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Petrovac Петровац
Municipality
Memorial complex dedicated to WWII victims in Drinić
Seal
Location of Petrovac within Republika Srpska
Coordinates: 44°30′N 16°28′E / 44.500°N 16.467°E / 44.500; 16.467
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Geographical region	Bosanska Krajina
Government
• Municipal mayor	Drago Kovačević (SNSD)
Area
• Total	154.9 km (59.8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	361
• Density	2.3/km (6.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	51
Website	www.drinic.rs.ba

Petrovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Петровац) is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of Republika Srpska and the central part of the Krajina region. Petrovac was created from a small part of the pre-war municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, whose remaining portion kept the original name and is a part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality seat is the village of Drinić.

Geography

Petrovac is a rural municipality, consisting of villages Bunara, Drinić and Podsrnetica and parts of Bravski Vaganac, Bukovača,and Klenovac. It is located between municipalities of Bosanski Petrovac in the north and west, Ribnik and Istočni Drvar in the east, and Drvar in the south. The total area of the municipality is 137 km, about a sixth of 853 km of the pre-war municipality.

History

Petrovac was created in 1995 following the end of the Bosnian War. As of 2019, it is one of the smallest municipalities by number of inhabitants in Republika Srpska.

Demographics

Population

Ethnic composition

See also

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

References

1. Official Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina page regarding the use of both names
2. "Općina Bosanski Petrovac". Vlada Unsko-Sanskog Kantona.
3. Milojević, Milkica (30 June 2019). "PATULJASTE OPŠTINE U SRPSKOJ Tri sela, sto stanovnika i gradonačelnica". srpskainfo.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.

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