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Banja Luka

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Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ‘Baths of Luke’ (St Luke) from the Serbo‐Croat banja ‘spa’. It was a Roman watering place and military centre in an area which legend associates with St Luke. Banja Luka was the capital of the Ottoman Turkish province of Bosnia between 1583 and 1639. In 1738, at the Battle of Banja Luka, the Turks defeated the Austrians and at the subsequent Treaty of Belgrade a year later the present northern border of Bosnia was demarcated. In 1998 the town became the ‘capital’ of Republika Srpska, the Serbian region of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Banja Luka

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Banja Luka , city (1991 pop. 142,644), in NE Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the Vrbas River. It has varied manufactures, including machinery, paper, and electrical equipment. Banja Luka was captured by the Turks in 1528 and was (1583–1638) the seat of the pashas of Bosnia. Later (1878–1918) a part of Austria-Hungary, it passed to Yugoslavia after World War I. After the splintering of Bosnia and Herzegovina along ethnic lines in 1992, Banja Luka fell under Serb control. The city has Roman ruins and a 16th-century mosque.

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