In Bosnia and Herzegovina , the smallest administrative unit is the municipality (" opština /општина" or " općina /опћина" in the official languages and scripts of the country). Prior to the 1992–95 Bosnian War there were 109 municipalities in what was then Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Ten of these formed the area of the capital Sarajevo .
22-396: Međeđe Brdo is a village in the municipality of Ključ , Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, its population was nil, down from 73 in 1991. This Una-Sana Canton geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina After the war, the number of municipalities was increased to 143, grouped in
44-522: A Reichsland , sanjaks became okrugs ( German : Kreise ), kazas became kotars ( German : Bezirke ), while nahiyahs became outposts ( German : Expositure ; Serbo-Croatian : ispostava ). In the same order, a wali became a land master ( German : Landesschef ; Serbo-Croatian : zemaljski poglavar ), while a mutasarrif (administrator of a sanjak) became a county superior ( German : Kreiseleiter ; Serbo-Croatian : orkužni predstojnik ). The Austrian-Hungarian occupation also adopted
66-614: A few exceptions, Soviet oblasts were named after their administrative centers. In 1922, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was divided into 33 administrative divisions also called oblasts . In 1929, oblasts were replaced with larger administrative units known as banovinas . During the Yugoslav Wars , several Serb Autonomous Oblasts were formed in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia . These oblasts were later merged into
88-483: A single eponymous municipality. The cities of Sarajevo and Istočno Sarajevo consist of four and six municipalities respectively, which roughly correspond to the ten pre-war municipalities which constituted the capital city. In 1878, the territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina was occupied by Austria-Hungary . Austria-Hungary retained in principle the Ottoman administrative division, thus Bosnia vilayet became
110-704: Is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states , including Belarus , Russia and Ukraine . Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union . The term oblast is often translated into English as 'region' or 'province'. In some countries, oblasts are also known by cognates of the Russian term. The term oblast is borrowed from Russian область ( pronounced [ˈobɫəsʲtʲ] ), where it
132-497: Is inherited from Old East Slavic , in turn borrowed from Church Slavonic область oblastĭ 'power, empire', formed from the prefix oб- (cognate with Classical Latin ob 'towards, against' and Ancient Greek ἐπί/ἔπι epi 'in power, in charge') and the stem власть vlastǐ 'power, rule'. In Old East Slavic, it was used alongside оболость obolostǐ —the equivalent of об- 'against' and волость 'territory, state, power' (cognate with English 'wield'; see volost ). In
154-612: The Republic of Serbian Krajina and the Republika Srpska . Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 oblasts, usually translated as "provinces". Before, the country was divided into just nine units, also called oblasts. Oblasts are further subdivided into raions ( districts ), ranging in number from 3 to 10 per entity. Viloyat and welaýat are derived from the Turkish language term vilayet , itself derived from
176-647: The Russian Empire , oblasts were considered to be administrative units and were included as parts of Governorates General or krais . The majority of then-existing oblasts were on the periphery of the country (e.g. Kars Oblast or Transcaspian Oblast ) or covered the areas where Cossacks lived. In the Soviet Union , oblasts were one of the types of administrative divisions of the union republics . As any administrative units of this level, oblasts were composed of districts ( raions ) and cities/towns directly under oblasts' jurisdiction. Some oblasts also included autonomous entities called autonomous okrugs . Because of
198-630: The Act on Territorial Division of the Federal Bosnia and Herzegovina on Okrugs , Srezs and the Areas of the Local People's Committees. According to this act, Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into 7 okrugs – Sarajevo, Herzegovina, Travnik , Banja Luka, Doboj and Travnik. The new Act on Administrative-Territorial Division was enacted in 1949. The People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
220-620: The Act on the Territory of the Srezs and Municipalities in the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was enacted. From then, Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into 15 srezs – Banja Luka, Bihać, Brčko, Derventa, Doboj, Goražde, Jajce , Livno, Mostar, Prijedor, Sarajevo, Trebinje, Tuzla, Zenica and Zvornik. Each srez had several municipalities. The seat of the named srezs was in the respective municipalities they were named after. This act
242-557: The Law on the name and the division of the Kingdom into administrative areas. By the new law, the name of the country was changed to Yugoslavia, while the administrative rule was exercised through banovinas, srezs and municipalities ( Serbo-Croatian : općina ). There were 9 banovinas, each headed by a ban . Under the Law on Internal Administration of 19 June 1929, the banates were divided into srezs, and srezs into municipalities. The head of
