Istočni Drvar

Istočni Drvar (Serbian Cyrillic: Источни Дрвар) is a municipality in western Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of the Republika Srpska entity and the central part of the Bosanska Krajina region. It was also known as Srpski Drvar (Српски Дрвар), and was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Drvar (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Geography

It is located in a densely wooded area between municipalities of Bosanski Petrovac in the north-west, Ribnik in the east, and Drvar in the south. The seat of the municipality is in the village of Potoci.

Demographics

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

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Coordinates: 44°23′22″N 16°37′25″E / 44.38944°N 16.62361°E / 44.38944; 16.62361

Drvar

Drvar (Serbian Cyrillic: Дрвар, pronounced [dř̩ʋaːr]) is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the road between Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac, also near Glamoč. It is administratively part of Canton 10 of the Federation.

Drvar lies in the vast valley, the southeastern part of Bosanska Krajina, between the Osječenica, Klekovača, Vijenca and Šator mountains of the Dinaric Alps. The southeast side of boundary extends from the Šator over Jadovnika, Uilice and descends to Lipovo and the Una River.

This extremely hilly region comprising the town of Drvar and the numerous outlying villages covers approximately 1,030 square kilometers (640 square miles). The town itself is mainly spread out from the left side of the river Unac, and its elevation is approximately 480 meters (1,574 feet).

Drvar is approximately 120 kilometers from Šibenik, Croatia, 80 kilometers from Bihać, and 125 kilometers to Banja Luka.

Name

The word Drvar stems from the Bosnian word "drvo" which means "wood". During socialist Yugoslavia, Drvar was named Titov Drvar in honor of Josip Broz Tito.