Petrovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Petrovac

Петровац
Petrovac Петровац
Municipality
	Memorial complex dedicated to WWII victims in Drinić
	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	51
Website	www.drinic.rs.ba

Petrovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Петровац) is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of Republika Srpska and the central part of the Krajina region. Petrovac was created from a small part of the pre-war municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, whose remaining portion kept the original name and is a part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1] The municipality seat is the village of Drinić.

Geography

Petrovac is a rural municipality, consisting of villages Bunara, Drinić and Podsrnetica and parts of Bravski Vaganac, Bukovača,and Klenovac.^[2] It is located between municipalities of Bosanski Petrovac in the north and west, Ribnik and Istočni Drvar in the east, and Drvar in the south. The total area of the municipality is 137 km², about a sixth of 853 km² of the pre-war municipality.

History

Petrovac was created in 1995 following the end of the Bosnian War. As of 2019, it is one of the smallest municipalities by number of inhabitants in Republika Srpska.^[3]