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#1732798803848264-417: The Ottoman municipal self-administration present in rural and urban municipalities, the baladiyahs . In 1918, the territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina was incorporated into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , renamed in 1929 into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The new government retained the local organisation it inherited from Austria-Hungary. Although the new Vidovdan Constitution foresaw
286-657: The Soviet Union electrification program under the GOELRO plan , Ivan Alexandrov , as director of the Regionalisation Committee of Gosplan , divided the Soviet Union into thirteen European and eight Asiatic oblasts, using rational economic planning rather than "the vestiges of lost sovereign rights". The names of oblasts did not usually correspond to the names of the respective historical regions, as they were created as purely administrative units. With
308-462: The district head Serbo-Croatian : sreski poglavar ). Further, the srezs were divided into the srez outposts Serbo-Croatian : sreska ispostava . On 6 January 1929, King Alexander imposed a dictatorship and soon enacted the Law on the Municipal and Oblast Self-Administration. The new law replaced the oblast committees and assemblies with the oblast commissars. On 3 October 1929, he enacted
330-487: The division of the country into oblasts, the new state established the Regional Administration that governed Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 26 April 1922, the Law on Regional and Districtorial Self-Administration was adopted to implement the constitutional division of the country into oblasts . According to the law, the country was divided into 33 oblasts . The territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina
352-439: The following way: In addition, Brčko District does not belong to either entity and is governed as a condominium of both FBiH and RS entities. The district corresponds to the pre-war Brčko municipality. Although technically not called a municipality, it is treated as such for statistic purposes. Administratively, each municipality has a municipality council and a municipality head, and they usually consist of an urban area with
374-516: The srez was the srez president ( Serbo-Croatian : sreski načelnik ). Under the Law on the Municipalities of 14 March 1933, the municipality was headed by the municipal president. The territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided among 4 banovinas: Drina Banovina , Littoral Banovina , Vrbas Banovina and Zeta Banovina . On 26 August 1939, the Decree on Banovina of Croatia
396-484: The surrounding villages and rural areas around it. Bosnia and Herzegovina also has 32 officially designated cities: Banja Luka , Bihać , Tuzla , Mostar , Zenica , Doboj , Prijedor , Bijeljina , Trebinje , Široki Brijeg , Cazin , Goražde , Livno , Zvornik , Gradiška , Živinice , Gračanica , Srebrenik , Gradačac , Visoko , Ljubuški , Čapljina , Derventa , Lukavac , Zavidovići , Konjic , Bosanska Krupa , Orašje , Stolac and Laktaši each correspond to
418-807: Was changed in 1958, and the srezs of Derventa, Trebinje and Zvornik were abolished. In 1968, the act was changed again, and Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into 6 srezs – Banja Luka, Bihać, Doboj, Mostar, Sarajevo and Tuzla. In 1966 the srezs were abolished, and only the municipalities have remained to this day. [REDACTED] Una-Sana [REDACTED] Central Bosnia [REDACTED] Posavina [REDACTED] Herzegovina-Neretva [REDACTED] Tuzla [REDACTED] West Herzegovina [REDACTED] Zenica-Doboj [REDACTED] Sarajevo [REDACTED] Bosnian Podrinje [REDACTED] Canton 10 Oblast An oblast ( / ˈ ɒ b l æ s t / or / ˈ ɒ b l ɑː s t / )
440-529: Was enacted, and under the decree, Sava Banovina and Littoral Banovina were joined, together with the srezs of Dubrovnik , Šid , Ilok (located in present-day Croatia), Brčko , Derventa , Gradačac , Travnik and Fojnica (located in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) into Banovina of Croatia . On 16 August 1945, the Presidency of the National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina enacted
462-519: Was then divided into four oblasts – Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka and Tuzla . In 1952, the National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina again changed the local administration by enacting the Act on the Division of the Territory of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The oblasts were abolished, while the country was divided into 66 srezs, 5 cities and 418 municipalities, of which 53 were city municipalities. In mid 1955, another law,
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#1732798803848484-452: Was thus supposed to be divided into 6 oblasts: Bihać Oblast , Mostar Oblast , Sarajevo Oblast , Travnik Oblast , Tuzla Oblast and Vrbas Oblast . However, the law wasn't enforced in Bosnia and Herzegovina until the abolishment of the Regional Administration in 1924. The head of the oblast was a grand župan Serbo-Croatian : veliki župan ), while the head of the srez (district) was
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