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Milići, Republika Srpska

Coordinates: 44°09′N 19°05′E / 44.150°N 19.083°E / 44.150; 19.083
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Milići
Милићи
Coat of arms of Milići
Location of Milići within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Milići within Bosnia and Herzegovina
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 • MayorŽivojin Jurošević (SNSD) [1]
Area
 • Total27,913 km2 (10,777 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Total12,272
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code56

Milići (Serbian Cyrillic: Милићи) is a small town and a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Industry

Milići is dominated by 'Boksit', a multi-faceted company originally established in 1959 as a bauxite extraction industry. The local football team, FK Boksit Milići, were also established by the company in 1972.

In the 1990s, businessman Rajko Dukić invested in sports development in Milići, and local teams became champions of Republika Srpska in football, chess, bowling and women's handball. He also invested in a large cultural complex occupying the centre of the town, including a museum, motel, pool complex and the 65-metre tall 'Rajko's Tower'.[1]

Demographics

1971

total: 11,965

1981

total: 14,117

1991

total: 16,038

Settlements

Bačići, Bešići, Bijelo Polje, Bišina, Bukovica Donja, Bukovica Gornja, Buljevići, Derventa, Donje Vrsinje, Dubačko, Dubnica, Dukići, Đile, Đurđevići, Gerovi, Glušac, Golići, Gornje Vrsinje, Gunjaci, Jeremići, Kokanovići, Koprivno, Kostrača, Krajčinovići, Lukavica, Lukići, Maćesi, Milići, Mišići, Nova Kasaba, Nurići, Pavkovići, Podbirač, Podgora, Pomol, Rajići, Raševo, Raškovići, Ristijevići, Rovaši, Rupovo Brdo, Sebiočina, Skugrići, Supač, Štedra, Toljevići, Višnjica, Vitići, Vrtoče, Vukovići, Vukšići, Zabrđe, Zagrađe and Zaklopača.

References

  • Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.

See also

44°09′N 19°05′E / 44.150°N 19.083°E / 44.150; 19.083