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Banja Luka covers some 96.2 km 2 (37.1 sq mi) of land in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on both banks of the Vrbas in the Banja Luka valley, which is characteristically flat within the otherwise hilly region. Banja Luka's centre lies 163 m (534.78 ft) above sea level.
Banja Luka, city, northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies along the Vrbas River at its confluence with the Vrbanja. It serves as the capital of the Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic), one of the two largely autonomous entities that make up the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The first contingent of British soldiers, members of the EU peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, depart from the Banja Luka International in 2007, after 15 years of helping...
With its consequences remedied, Banja Luka got its recognizable appearance. In the wake of the Former Yugoslavia`s break-up, Banja Luka was the second biggest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the tenth biggest one in Yugoslavia. According to the 1991 census, Banja Luka had 150 000 inhabitants.
May 14, 2024 · A protester in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina holds a picture of convicted war criminal, former Serb general Ratko Mladic, during a demonstration against the UN resolution commemorating...
- Al Jazeera Staff
Banja Luka (also written Banjaluka or Бања Лука) is a picturesque city in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the administrative capital and the largest city of Republika Srpska , and the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mar 20, 2024 · Before the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, Banja Luka was the second largest city in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the tenth largest city in Yugoslavia. Intensive industrialisation and modernisation of the transport infrastructure in the 1950s accelerated the development of this city.
