Oštra Luka

Oštra Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Оштра Лука) is a village and a municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 2,786 inhabitants, with 782 in Oštra Luka itself.[1]

Oštra Luka

Оштра Лука
Village and municipality
Main street in Oštra Luka
Location of Oštra Luka within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°51′17″N 16°40′51″E
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Government
 • MayorDrena Kuridža (SNSD)
Area
 • Total204.91 km2 (79.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total2,786
 • Density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)52
Websitewww.opstinaostraluka.org

The municipality is situated in the northwestern part of the Republika Srpska and the central part of the Bosanska Krajina region. It was previously known as Srpski Sanski Most (Српски Сански Мост, "Serbian Sanski Most") and was formed after the Dayton Agreement from part of the pre-war municipality of Sanski Most (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Geography

The municipality is located between the municipalities of Novi Grad and Prijedor in the north, Banja Luka in the east, Ribnik in the south, Sanski Most in the south and west, and Bosanska Krupa in the west.

Demographics
Nature in Oštra Luka

Population
Population of settlements – Oštra Luka municipality
Settlement 1971. 1981. 1991. 2013.
Total 2,786 2,786
1 Donja Kozica 225
2 Koprivna 524
3 Oštra Luka 759 867 838 817
4 Usorci 434

Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition – Oštra Luka
2013. 1991. 1981. 1971.
Total 782 (100,0%) 838 (100,0%) 867 (100,0%) 759 (100,0%)
Serbs 778 (92,84%) 557 (64,24%) 743 (97,89%)
Croats 32 (3,819%) 28 (3,230%) 8 (1,054%)
Yugoslavs 17 (2,029%) 252 (29,07%) 3 (0,395%)
Bosniaks 7 (0,835%) 10 (1,153%) 4 (0,527%)
Others 4 (0,477%) 20 (2,307%) 1 (0,132%)
Ethnic composition – Oštra Luka municipality
2013. 1991.
Total 2,786 (100,0%) 2,117 (100,0%)
Serbs 2,580 (92,61%) 1,407 (66,46%)
Croats 160 (5,743%) 401 (18,94%)
Bosniaks 23 (0,826%) 261 (12,33%)
Others 23 (0,826%) 16 (0,756%)
Yugoslavs 32 (1,512%)

References
  1. "B&H 2013 census - Oštra Luka Municipality". Retrieved August 31, 2020.
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