The elevation of Kotor Varoš is 220 metres (720 feet). Total municipality area is 564.26 square kilometres (217.86 square miles).
Kotor Varoš is on the Vrbanja river, on its southeastern upstream line of the Banja Luka, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) and to Šiprage also,30 kilometres (19 miles).[5][6]
History
The first settlement of the medieval town Kotor, existed certainly before the 9th century, because, according to credible sources, it was previously "destroyed several times." It was named as Vasekatro „near Banja Luka“.[7]