Pelagićevo
Pelagićevo
Пелагићево | |
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Village and municipality | |
Location of Pelagićevo within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates: 44°54′N 18°37′E / 44.90°N 18.61°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Named after | Vasa Pelagić |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Slavko Tešić (SNSD) |
| • Municipality | 122.49 km2 (47.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Village | 2,529 |
| • Municipality | 5,220 |
| • Municipality density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 54 |
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.