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'''Gradiška''' (]: Градишка), formerly '''Bosanska Gradiška''' (]: Босанска Градишка), is a town and municipality in northwestern ], ]. It is located on the right bank of the ] river, across ] in ], and north of ]. '''Gradiška''' (]: Градишка) or '''Bosanska Gradiška''' (]: Босанска Градишка), is a town and municipality in northwestern ], ]. It is located on the right bank of the ] river, across ] in ], and north of ].


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Gradiška (Cyrillic: Градишка) or Bosanska Gradiška (Cyrillic: Босанска Градишка), is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the right bank of the Sava river, across Stara Gradiška in Croatia, and north of Banja Luka.

History

According to the written documents, Bosanska Gradiška was first mentioned a little more than 700 years ago under the name of Gradiški Brod. However, the life in the area of the present town, its immediate and wider environs, dates back to the prehistoric times. In the time of Roman Empire, the city named Serbinum (Servitium) existed at this location. Bosanska Gradiška was mentioned as a free town. In the Middle Ages, Bosanska Gradiška had a major importance as the place where the Sava river used to be crossed.

The people of this region who lived to see the end of the Second World War found themselves in looted places and deserted hearths. At battlefields and the death camps in Jasenovac, Stara Gradiška, Jastrebarsko, and other places of torture, some 13,000 Serbs lost their lives among them about 4,500 children below fifteen years of age. .

Demographics

1910

According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Bosanska Gradiška municipality were Orthodox Christians (71.98%).

1991

In 1991, the municipality of Bosanska Gradiška had a population of 60,062, including:

The town of Bosanska Gradiška itself had 18,671 residents, including:

  • 43.5% Muslims by nationality
  • 37.7% Serbs
  • 10.3% Yugoslavs
  • 4.6% Croats
  • 3.9% others

2006

In 2006 the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs.

Sport

The local football club, FK Kozara, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska.

See also

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 Posavina
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 Zenica-Doboj
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 Bosnian Podrinje
 Canton 10

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