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Banja Luka covers some 96.2 km 2 (37.1 sq mi) of land in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on both banks of the Vrbas in the Banja Luka valley, which is characteristically flat within the otherwise hilly region. Banja Luka's centre lies 163 m (534.78 ft) above sea level.
The Ottomans conquered Banja Luka in 1521. The Ottomans established proper settlement here. [4] Around 1580, Ferhat Pasha Sokolović built a bazaar a few kilometers downstream, on the left bank of Vrbas (surroundings of today's Kastel), and in 1583 he transferred the seat of the Bosnian pashaluk there. Since then, Banja Luka had two šehers ...
Lazarevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазарево) is an urban neighborhood of the city of Banja Luka, in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republika Srpska entity. Lazarevo is located in the northern part of the city, and is one of the largest and most organized neighborhoods, made up of two local communities: Lazarevo 1; Lazarevo 2
Sarajevo, the capital and largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Sarajevo is also a metropolis. [1] Banja Luka Tuzla Zenica Mostar. This is a list of cities and towns with over 10,000 inhabitants (or lower if the municipality has over 20,000 inhabitants) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Road M4 also passes through small part of Starčevica and the road connects Banja Luka with Čelinac and Prijedor. Beside the M4 road there is also Eastern Transit Road (Istočni tranzit) that makes important city route and ring around the Western Transit Road. Starčevica and Obilićevo parts of Eastern Transit Road were linked on June 14, 2018.
Monument to fallen Krajina soldiers on top of Banj brdo. Banj brdo (Serbian Cyrillic: Бањ брдо, which can be translated as Banj hill), before known as Šehitluci (Serbian Cyrillic: Шехитлуци) is a 431 meter hill as well as tourist and recreation place in Banja Luka, part of the Bjeljavina mountain.
On 18 March 2018, David Dragičević, a 21-year-old man, went missing in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.On 24 March, his dead body was found. Police investigation ruled the death as an accident, but Dragičević's parents claimed that their son was brutally murdered and that the police and prosecutor's office were trying to cover-up the case.
In 1998 Banski Dvor officially became a public cultural institution and nowadays is the most important cultural center of the city of Banja Luka and the Serb Republic with of thousand of visitors per year. Every year it holds hundreds of events, notable for their high number and variety: concerts, exhibitions of local and foreign artists, book ...