Teslić
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| Teslić Теслић |
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| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Settlements | 42 (1991.) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 845 km² (326.3 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| - Total | 59,854 |
| - Municipality | 55,000 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 53 |
Teslić (Cyrillic: Теслић) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, in central-northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Teslić is located on the Usora River.
The town was created in 19 century with first steps of industrialization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Main industry are wood products and chemical industry. Long before Tesliċ began to rise a nearby village called Čečava (Cyrillic: Чечава), existed as one of the oldest pleases people inhabited, there are archaeological proof that Čečava existed in 10th century. Teslić was till the late 50's among the biggest industrial center in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today Tesliċ industry is mostly based on the production of wood, milk, cloths telecommunications, electro industry, metallic industry and building constructions.
Tesliċ is also known as a tourist residence, mainly because of the Banja Vrućica (Cyrillic: Бања Врућица), а health spa for healing cardio-vascular diseases. With complex of five hotels and the capacity of over 1000 beds Banja Vrućica is the biggest touristic capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also worthy to mention the nearby mountain Borje (Cyrillic: Борјe), an attractive tourist destination, with two hotels and the sport capacities located at the height of 1000 meters.
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[edit] Demographics
[edit] 2006
In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. [1]
[edit] 1991
In the 1991 census, the municipality of Teslić had 59,854 residents, including:
- 32,962 (55,07%) Serbs
- 12,802 (21,38%) Muslims by nationality
- 9,525 (15,91%) Croats
- 3,465 (5,78%) Yugoslavs
- 1,100 (1,83%) others
Note: The overwhelming majority of those who considered themselves Muslims by nationality in 1991 today consider themselves Bosniaks.
[edit] 1981
In the 1981. census, the municipality of Teslić had 60,434 residents, including:
- 35,024 (57,95%) Serbs
- 11,148 (18,44%) Muslims by nationality
- 10,744 (17,77%) Croats
- 3,008 (4,97%) Yugoslavs
- 510 (0,84%) others and unknown
[edit] 1971
In the 1971. census, the municipality of Teslić had 52,713 residents, including:
- 32,756 (62,14%) Serbs
- 10,000 (18,97%) Muslims by nationality
- 9,467 (17,95%) Croats
- 108 (0,20%) Yugoslavs
- 382 (0,72%) others and unknown
[edit] Settlements
Settlements (over 1,500 residents), after the 1991 census:
- Teslić
total: 8,655
- 3,571 (41.25%) Serbs
- 1,889 (21.82%) Muslims by nationality
- 766 (8.85%) Croats
- 1,987 (22.95%) Yugoslavs
- 442 (5.10%) others and unknown
total: 2,890
- 2,768 (95.77%) Serbs
- 40 (1.38%) Croats
- 7 (0.24%) Muslims by nationality
- 60 (2.07%) Yugoslavs
- 15 (0.51%) others and unknown
total: 2,637
- 1,381 (52.37%) Serbs
- 828 (31.39%) Croats
- 37 (1.40%) Muslims by nationality
- 334 (12.66%) Yugoslavs
- 57 (2.16%) others and unknown
total: 2,616
- 2,503 (95.68%) Serbs
- 36 (1.37%) Croats
- 1 (0.03%) Muslims by nationality
- 54 (2.06%) Yugoslavs
- 22 (0.84%) others and unknown
total: 2,419
- 2,292 (94.74%) Serbs
- 12 (0.49%) Muslims by nationality
- 6 (0.24%) Croats
- 76 (3.14%) Yugoslavs
- 33 (1.36%) others and unknown
total: 2,406
total: 2,060
- 1,804 (87.57%) Muslims by nationality
- 118 (5.72%) Serbs
- 12 (0.58%) Croats
- 83 (4.02%) Yugoslavs
- 43 (2.08%) others and unknown
total: 1,996
- 1,662 - 83.26% Serbs
- 275 - 13.77% Muslims by nationality
- 7 - 0.35% Croats
- 37 - 1.85% Yugoslavs
- 15 - 0.75% others and unknown
total: 1,740
- 1,451 - 83.39% Muslims by nationality
- 155 - 8.90% Serbs
- 18 - 1.03% Croats
- 109 - 6.26% Yugoslavs
- 7 - 0.40% others and unknown
total: 1,667
- 1,322 - 79.30% Muslims by nationality
- 246 - 14.75% Croats
- 39 - 2.33% Serbs
- 47 - 2.81% Yugoslavs
- 13 - 0.77% others and unknown
total: 1,642
total: 1,590
total: 1,512
- 710 - 46.95% Serbs
- 673 - 44.51% Muslims by nationality
- 12 - 0.79% Croats
- 37 - 2.44% Yugoslavs
- 80 - 5.29% others and unknown
[edit] See also
- Jezera, formerly a village in Teslić
- Kusići, formerly a sub-village of Jezera
- Municipalities of Republika Srpska
- Usora River
[edit] External links
- Teslić municipality official website
- Teslic.org
- Teslic-Danas.com
- Teslic.ch
- Teslić YahooGroup!
- Teslić Blog
- Teslić on Facebook
[edit] References
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