ŠAMAC
Šamac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шамац, pronounced [ʃâmat͡s]), formerly Bosanski Šamac (Serbian Cyrillic: Босански Шамац) is a town and municipality located in the northeastern part of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are also small, uninhabited, parts located in Odžak municipality and in Domaljevac-Šamac municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As of 2013, the town has a population of 5,390 inhabitants, while the municipality has 17,273 inhabitants. It is situated on the right bank of the Sava river. Across the river is Slavonski Šamac in Croatia.
History
The city was founded by Bosnian settlers from Ottoman province of Smederevo in 1862. It was part of the Ottoman province of Bosnia by the time it was annexed by Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1887. After World War I, the city became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From 1929 to 1939, it was part of Drina Banovina; and from 1939 until 1941 it was part of the Banovina of Croatia. During World War II, Šamac, as all the rest of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was included into Nazi-controlled Independent State of Croatia. After 1945, the city was reintegrated within the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Tito’s Yugoslavia.
The town lies on an important strategic position in Republika Srpska, near Brčko. As with most other places under Serb control, Srpska authorities removed the “Bosnian” adjective from the town’s official name and changed it to “Šamac”. Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats continued to refer to it by its historical name of “Bosanski Šamac” (Serbian Cyrillic: Босански Шамац, pronounced [bǒsanskiː ʃâmat͡s]) causing tension among the inhabitants. A court order had the official name changed to simply Šamac, removing any ethnic divisions in its previous names.
Settlements
Aside from the town of Šamac, the municipality includes the following settlements:
- Batkuša
- Brvnik
- Crkvina
- Donja Slatina
- Donji Hasić
- Gajevi
- Gornja Slatina
- Gornji Hasić
- Grebnice
- Kornica
- Kruškovo Polje
- Lugovi
- Novo Selo
- Obudovac
- Pisari
- Srednja Slatina
- Škarić
- Tišina
- Zasavica
Source: www.en.wikipedia.org
