Lopare, which evermore is taking on the aspect and importance of a city, is located in picturesque countryside, where wondrous Mount Majevica gives way to the meadows and the flatlands of Semberija and Posavina. Lopare has since time immemorial been the centre of the Majevica foothills, and in our time has gained the possibility of becoming a city in an ecologically clean environment. It might become an important economic, health and tourist center of this part of Republika Srpska.

Lopare is the administrative, health, educational, and transportation canter of the Municipality bearing its name. It occupies 280 square kill, and has 16,829 residents in 4,704 households. The population density is 60.1 person, or 3.58 households, per square kill. It borders on the Municipalities of Ugljevik, Bijeljina and Brcko in Republika Srpska, and Teocak, Sapna, Srerbrenik, Tuzla and Celic in the Federation of Bosna and Herzegovina.

The inter-Entity boundary-line in this region is 17 km long. A full 35% of the Municipality's territory was given to the BiH Federation at the conclusion of the patriotic war.

After the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, and the establishment of the inter-Entity border across Majevica, Lopare Municipality came to have 28 village communities: Pukis, Smiljevac, Koretasi, Mrtvica, Bobino Brdo, Koraj, Mirosavci, Puskovac, Milino Selo, Brusnica, Piperi, Vakuf, Pirkovci, Jablanica, Mackovac, Kozjak, Tobut, Lopare Selo, Vukosavci, Labucka, Peljave, Lipovice, Priboj, Brijest,Podgora, Konjikovici, and Potras. First place is had by Lopare, accessible by a modern road from Priboj, branching off the Bijeljina- Tuzla highway.

Before the peace agreement was signed, Lopare also counted among its villages Lukavica, whose population has been displaced and is now found throughout Republika Srpska, though mostly in Lopare.

During the 1993 population census, Lopare had the most inhabitance> 1,659 in 486 households. Priboj had 1,604 with 455 households, Lopare Selo 1,248, Tobut 1,489, Mrtvica 885, lablanica 964, Peljave 754, Pirkovci 761, Puskovac 762, and soon.The population of Koraj, Potras and Konjikovici varies, but they are also considered to be the more populous of Lopare's villages. A great many refugees and displaced persons sought refuge in these parts. There are now 1,648 ofthemin412 families.

The Municipality of Lopare has 1,891 workers, of whom 1,689 are employed in the state sector. The Employment Bureau has 843 people registered, mostly unqualified, but including 285 qualified and four with a university diploma. The region has 1,220 pensioners and 314 war invalids. The patriotic war took the lives of 230 RS Army soldiers. It has a further 100 unclassified war invalids, 26 families of civilian war victims and 20 civilian war invalids.

The Municipality can with reason be called youthful, since it hasl,572 pupils, which is almost 10% of the total population, this not including the young people who have finished their schooling.