Rogatica
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Rogatica 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
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The town of Rogatica itself had 8,930 inhabitants:
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.http://www.komorars.ba/a2/index.php/pg/1949.print
. "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. "
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
located 60 kilometres northeast of Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
; midway on the road from Goražde
Goražde
Goražde , is a city and municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river. It is located between Foča, Sokolac and Višegrad, and is administratively part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the center of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton.-Location:Goražde is situated on the...
towards Sokolac
Sokolac
Sokolac is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the part of the City of East Sarajevo in the Republika Srpska entity....
. Rogatica and the town of Žepa
Žepa
Žepa is a town in the east of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the municipality of Rogatica. Žepa is located northeast of Rogatica itself, southwest of Srebrenica and northwest of Višegrad...
are located in the Rogatica municipality in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina
BIH
BIH is a three letter initialism that can stand for:*Benign intracranial hypertension*Bihari language, ISO 639 alpha-3 language code*Bilateral inguinal hernia Bosnia and Herzegovina, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code...
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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)
1991
In the census of 1991, the municipality had 21,812 residents, the ethnic distribution of which were;- 15,374 (60.38%) Muslims by nationalityMuslims by nationalityMuslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
- 10,169 (30.48%) SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
- 185 (0.85%) YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
- 18 (0.08%) CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
(See: Croats of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroats of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroats of Bosnia and Herzegovina form one of the three constitutive nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.There is no precise data regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina's population since the last war. Ethnic cleansing within Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s saw the vast majority of Croats move and take...
) - 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.http://www.komorars.ba/a2/index.php/pg/1949.print
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 YugoslaviaYugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. "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
Ustaše
The Ustaša - Croatian Revolutionary Movement was a Croatian fascist anti-Yugoslav separatist movement. The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Nazism, and Croatian nationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span to the River Drina and to the border...
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. "
See also
- Municipalities of Republika SrpskaMunicipalities of Republika SrpskaUnder the "Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government" adopted in 1994, Republika Srpska was divided into 80 municipalities. After the conclusion of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the law was amended in 1996 to reflect the changes to the entity's borders and now provides for the...
- List of settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina