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Bosnian in Banja Luka from 1879 to 1991, while there was a sharp and consistent increase in the Serbian population in the city in that time frame. Meanwhile, the population of those who were Croatian remained relatively the same in Banja Luka over the years, with a gradual decline starting after WII.
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Banja Luka is the second largest city in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, which traces permanent human settlement back to the Neolithic age. The city primarily consists of those who are either Bosnian, Serbian, or Croatian. Generally speaking, the population of those of the Bosnian nationality has fluctuated
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Serbian population has declined due to some of the rural parts that were included in the city, and the in-migration that occurred after the 1969 earthquake. There was a sharp drop in the Bosniak population on the
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