Čelinac

Čelinac () is a town and municipality in Central Bosnia, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality lies  about  to the east of the regional center,  city of Banja Luka.Vojnogeografski institut, Izd. (1955): Prnjavor (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd.Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće „Sejtarija“, Sarajevo.

It is located on Vrbanja river, between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor to the north, Teslić to the east, Kotor Varoš, Skender Vakuf/Kneževo to the south, and Banja Luka to the west.

History
During the Bosnian War (1992–95), Bosnian Serb Police and Army, and Serb's paramilitary forces  destroyed villages upstream along the Vrbanja to Kruševo Brdo, including the villages in Čelinac Municipality.

In addition to those who have experienced this, among other things, bears witness to the indictment against Radovan Karadžić to  tribunal in The Hague. At the hearing, Nikola Poplašen, 2013, one of the questions to the witness the defense, it was:

Population
 Municipality of Čelinac Census Year 1991.  1981. 1971. Serbs16,554 (88.46%) 15,832 (86.25%)15,880 (91.10%)Bosniaks1,446 (7.72%) 1,232 (6.71%)1,209 (6.93%)Croats76 (0.40%)86 (0.46%)90 (0.51%)Yugoslavs377 (2.01%)885 (4.82%)14 (0.08%)Others260 (1.38%)319 (1.73%)237 (1.35%)style="background: lightblue" |Total|18,713|18,354|17,430'''

 Čelinac (town) Census Year 1991. 1981. 1971. 
 Serbs 3,450 (71.03%) 1,798 (57.33%)569 (43.07%)Bosniaks 1.005 (20.69%)817 (26.05%)694 (52.53%)Croats51 (1.05%)57 (1.81%)32 (2.42%)Yugoslavs234 (4.81%)402 (12.81%)7 (0.52%)Others117 (2.40%)62 (1.97%)19 (1.43%)style="background: lightblue" |Total|4,857|3,136|1,321'''

Related pages
Vrbanja river

References

Category:Settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina