Pelagićevo

Pelagićevo
Пелагићево
Village and municipality
Location of Pelagićevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°54′N 18°37′E / 44.90°N 18.61°E / 44.90; 18.61
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Named afterVasa Pelagić
Government
  Municipal mayorSlavko Tešić (SNSD)
  Municipality122.49 km2 (47.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
  Village
2,529
  Municipality
5,220
  Municipality density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code54

Pelagićevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Пелагићево) is a village and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Posavina geographical region. As of 2013, the village has a population of 2,529 inhabitants, while the municipality has 5,220 inhabitants.

It was originally named Gornji Žabar (Serbian Cyrillic: Горњи Жабар) until 1970, when it was renamed after Vasa Pelagić, a representative of utopian socialism in Serbia during the second half of the nineteenth century, born in the village in 1833.