Rogatica
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| Rogatica Рогатица |
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Location of Rogatica within Republika Srpska |
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| 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[edit]
1971[edit]
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[edit]
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.[1]
Notable people[edit]
- 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[edit]
External links[edit]
- Unofficial Rogatica website(Bosnian)
- Old unofficial Rogatica website(Bosnian)
- List of people from Rogatica killed in the war(Bosnian)
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