Rogatica

Rogatica Рогатица
Town and municipality
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Location of Rogatica within Republika Srpska
Coordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Government
• Mayor	Milorad Jagodić (SNSD)
Area
• Total	645 km2 (249 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	10,723
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	57
Website	www.rogatica.ba

Rogatica (Serbian Cyrillic: Рогатица) is a town and municipality located in eastern Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 10,723 inhabitants.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1971	25,501	—
1991	21,812	−0.78%
2013	10,723	−3.18%

Ethnic groups

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 was:

• 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.

2013

Municipality	Nationality						Total
	Bosniaks	%	Croats	%	Serbs	%
Rogatica	1,117	10.41	19	0.17	9,527	88.84	10,723

Notable people

• Zehra Bajraktarević , singer
• Kemal Mešić, athlete
• Muhamed Mustafić, handball player
• Ibrahim Šehić, football goalkeeper
• Mersad Selimbegović, football player
• Nezir Škaljić, third mayor of Sarajevo (1899–1905)
• Safet Zec, painter

External links

• Unofficial Rogatica website Template:Bs icon
• Old unofficial Rogatica website Template:Bs icon
• List of Muslims from Rogatica killed in the war Template:Bs icon
• Website about Rogatica Template:Bs icon