| LC control no. | n 2002030520 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Šamac (Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Bosnia and Herzegovina--Šamac (Šamac) |
| Variant(s) | Bosanski Šamac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Located | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Found in | Anatomija laži "haškog svjedoka", 2000: p. 23, etc. (Šamac; town in Republika Srpska, Bosnia) GEOnet, April 4, 20002: (Bosanski Šamac; PPL 45°03ʹ33ʺN 018°28ʹ01ʺ; Variant: Šamac) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 45°03ʹ33ʺN 018°28ʹ01ʺE) GEOnet, 13 Feb. 2015 (Bosanski Šamac [approved], Šamac [variant], Bosnia and Herzegovina, PPL, 45°03'36"N, 018°28'03"E; lists several other Šamac in Bosnia and Herzegovina) Wikipedia, 13 Feb. 2015: under Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosanski Šamac/Šamac is a town and municipality in the northeastern part of the Republika Srpska and it's also a part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the right bank of the Sava river; across the river is Slavonski Šamac in Croatia; the town lies on an important strategic position, between the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, near Brčko; as with most other places under Serbian control, Srpska authorities removed the "Bosnian" adjective from the town's official name and changed it to "Srpski" meaning Serbian; Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats continued to refer to it by its historical name of "Bosanski Šamac" causing tension among the inhabitants; a court order had the official name changed to simply Šamac, removing any ethnic divisions in its previous names) |
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