Motike (Serbian Cyrillic: Мотике) is a village in the municipality of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]
Motike
Мотике (Serbian) | |
|---|---|
  Motike | |
| Coordinates: 44°49′20″N 17°08′17″E / 44.82222°N 17.13806°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Banja Luka |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 2,622[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
On 7 February 1942, Ustaše paramilitaries, led by a Franciscan friar, Miroslav Filipović (aka Tomislav Filipović-Majstorović), killed more than 2,300 Serbs (among them 500 children) in Drakulić, Motike and Šargovac.[3]
References
edit- ^ Nataša Gojković; Ognjen Ignjić. Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in BH 2013 Republika Srpska Preliminary Results (PDF) (Report). Republika Srpska Institute of Statistics, Banja Luka.
- ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
- ^ "Radio-Televizija Republike Srpske". Rtrs.tv. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
44°49′20″N 17°08′17″E / 44.82222°N 17.13806°E
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