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| The census of 1991 recorded 32,835 people in the Bosanski Šamac municipality: 14,670 ] (44.7%), 13,619 ] (41.5%), 2,248 ] (6.9%), 1,722 ] (5.2%), and 576 others (1.7%). The town of Šamac had 6,267 residents, of which there were 35% Bosniaks, 28% Serbs, 19% Yugoslavs, 13% Croats, and 5% others. | The census of 1991 recorded 32,835 people in the Bosanski Šamac municipality: 14,670 ] (44.7%), 13,619 ] (41.5%), 2,248 ] (6.9%), 1,722 ] (5.2%), and 576 others (1.7%). The town of Šamac had 6,267 residents, of which there were 35% Bosniaks, 28% Serbs, 19% Yugoslavs, 13% Croats, and 5% others. | ||
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Bosanski Šamac (in Serbian Cyrillic: Бocaнcки Шaмaц) is a town in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the right bank of the Sava river. It is under the administration of Republika Srpska. Gradačac and Modriča are neighbouring towns; and Čardak and Kornica are neighbouring villages which fall under its jurisdiction.
Bosanski Šamac is the birthplace of Alija Izetbegović and Zoran Đinđić, former leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia respectively. It is also the birthplace of Sulejman Tihić.
The census of 1991 recorded 32,835 people in the Bosanski Šamac municipality: 14,670 Croats (44.7%), 13,619 Serbs (41.5%), 2,248 Bosniaks (6.9%), 1,722 Yugoslavs (5.2%), and 576 others (1.7%). The town of Šamac had 6,267 residents, of which there were 35% Bosniaks, 28% Serbs, 19% Yugoslavs, 13% Croats, and 5% others.