thumb|right|Brod in 1912
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formerly Bosanski Brod () is a town and municipality located in northern Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is situated on the south bank of the river Sava, in the western part of the Posavina region.The official name of region  As of 2013, the town has a population of 7,637 inhabitants, while the municipality has a population of  16,619 inhabitants.
Name
Prior to the Bosnian War of the 1990s, the town was known as Bosanski Brod.
During the war the prefix "Bosanski" was replaced with "Srpski" due to the town being under Serb control.
In May 2009, the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska removed any prefix from the name resulting in the name Brod.
Today its official name is just Brod, without either prefix Bosanski or Srpski.
The Croatian town of Slavonski Brod is situated on the opposite (northern) bank of the Sava, forming a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants.
The bridge over the Sava River at Brod was destroyed in the early hours of October 1992; it was rebuilt several years later after the hostilities ended.
Settlements
Aside from the town of Brod, the following settlements comprise the municipality:
Brusnica Mala
Brusnica Velika
Donja Barica
Donja Močila
Donja Vrela
Donje Kolibe
Donji Klakar
Gornja Barica
Gornja Močila
Gornja Vrela
Gornje Kolibe
Gornji Klakar
Grk
Koraće
Kričanovo
Kruščik
Liješće
Novo Selo
Sijekovac
Unka
Vinska
Zborište
Demographics
Population
Ethnic composition
Administrative areas
The Municipality of Brod according to population census from 1991, had twenty-three inhabited settlements, divided into twelve local communities: City local communities
MZ Brodsko Polje 1
MZ Brodsko Polje 2
MZ Brod - downtown
MZ Karađorđevo
MZ Rit
MZ Tulek
Rural communities
MZ Gornji Klakar
MZ Donji Klakar
MZ Gornje Kolibe
MZ Donje Kolibe
MZ Koraće
MZ Liješće
MZ Novo Selo
MZ Sijekovac
MZ Vinska
MZ Unka
MZ Gornja Vrela
MZ Grk
MZ Barica
Notable residents
Duško Trifunović, children's writer and poet
Sead Mašić, football player
Edin Mujčin, football player
Ljupko Petrović, football coach
Zdravko Zovko, handball coach
See also
Municipalities of Republika Srpska
Sijekovac killings
References
Sources
External links
