Sokolac
| Sokolac Соколац |
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| Coordinates: 43°56′15″N 18°47′50″E / 43.9375°N 18.79722°ECoordinates: 43°56′15″N 18°47′50″E / 43.9375°N 18.79722°E | |||
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Dragan Cvijetić (SDS) [1] | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 729 km2 (281.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1991) | |||
| • Total | 20,000 | ||
| • Municipality | 22,000 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Area code(s) | 57 | ||
| Website | www.opstinasokolac.org | ||
Sokolac (Cyrillic: Соколац) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the part of the City of East Sarajevo in the Republika Srpska entity.
Agriculture has been important part of the community. For most inhabitants, the businesses of agriculture is the only a way to make a living, but also a tradition to the families. Potato is the main product of agriculture. Sokolac used to be known by high quality potato. Not a long ago, the potato chip industry was a promising industry for this region. At the same time, Center for Advancement of Agriculture (ogledno dobro) was established.
Livestock production is the second largest agriculture industry in the community. The area surrounding Sokolac is well known for its quality grasslands, due to foggy, moist conditions that keep the grasses green much of the year and make them well suited for grazing dairy, cattle and sheep. The beef cattle and sheep is the second largest export of the community. Although Sokolac has a small dairy factory, the milk market production is very small.
Sokolac is surrounded by high quality woodlands, which have been largely destroyed in last ten years. Although this industry generates most revenue for the community, a small percentage of people work in the industry.
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[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1971
17,053 total
- Serbs — 11,006 (64.53%)
- Muslims — 5,790 (33.95%)
- Croats — 128 (0.75%)
- Yugoslavs — 23 (0.13%)
- others — 106 (0.64%)
[edit] 1991
In 1991, the population of the Sokolac municipality numbered 14,833 people, including:
- 10,181 Serbs (68.64%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 4,486 Muslims by nationality (30.24%)
- 84 Yugoslavs
- 22 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 60 others
[edit] Last Census
Bosnia is the only country in Europe in which a census has been contucted in 15 years. The population of Sokolac almost doubled since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Almost 150.000 Bosnian Serbs left nearby Sarajevo after the war in Bosnia ended.
[edit] Sport
The local football club, FK Glasinac Sokolac, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
The following links can be found regarding the municipality Sokolac:
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