Javorani
Encyclopedia
Javorani is a village in Kneževo
(Skender Vakuf) municipality, near Banja Luka
, Republika Srpska
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
.
Kneževo
Kneževo , is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies about south-east of Banja Luka and is part of the Republika Srpska entity. In 1992, during the Bosnian War, the town was renamed from Skender Vakuf Kneževo (Serbian Cyrillic: Кнежево; formerly Skender Vakuf), is a town...
(Skender Vakuf) municipality, near Banja Luka
Banja Luka
-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...
, Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
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Ethnic composition, 1991 census
| Ethnic composition of Skender Vakuf municipality, by settlements, 1991. census | |||||||||||||
| style="background: bgcolor="#F5DEB3" > settlement | style="background: bgcolor="#FFFF00" > total | style="background: bgcolor="#FF0000" > Serbs | style="background: bgcolor="#4169E1" > Croats | style="background: bgcolor="#228B22" > Muslims | style="background: bgcolor="#C71585" > Yugoslavs | style="background: bgcolor="#CC7722" > others |- |
Javorani | 1,289 | 1,273 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
People from Javorani
- Lazo Tešanović - One of the ChetniksChetniksChetniks, or the Chetnik movement , were Serbian nationalist and royalist paramilitary organizations from the first half of the 20th century. The Chetniks were formed as a Serbian resistance against the Ottoman Empire in 1904, and participated in the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II...
leader in BosniaBosnia (region)Bosnia is a eponomous region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders. The other eponomous region, the southern, other half of the country is...
during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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