Petrovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

Settlement Type:	Municipality
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Entity
Subdivision Type2:	Geographical region
Subdivision Name2:	Bosanska Krajina
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2013 census
Native Name:	Петровац
Official Name:	Petrovac
Area Total Km2:	154.9
Population Total:	361
Population Density Km2:	auto
Coordinates:	44.5°N 44°W
Area Code:	51
Leader Title:	Municipal mayor
Leader Name:	Drago Kovačević
Leader Party:	SNSD

Image Map1:	Petrovac-naselja.PNG

Petrovac (Serbian: Петровац) is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of Republika Srpska and the central part of the Krajina 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.^[1] The municipality seat is the village of Drinić.

Geography

Petrovac is a rural municipality, consisting of villages Bunara, Drinić and Podsrnetica and parts of Bravski Vaganac, Bukovača,and Klenovac.^[2] It is located between municipalities of Bosanski Petrovac in the north and west, Ribnik and Istočni Drvar in the east, and Drvar 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. As of 2019, it is one of the smallest municipalities by number of inhabitants in Republika Srpska.^[3]

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Petrovac municipality
	Settlement	1991.	2013.
	Total		361
1	Drinić	363	336

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Petrovac municipality
	2013.
Total	361 (100,0%)
Serbs	358 (99,17%)
Bosniaks	2 (0,554%)
Montenegrins	1 (0,277%)

Notes and References

http://www.izbori.ba/Mandati27102008/ShowMunicipality.asp?MunicipalityCode=031 Official Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina page regarding the use of both names
Web site: Općina Bosanski Petrovac . Vlada Unsko-Sanskog Kantona.
News: Milojević . Milkica . PATULJASTE OPŠTINE U SRPSKOJ Tri sela, sto stanovnika i gradonačelnica . 25 August 2019 . srpskainfo.com . 30 June 2019 . sr.