Kotor Varoš
Kotor Varoš () is a town and municipality located in north-western Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, it has a population of 19,710 inhabitants, while the town of Kotor Varoš has a population of 7,330 inhabitants. History. An early Roman (3rd–5th c.) basilica was discovered along with other Roman findings in the Šiprage area at the Crkvenica-Vrbanja river mouth. 12th-century "stećci" testify medieval settlement. The original location of stećci was the Crkvenica-Vrbanja, from where they were removed and built into walls of the surrounding buildings (possibly due to the  beliefs of their miraculous properties). One of the best preserved stećak is submerged in Vrbanja. It has been theorized that Kotor Varoš was mentioned in the "De Administrando Imperio" as "Katera" (), a part of the "land of Bosnia". The town was part of the Donji Kraji province of the Banate of Bosnia in the 13th century. In the 14th century, the town was the property of the Hrvatinić noble family. Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina began in 1878 and ended with the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, later renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia . The town was part of the Vrbas Banovina (1929–41), while after World War II it became part of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a republic of Yugoslavia. Settlements. Aside from the town of Kotor Varoš, the municipality includes the following settlements: Economy. The following table gives a preview of total number of registered employed people per their core activity (as of 2016): Features. The city also features a large monument to the local partisans who died for Yugoslavia during the fighting with the German and Ustaša forces during WW2.