Rogatica

Rogatica
Rogatica; Рогатица
	Location of Rogatica within Republika Srpska
	Coordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E / 43.8°N 19°ECoordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E / 43.8°N 19°E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
	Government
• Mayor	Radomir Jovičić (Alliance of Independent Social Democrats)
	Area
• Total	664 km2 (256.4 sq mi)
	Population (1991)
• Total	21,812
• Municipality	17,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	57
Website	City of Rogatica

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Rogatica (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.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

25.501 total

Bosnian Muslims - 15.096 (59,19)
Serbs - 10.208 (40,02)
Croats - 45 (0,17)
Yugoslavs - 62 (0,24)
Others - 90 (0,38)

[edit] 1991

In the census of 1991, the municipality had 21,812 residents, the ethnic distribution of which were;

15,374 (60.38%) Muslims by nationality
10,169 (30.48%) Serbs
185 (0.85%) Yugoslavs
18 (0.08%) Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
66 (0.30%) others

The town of Rogatica itself had 8,930 inhabitants:

5,662 (63%) Muslims by nationality
3,062 (34%) Serbs
139 (2%) Yugoslavs
1% others

Note: The people belonging to the ethnic group "Muslims by nationality" are today classified as Bosniaks.

No census has been conducted since 1991, but estimates put the population at around 18,000, mostly Serbs.[1]

[edit] In 1946

A pen portrait of the situation facing the town in mid 20th century appears in Francesca M.Wilson's book Aftermath in which she describes her work with UNRRA in 1946, a year after the end of the Second World War. She meets a Russian émigré who is helping to build the new Yugoslavia. "It was an old Moslem town and rich, but built in a haphazard way, just as it grew. It was famous for its artisans and the fine boots they made - the best in Bosnia. The Orthodox lived in the surrounding country. There was a market and much traffic in livestock and timber and, of course, boots. The Ustaše demolished the Orthodox Church the first day they came in. Then the Orthodox came from nearby and burnt down houses. In the autumn of 1941 the Partisans took the village and held it for six months. When they were forced to leave they also burnt what they could. Rogatitza changed hands six times and each time was burnt. Only the Germans could spare ammunition - they put mines and blew buildings up. " ^[1]