Banja Luka
city in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Summary
Banja Luka is a municipality of the Republika Srpska[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of municipality of the republika srpska entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,241 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Republika Srpska[4]
- Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina[5]
- Head of government: Draško Stanivuković[6]
- Instance of: city[7], big city[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut[9], Novi Sad[10], Sremska Mitrovica[11], Patras[12], Kaiserslautern[13], Campobasso[14], Bitonto[15], Focșani[16], Hakkâri[17], Bari[18], Moscow[19], Kranj[20], Graz[21], Västerås Municipality[22]
- Postal code: 78000[23]
- Commons category: Banja Luka[24]
- Located in time zone: Central European Summer Time[25], UTC+01:00[26], UTC+02:00[27]
- Local dialing code: 051[28]
- Inception: February 6, 1494[29]
- Official website: https://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Banja Luka[31]
- Commons gallery: Бања Лука[32]
- Population: 185,042[33]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Banja Luka[34]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Lexicon of Croatian Church music[38], New International Encyclopedia[39]
- Capital of: Bosnia eyalet[40], Ottoman Bosnia[41], Banja Luka Region[42], Republika Srpska[43]
- Official name: Banja Luka[44]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Banja Luka[45]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Banja Luka[46]
- Demonym: Banilucien[47], Banilucienne[48], Banjalučanin[49], Banjalučanka[50]
- Native label: Бања Лука[51]
- Category for people buried here: Q37814304[52]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Banja Luka[53]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Banja Luka include Banja Luka International Airport[54], an international airport[55], in Bosnia and Herzegovina[56].
Why It Matters
Banja Luka has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for it include Banja Luka International Airport[54], an international airport[55], in Bosnia and Herzegovina[56].