Banja Luka

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Banja Luka is the second-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of the Republika Srpska entity, known for its riverside setting, Austro-Hungarian architecture, and cultural life.

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Label Occurrences
Banja Luka canonical 10
Banja Luka region 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
airportIATACode BNX
callingCode +387
country Bosnia and Herzegovina
countryCodeTopLevelDomain .ba
currency convertible mark
surface form: Convertible mark
hasAirport Banja Luka International Airport
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasFestival Banja Luka Summer Games
music and cultural festivals
hasLandmark Banski Dvor Cultural Center
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Ferhat Pasha Mosque
Gospodska Street
Kastel Fortress
hasPopulationApprox 150000–200000
hasRebuiltArchitectureStyle socialist modernist
hasReligiousBuilding Catholic churches
Orthodox churches
mosques
hasRiverFeature riverside setting
hasUniversity University of Banja Luka
historicalEra Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austro-Hungarian period

Ottoman period
Socialist Yugoslavia period
surface form: Yugoslav period
isAdministrativeCenterOf Republika Srpska
isCulturalCenterOf Republika Srpska
isEconomicCenterOf Republika Srpska
isEducationalCenterOf Republika Srpska
isSecondLargestCityOf Bosnia and Herzegovina
knownFor Austro-Hungarian architecture
cultural life
parks and green spaces
tree-lined avenues
languageMajority Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
locatedInEntity Republika Srpska
locatedInRegion Bosanska Krajina
locatedNear Croatian border
locatedOnRiver Vrbas
surface form: Vrbas River
popularSport basketball
football
handball
sportsClub FK Borac Banja Luka
RK Borac Banja Luka
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
vehicleRegistrationCode BL
wasHeavilyDamagedBy 1969 earthquake
writingSystemAlsoUsed Latin script
writingSystemCommon Cyrillic script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaiserslautern twinnedWith Banja Luka
Republika Srpska hasCapital Banja Luka
Republika Srpska largestCity Banja Luka
Jajce hasNearbyCity Banja Luka
Velenje hasTwinTown Banja Luka
Vrbas flowsThrough Banja Luka
Vrbas nearbyCity Banja Luka
Vrbas region Banja Luka
this entity surface form: Banja Luka region