Rogatica
Rogatica Рогатица | |
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![]() Location of Rogatica within Republika Srpska | |
Coordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E / 43.800°N 19.000°ECoordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E / 43.800°N 19.000°E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Republika Srpska |
Government | |
• Mayor | Radomir Jovičić (Alliance of Independent Social Democrats) |
Area | |
• Total | 645 km2 (249 sq mi) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 11,603 |
• Density | 18/km2 (50/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Area code(s) | 57 |
Website | City of Rogatica |
Rogatica (Serbian Cyrillic: Рогатица) is a municipality and town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina located 60 kilometres northeast of Sarajevo; midway on the road from Goražde towards Sokolac. Rogatica and the town of Žepa are located in the Rogatica municipality in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
1971
25.501 total
- Bosniaks - 15,096 (59.19%)
- Serbs - 10.208 (40.02%)
- Croats - 45 (0.17%)
- Yugoslavs - 62 (0.24%)
- Others - 90 (0.38%)
1991
In the census of 1991, the municipality had 21,812 residents, the ethnic distribution of which were;
- 15,374 Bosniaks (60.38%)
- 10,169 Serbs (30.48%)
- 185 Yugoslavs (0.85%)
- 18 Croats (0.08%)
- 66 others (0.30%)
The town of Rogatica itself had 8,930 inhabitants:
- 5,662 Bosniaks (63%)
- 3,062 Serbs (34%)
- 139 Yugoslavs (2%)
- others (1%)
From 1991, no census was conducted until 2013, but the results of that census will not be known until sometime in 2014.
Notable people
- Kemal Mešić, athlete
- Mehmed Sokolović, Ottoman statesman
- Mersad Selimbegović, football player
- Muhamed Mustafić, handball player
- Nezir Škaljić, 3rd mayor of Sarajevo (from 1899 to 1905)
- Safet Zec, painter
- Ibrahim Šehić, football goalkeeper
References
External links
- Unofficial Rogatica website(Bosnian)
- Old unofficial Rogatica website(Bosnian)
- List of Muslims from Rogatica killed in the war(Bosnian)
- Website about Rogatica(Bosnian)
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