, the municipality includes the following settlements: * Bašci * Bistročaj * Bogatići * Boljanovići *

Divčići Divčići ( sr-cyrl, Дивичићи) is a village in the Municipalities of Republika Srpska, municipalities of Trnovo, Republika Srpska, Trnovo, Republika Srpska and Trnovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trnovo FBIH, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Official res ...

* Donja Presjenica * Govedovići * Grab * Gračanica * Ilovice * Jablanica * Kijevo * Klanac * Kozija Luka * Milje * Podivič * Rajski Do * Slavljevići * Tošići * Turovi * Ulobići * Vrbovnik * Zabojska

Demographics

The pre-war municipality, with 63 settlements, had a total population of 6,991 people, of whom Muslims consisted 68.81% and Serbs 29.45% of total population. Most of the Serb-inhabited settlements became part of the Trnovo municipality of Republika Srpska (). The 2013 census preliminary results counted 2,192 inhabitants of the municipality of Trnovo in RS, and 1,018 in the settlement of Trnovo in RS.

Population

Ethnic composition

Gallery

File:Trnovo in former Yugoslavia 1996.JPEG, Ruined Trnovo after the Bosnian war, 9 October 1996 File:Trnovo BH Ilovice Željeznica river dam IMG 1005.jpg, Bogatići Small Hydroelectric Power Station File:Trnovo RS from south viewpt IMG 0898.jpg, Landscape from the area File:Trnovo RS north Bogatići IMG 1010.jpg, Road towardsTrnovo File:Trnovo RS south IMG 0891.jpg, Monument dedicated to the Serb victims of the Bosnian war

References

External links

Trnovo Municipality, Official Website
{{Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina Populated places in Trnovo, Republika Srpska Istočno Sarajevo Cities and towns in Republika Srpska Trnovo, Republika Srpska Populated places in Trnovo, Sarajevo