Coordinates: 44°36′24″N 17°51′36″E / 44.60667°N 17.86°E / 44.60667; 17.86

Teslić Теслић
View on Teslić from Krstova Gora hill
Coat of arms
Location of Teslić within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°36′24″N 17°51′36″E / 44.60667°N 17.86°E / 44.60667; 17.86
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Region	Banja Luka Region
Settlements	42 (1991.)
Government
• Municipality president	Savo Kasapović [1] (SNSD)
Area
• Total	845 km2 (326 sq mi)
Population (1991)
• Total	59,854
• Municipality	55,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	53

Teslić (Serbian Cyrillic: Теслић) is a town and municipality in north-central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the central part of the Republika Srpska entity. Teslić is located on the Usora River.

History[link]

The town was settled in the 19th century with the first industrialization of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Main industries are wood products and the chemical industry. Long before Tesliċ began to rise a nearby village called Čečava existed as one of the oldest places people inhabited, there is archaeological evidence that Čečava existed as early as the 10th century. Teslić was until the late 1950s among the largest industrial centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today Tesliċ industry is mostly based on the production of wood, milk, clothing, telecommunications, electro industry, metallic industry and building construction.

Tesliċ is also known as a tourist destination, mainly because of the Banja Vrućica, а health spa for healing cardio-vascular diseases. With a complex of five hotels and a capacity of over 1000 beds, Banja Vrućica has the biggest tourist capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also worth mentioning nearby mountain Borje, an attractive tourist destination, with two hotels and sports facilities.

Demographics[link]

1971[link]

In the 1971 census, the municipality of Teslić had 52,713 residents, including:

• 32,756 (62.14%) Serbs
• 10,000 (18.97%) Muslims by nationality
• 9,467 (17.95%) Croats
• 108 (0.20%) Yugoslavs
• 382 (0.72%) others and unknown

1981[link]

In the 1981 census, the municipality of Teslić had 60,434 residents, including:

• 35,024 (57,95%) Serbs
• 11,148 (18,44%) Muslims by nationality
• 10,744 (17,77%) Croats
• 3,008 (4,97%) Yugoslavs
• 510 (0,84%) others and unknown

1991[link]

Serbian Orthodox church in Teslić.

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Teslić had 59,854 residents, including:

• 32,962 (55,07%) Serbs
• 12,802 (21,38%) Muslims by nationality
• 9,525 (15,91%) Croats
• 3,465 (5,78%) Yugoslavs
• 1,100 (1,83%) others

_{Note: The overwhelming majority of those who considered themselves Muslims by nationality in 1991 today consider themselves Bosniaks.}

2006[link]

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. A lot of Bosniaks (around 4,000) have returned to their homes after the civil war.^{[citation needed]}

Settlements[link]

Settlements (over 1,500 residents), after the 1991 census:

• Teslić

total: 8,655

• 3,571 (41.25%) Serbs
• 1,889 (21.82%) Muslims by nationality
• 766 (8.85%) Croats
• 1,987 (22.95%) Yugoslavs
• 442 (5.10%) others and unknown

• Blatnica

total: 2,890

• 2,768 (95.77%) Serbs
• 40 (1.38%) Croats
• 7 (0.24%) Muslims by nationality
• 60 (2.07%) Yugoslavs
• 15 (0.51%) others and unknown

• Banja Vrućica

total: 2,637

• 1,381 (52.37%) Serbs
• 828 (31.39%) Croats
• 37 (1.40%) Muslims by nationality
• 334 (12.66%) Yugoslavs
• 57 (2.16%) others and unknown

• Čečava

total: 2,616

• 2,503 (95.68%) Serbs
• 36 (1.37%) Croats
• 1 (0.03%) Muslims by nationality
• 54 (2.06%) Yugoslavs
• 22 (0.84%) others and unknown

• Buletić

total: 2,419

• 2,292 (94.74%) Serbs
• 12 (0.49%) Muslims by nationality
• 6 (0.24%) Croats
• 76 (3.14%) Yugoslavs
• 33 (1.36%) others and unknown

• Mladikovine

total: 2,406

• 2,366 (98.33%) Serbs
• 3 (0.12%) Croats
• 24 (0.99%) Yugoslavs
• 13 (0.54%) others and unknown

• Donji Ružević

total: 2,060

• 1,804 (87.57%) Muslims by nationality
• 118 (5.72%) Serbs
• 12 (0.58%) Croats
• 83 (4.02%) Yugoslavs
• 43 (2.08%) others and unknown

• Pribinić

total: 1,996

• 1,662 - 83.26% Serbs
• 275 - 13.77% Muslims by nationality
• 7 - 0.35% Croats
• 37 - 1.85% Yugoslavs
• 15 - 0.75% others and unknown

• Stenjak

total: 1,740

• 1,451 - 83.39% Muslims by nationality
• 155 - 8.90% Serbs
• 18 - 1.03% Croats
• 109 - 6.26% Yugoslavs
• 7 - 0.40% others and unknown

• Kamenica

total: 1,667

• 1,322 - 79.30% Muslims by nationality
• 246 - 14.75% Croats
• 39 - 2.33% Serbs
• 47 - 2.81% Yugoslavs
• 13 - 0.77% others and unknown

• Gornja Vrućica

total: 1,590

• 1,238 - 77.86% Croats
• 292 - 18.36% Serbs
• 49 - 3.08% Yugoslavs
• 11 - 0.69% others and unknown

• Đulići

total: 1,512

• 710 - 46.95% Serbs
• 673 - 44.51% Muslims by nationality
• 12 - 0.79% Croats
• 37 - 2.44% Yugoslavs
• 80 - 5.29% others and unknown

Historical sites[link]

• About 5 km to the South-East from the city center there is a location of medieval tombstones of Duke Momčilo.
• Solila on the Borja Mountain

See also[link]

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska
• Jezera, formerly a village in Teslić
• Kusići, formerly a sub-village of Jezera
• Vrela, a village in Teslić
• Žarkovina, a village in Teslić
• Usora River
• Krstova Gora hill (formerly Gračun)

External links[link]

• Teslić municipality Official Website
• Teslić Travel Information on Wikitravel
• Teslić page on Facebook
• Teslić YahooGroup!
• Teslic.ch

References[link]

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