Municipalities of Republika Srpska


Under the "Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government" adopted in 1994, Republika Srpska was divided into 80 municipalities. After the conclusion of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the law was amended in 1996 to reflect the changes to the entity's borders and now provides for the division of Republika Srpska into 64 municipalities.

List of municipalities

The following list includes 64 municipalities of Republika Srpska :
City / townRegionAreaMunicipalUrban-----
City / townRegionAreaMunicipalUrbanBanja LukaBanja Luka1239185042150997
BijeljinaDoboj-Bijeljina73410771545291-----
PrijedorBanja Luka8348939732342-----
DobojDoboj-Bijeljina7727144126987-----
Istočno SarajevoIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik14506151643657-----
ZvornikIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik3765885612674-----
GradiškaBanja Luka7625172716106-----
TeslićDoboj-Bijeljina838385367518-----
PrnjavorBanja Luka762383998484-----
LaktašiBanja Luka388349665879-----
TrebinjeTrebinje-Foča8542991825589-----
DerventaDoboj-Bijeljina5152740412680-----
Novi GradBanja Luka4732711511063-----
ModričaDoboj-Bijeljina3202571210137-----
Kozarska DubicaBanja Luka4992154211566-----
PaleIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik4932090913883-----
BratunacIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik293203408359-----
Kotor VarošBanja Luka564197108360-----
FočaTrebinje-Foča11351828812334-----
SrbacBanja Luka453175873005-----
ŠamacDoboj-Bijeljina178172735390-----
Mrkonjić GradBanja Luka677166717915-----
BrodDoboj-Bijeljina229166198563-----
UgljevikDoboj-Bijeljina165157104155-----
ČelinacBanja Luka362155485802-----
LopareDoboj-Bijeljina293153572709-----
Istočna IlidžaIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik281476314241-----
SrebrenicaIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik527134092607-----
NevesinjeTrebinje-Foča877129615464-----
SokolacIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik693120215919-----
VlasenicaIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik448114677228-----
MilićiIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik279114412368-----
BilećaTrebinje-Foča623108078220-----
RogaticaIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik645107236855-----
VišegradIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik448106685869-----
Istočno Novo SarajevoIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik35106428557-----
ŠipovoBanja Luka553102934052-----
KneževoBanja Luka33397933958-----
GackoTrebinje-Foča73689905784-----
RudoIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik34879631949-----
StanariDoboj-Bijeljina16569581015-----
ŠekovićiIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik23767611519-----
PetrovoDoboj-Bijeljina14464742322-----
RibnikBanja Luka51160480-----
OsmaciIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik7860160-----
KostjanicaBanja Luka8559774047-----
PelagićevoDoboj-Bijeljina12252202796-----
ČajničeTrebinje-Foča27548952401-----
VukosavljeDoboj-Bijeljina9546670-----
Donji ŽabarDoboj-Bijeljina4738090-----
Han PijesakIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik32335302018-----
LjubinjeTrebinje-Foča31935112744-----
Novo GoraždeIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik11931170-----
Oštra LukaBanja Luka20527860-----
BerkovićiTrebinje-Foča25021140-----
TrnovoIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik13820501018-----
KalinovikTrebinje-Foča68120291093-----
Krupa na UniBanja Luka8415970-----
JezeroBanja Luka5611440-----
Istočni Stari GradIstočno Sarajevo-Zvornik70113139-----
PetrovacBanja Luka1553610-----
KupresBanja Luka483000-----
Istočni MostarTrebinje-Foča852570-----
Istočni DrvarBanja Luka75790-----

Renamed municipalities

On February 27, 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued an opinion declaring the names of certain municipalities in Republika Srpska to be in violation of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the reason that the war names "are not consistent with the constitutional principle of the equality of the constituent peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina." Afterwards, the parliament of Republika Srpska accepted new names for the municipalities. On September 22, 2004, the Court decided that the former names "be temporary replaced" with new names. The following are the former and new names of the affected municipalities:
Old namesProposed by Constitutional CourtProposed by parliament
Srpski DrvarIstočni DrvarIstočni Drvar
Srpski Sanski MostOštra LukaOštra Luka
Srpski MostarIstočni MostarIstočni Mostar
Srpsko GoraždeUstipračaNovo Goražde
SrbinjeFočaFoča
Srpski KljučRibnikRibnik
Srpska KostajnicaBosanska KostajnicaKostajnica
Srpski BrodBosanski BrodBrod
Srpska IlidžaKasindoIstočna Ilidža
Srpsko Novo SarajevoLukavicaIstočno Novo Sarajevo
Srpski Stari GradIstočni Stari GradIstočni Stari Grad
Srpsko OrašjeDonji ŽabarDonji Žabar

Former municipalities

The Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government was amended in 1996 to provide that certain municipalities whose territory was now completely or partially located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina would "temporarily stop functioning." In addition, the parts of these former municipalities that were located in Republika Srpska were incorporated into other municipalities.
The following are the former municipalities of Republika Srpska:

Sarajevo

In 1993, the Law on the Serb City of Sarajevo during the State of War or Immediate Danger of War was adopted providing that Serb Sarajevo consisted of the following municipalities: Centar, Hadžići, Ilidža, Ilijaš, Novo Sarajevo, Stari Grad, Rajlovac, Vogošća, and Trnovo. Centar, Hadžići, Ilijaš, Rajlovac, and Vogošća were incorporated into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city now consists of the following six municipalities: Srpska Ilidža, Srpsko Novo Sarajevo, Pale, Sokolac, Srpski Stari Grad, and Trnovo.
In 1996, the name "Serb City of Sarajevo" was changed to "City of Srpsko Sarajevo". In 2004, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided that the temporary name of the city would be decided that the former name of the city "be temporary replaced" with the name "City of Istočno Sarajevo".

Brčko

A significant portion of the Brčko District was created from territory of Republika Srpska. RS controlled this territory until March 8, 2000. The Brčko District was created as a shared territory, a , of both entities, but it was not placed under control of either, and is hence under direct jurisdiction of Bosnia and Herzegovina. RS's authorities never officially accepted the Brčko Arbitration result, but nevertheless had to comply.