Kneževo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kneževo, previously called Skender Vakuf, is a small town in Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Geography
Kneževo is situated between the rivers Ugar, Vrbas and Vrbanja and surrounded by the mountain masiff of Čemernica, Ranča in the west, Vlašić in the south and Ježica in the north-east. The municipality has an official altitude of , but really ranges from . Kneževo is  southeast of Banja Luka by the M56 motorway.

The mountainous region in the south is forested and impracticable; its limestone mountains reach a height of .Vojnogeografski institut, Ed (1962): Skender Vakuf (1.25,000). Vojnogeografski institut, Belgrade (bhs).Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće „Sejtarija“, Sarajevo.

History
In Imljani and Javorani, Roman basilica have been found, as well as the Roman road from Servitium (Banja Luka) to Levsaba (Travnik) in the vicinity were also found. Tombstones of the Stećak type date back to the 14th and 15th centuries, when the area was part of the Kingdom of Bosnia. In 1463 the town became part of the Ottoman Empire and Islam was to become the dominant religion of the region. The Old Mosque was significant and one of the first in the region. It was destroyed, along with the New Mosque, in 1992 during the Bosnian War.

In the Korićani Cliffs massacre of 21 August 1992, some 200 Bosniaks and Croats detainees were massacred by the Bosnian Serbs Police and Army forces (in deep cliff in the canyon of Ilomska) river.
After the Bosnian War, part of the municipality was split off to form the Dobretići municipality of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity.

Demographics
According to the results of the 2013 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina, there were 3.958 inhabitants in Skender Vakuf town, and 10.428 inhabitants in the Skender Vakuf Municipality.

 Population
 Skender Vakuf MunicipalityHasan Zolić, Ed., Nacionalni sastav stanovništva : rezultati za Republiku po opštinama i naseljenim mjestima 1991., Statistički bilten 234., Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo, December 1993.(URL) 
Internet Source: http://www.fzs.ba/Podaci/nacion%20po%20mjesnim.pdf . Census Year 1991  1981 1971

 Serbs13,263 (68.30%) 15.953 (69.51%)15.926 (74.35%)Croats4770 (24.56%)5395 (23.50%)4431 (20.68%)Bosniaks1071 (5.51%) 1141 (4,97%)947 (4.42%)Yugoslavs169 (0.87%)318 (1.38%)9 (0.04%)Others and unknown145 (0.74%)141 (0.61%)106 (0.49%)Total19,41822,948style="background: lightblue"|21,419'''

Skender Vakuf (town)

 Skender Vakuf Census Year 1991  1981 1971

 Serbs2484 (66.08%) 1491 (51.23%)723 (42.83%)Bosniaks1063 (28.27%) 1118 (38.41%)923 (54.68%)Croats42 (1.11%)45 (1.54%)17 (1.00%)Yugoslavs111 (2.95%)205 (7.04%)5 (0.29%)Others and unknown59 (1.56%)51 (1.75%)20 (1.18%)Total'style="background: lightblue" |3,759|'style="background: lightblue" |2,910''style="background: lightblue" |1,688'''

References

Other websites

Official Municipality Website 

Category:Settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina