The municipality was formed by Bosnian Serb authorities during the war. The Bosnian government never recognised this decision and officially municipality was created after the signing of the
Dayton Agreement. Bosnian Serb authorities also changed the name of the municipality to Petrovo from Bosansko Petrovo Selo. The municipality existed before, however, it was dismantled in the 1960s. It belonged to
Gračanica and
Lukavac as well. ==Demographics==