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  name Bijeljina
  coa BN GRB 001PNG
  map BH municipality location Bijeljinapng
  area 734
  population 125,000-150,000
  popcensus 96,796
  latd 44latm=45
  longd 19longm=13
  code 55
  site wwwsobijeljinacom
  mayor Mićo Mićić ( SDS ) {Link without Title}


Bijeljina (, Bosnia And Herzegovina . The town is situated on the flat rich planes of Semberija . Bijeljina is 6 km from the border of Serbia , 40 km from Croatia and 35 km from Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina .


ARCHITECTURE

The oldest building in Bijeljina is the Serbian Orthodox Saint George church (Svetog Djordja) which was built in 1872. The second oldest building is the Semberija Museum which was built in 1876. The city park (Gradski Park) was founded in 1892.


TRANSPORTATION

There is only one railway line in Bijeljina. That Railway Line stretches from Bijeljina to Šid in Serbia . From Šid you join a line where you can go east towards Belgrade or go west to Croatia.

Bijeljina also has an airfield.


GEOGRAPHY


Semberija is a flat region which is bound by the rivers Sava, Drina and the Majevica mountains.
The entire Semberija area is typically an agricultural region which has fertile land and suitable weather conditions.

Semberija has the most developed agricultural area in Republika Srpska. The focus of the production is on wheat and corns, vegetables, cabbage, paprika, tomato and water-melon. Also, cattle-breeding (fattening of cows and pigs) and growing fruits.


  Image:Pavbrid 001JPGPavlović Bridge (River "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Drina" class="copylinks">Drina )