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Derventa (Cyrillic: ????????) is a town and municipality in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Republika Srpska entity, just northwest of the town of Doboj, in the Posavina region.

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Derventa (Cyrillic: ????????) is a town and municipality in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Republika Srpska entity, just northwest of the town of Doboj, in the Posavina region.
Geography
The Derventa municipality borders with Bosanski Brod, Modrica, Doboj, Prnjavor and Srbac, as well as Croatia across the Sava river. It has an area of and includes 57 villages in addition to the actual town of Derventa. The town of Derventa has a suburb called Derventski Lug which has grown substantially in recent years due to resettlement of refugees from Krajina.
Demographics
1971
56.141 total
- Croats - 25.228 (44,93%)
- Serbs - 23.124 (41,18%)
- Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks)- 6.548 (11,66%)
- Yugoslavs - 575 (1,02%)
- Others - 666 (1,21%)
1991
Prior to the war in Bosnia (1992-1995), the municipality of Derventa had a population of around 57,000.
The 1991 census recorded 56,328 residents in the municipality, including:
The town of Derventa itself had 17,451 residents, including:
- 32% Muslims by Nationality (Bosniaks)
- 25% Croats
- 25% Serbs
- 15% Yugoslavs
- 3% others
Settlements:
- Settlement: Mus Srbs Croats Yugos Others Sum M% S% C% Y% O%
- Derventa-1 3284 2689 2613 1644 417 10647 31% 25% 25% 15% 4%
- Derventa-3 421 582 432 308 45 1788 24% 33% 24% 17% 3%
- Potocani 534 244 170 130 68 1146 47% 21% 15% 11% 6%
- Ukrina 1258 1002 1000 489 121 3870 33% 26% 26% 13% 3%
Source.
Current population
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants from the municipality were ethnic Serbs.
The post-war total population of the city is estimated to be between 10,000 and 15,000, of which:
- 90% is Serb.
- 6% is Bosniaks.
- 4% is Croat.
People from Derventa
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