Pougarje
| Šiprage | |
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| Village | |
 Šiprage
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| Coordinates: 44°27′56″N 17°33′36″E / 44.4656°N 17.5600°E | |
| Country |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Kotor Varoš |
| Founded | Not later than the V. Century |
| Highest elevation | 520 m (1,710 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 507 m (1,663 ft) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 952 |
| Demonym(s) | Šipražani |
| Time zone | Central European |
| Area code(s) | +387 (051) |
| Website | http://www.opstinakotorvaros.com/ |
Šiprage (Serbian Cyrillic: Шипраге) is a settlement and former municipality in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, Kotor Varoš Municipality.
The administrative status of this populated place was changed – from the local community has grown a municipality in the County of Kotor Varoš – in order to ensure in the 1954th back to the level of local community.
The modern name is derived from noble–bey (Omer-bey) family Šipraga. It is unclear whether their ancestors represent autochthonous population or they migrated into the area and acquired spacious property in the valley of the river Vrbanja and its tributaries. According to the oral traditions and cadastre records, their expansion started from Pougarje (slopes of Vlašić Mountain) in the valley of River Ugar.
Šiprage is on the Vrbanja river, on its south-eastern upstream line of the Banja Luka (about 60 km) and the Kotor Varoš (30 km) and the Center is part of the local community. Located in the long valley between several mountain ranges: north-east Šipraško Brdo (Šiprage's Hill) with Glavić top, 950 m, south: Jasik (769 m), to the southeast of the complex Šahinovina–Stražbenica (848 m), west: Radohova (top: Kape, 950 m) and the north-west: Borčići (799 m) with Hrastik.
The settlement, along with Vrbanja and its tributaries, is about three long and two kilometers wide. It is rich in sources of drinking water, one of which is (along the Crkvenica) used to supply the local aqueduct network. In the place, in Vrbanja confluence there are flowing: Musić potok (stream), Crkvenica and Bakin potok (Grandmother's Creek), on the right side, but Ćorkovac, Zagradinski potok (Creek) and Demićka on the left riverside.
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