Drvar Дрвар |
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Municipality and town | |
View of the town
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Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Coordinates: 44°22′N 16°23′E / 44.367°N 16.383°ECoordinates: 44°22′N 16°23′E / 44.367°N 16.383°E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Canton | Canton 10 |
Government | |
• Municipality president | Stevica Lukač (SNSD) |
Area | |
• Total | 589.3 km2 (227.5 sq mi) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 7,506 |
• Density | 13/km2 (30/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Area code(s) | +387 34 |
Website | www |
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.
The word Drvar stems from the Slavic word "" which means "wood". During socialist Yugoslavia, Drvar was named Titov Drvar in honor of Josip Broz Tito.
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