Novi Travnik

Novi Travnik
Нови Травник
Municipality and town

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Location of Novi Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Novi Travnik

Location of Novi Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Coordinates: BA 44°10′29.35″N 17°39′48.34″E / 44.1748194°N 17.6634278°E / 44.1748194; 17.6634278Coordinates: BA 44°10′29.35″N 17°39′48.34″E / 44.1748194°N 17.6634278°E / 44.1748194; 17.6634278
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Central Bosnia
Government
 • Mayor Refik Lendo (SDA)
Area
 • Total 242 km2 (93 sq mi)
 • Land 242 km2 (93 sq mi)
 • Water 0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total 25,107
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Post code 72290
Area code +387 030
Website www.ont.gov.ba

Novi Travnik is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Central Bosnia Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Name

The municipality was called Novi Travnik until 1980, when it was styled Pucarevo after Đuro Pucar. In 1992 the original name was restored.

History

Novi Travnik was founded in 1949 to provide residence for the employees of the newly founded MMK Bratstvo factory, and so it is one of the youngest settlements in the region. As of January 2015, the municipality contains nine National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[1] among which are seven stećak necropolises, one mosque and the Necropolis for the victims of Fascism.

Demographics

Municipality of Novi Travnik population in 1991:

Croats
  
39.59% Muslims
  
37.58% Serbs
  
13.33% Yugoslavs
  
6.94% Others
  
2.26%

Novi Travnik, municipality

Novi Travnik municipality
census year 2013. 1991. 1981. 1971.
Croats 11,002 (46.16%) 12,162 (39.59%) 10,548 (40.33%) 9,852 (43.12%)
Muslims 12,067 (50.63%) 11,625 (37.85%) 9,164 (35.03%) 8,200 (35.89%)
Serbs 367 (1.53%) 4,097 (13.33%) 3,521 (13.46%) 4,129 (18.07%)
Yugoslavs by nat. 2,132 (6.94%) 2,308 (8.82%) 301 (1.31%)
others and unknown 396 (1.66%) 697 (2.26%) 613 (2.34%) 365 (1.59%)
total 23,832 30,713 26,154 22,847

Novi Travnik, town itself

Novi Travnik
census year 2013. 1991. 1981. 1971.
Serbs 3,200 (27.77%) 2,464 (29.08%) 2,897 (43.36%)
Muslims 3,176 (27.56%) 1,783 (21.04%) 1,415 (21.17%)
Croats 2,751 (23.87%) 1,985 (23.42%) 1,778 (26.61%)
Yugoslavs by nat. (N/A) 1,887 (16.37%) 1,899 (22.41%) 275 (4.11%)
others and unknown 508 (4.40%) 342 (4.03%) 316 (4.72%)
total 9,533 11,522 8,473 6,681

Economy

The Yugoslav Wars and their consequences altered the way and quality of living in Novi Travnik. Economy of Novi Travnik was greatly dependent to the BNT "Bratstvo" factory which was almost completely destroyed during the war, specially after a Serb air attack on 28 February 1994 (see Banja Luka incident). MK "Bratstvo used to employ more than 7,000 people and was the cornerstone of Novi Travnik.

Notable residents

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "Commission to preserve national monuments". Kons.gov.ba. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  2. ↑ "Popis Stanovnistva, Domacinstava, Stanova I Polioprivrednih Gazdinstava 1991" (PDF). Fzs.ba. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  3. ↑ "Bosnia I Hercegovina Details" (PDF). Fzs.ba. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  4. ↑ http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf
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