Rogatica

Rogatica Рогатица
Location of Rogatica within Republika Srpska
Coordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E / 43.800°N 19.000°E / 43.800; 19.000Coordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E / 43.800°N 19.000°E / 43.800; 19.000
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

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 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.

Notable people

• 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

External links

• Unofficial Rogatica website(Bosnian)
• Old unofficial Rogatica website(Bosnian)
• List of Muslims from Rogatica killed in the war(Bosnian)
• Website about Rogatica(Bosnian)

Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska
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