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Banja Luka is a major city located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated in the northwestern region of the country. It serves as an important cultural, economic, and administrative center in the region.
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- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Banja Luka
- Demonym
- Banjalučanka
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Population
- 185042
- Area
- 1238.89
- Elevation
- 163
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Head of government
- Draško Stanivuković
- Capital of
- Republika Srpska
- Official website
- www.banjaluka.rs.ba
- Image
- Banja luka.jpg
- Dialing code
- 051
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- twinned administrative body
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Commons category
- Banja Luka
- topic's main category
- Category:Banja Luka
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Banja Luka
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Banja Luka
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Banja Luka
- Commons gallery
- Бања Лука
- postal code
- 78000
- inception
- 1494-02-06
- member of
- Climate Alliance
- owner of
- Gradski stadion
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- P8168
- Warnino
- native label
- Бања Лука
- P12749
- Mulde
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Cities
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Encyclopedic overview
Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Бања Лука, pronounced [bǎɲa lǔːka] ) or Banjaluka (Serbian Cyrillic: Бањалука, pronounced [baɲalǔːka]) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the most populous in Republika Srpska. It is Republika Srpska's main economic, political, and administrative center. Banja Luka is the traditional centre of the densely forested Bosanska Krajina region of northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the city proper has a population of 138,963, while its administrative area comprises a total of 185,042 inhabitants.
The city is home to the University of Banja Luka and the University Clinical Center of the Republika Srpska, as well as numerous entities and state institutions for Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. The city is located on the Vrbas river. Banja Luka was designated a European city of Sport in 2018.
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