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Mrkonjić Grad (Serbian Cyrillic: Мркоњић Град) is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity. It is located in the Bosanska Krajina, between Banja Luka and Jajce.
In the 1991 census, the municipality of Mrkonjić Grad had 27,379 residents: 21,159 Serbs, 3,275 Muslims by nationality, 2,141 Croats, 584 Yugoslavs, and 220 others (1.7%). The town itself had 11,261 residents, of whom 78% were Serbs, 13% Muslims by nationality, 4% Yugoslavs, 3% Croats, and 2% others.* Note: The vast majority of Muslims by nationality today consider themselves Bosniaks, and some find the earlier name offensive.
The Balkana lake lies near the town and presents a small, but beautiful tourist resort.
History
The city changed its name several times in history: Gornje Kloke, Novo Jajce (Jenidži Jajce), Varcarev Vakuf, Varcar Vakuf, and ultimately the present one. The last renaming took place in 1924 after King Peter I of Serbia, who had taken the nom-de-guerre "Mrkonjić" while fighting as a hajduk in the uprising (1875-1878) against the Turks.
In World War II, the city became renowned by the first meeting of ZAVNOBiH on November 25 1943, when Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed as a common republic of Serbs, Croats and Muslims/Bosniaks.
For the most of Bosnian war the city was in Serbian hands, but HVO (English: Croat Defence Council) units took it in 1995, while Serbian population fled. After the Dayton peace agreement the city was assigned to Republika Srpska.
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