Rogatica
Rogatica Рогатица | |
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Town and municipality | |
 View on Rogatica | |
 Location of Rogatica within Republika Srpska | |
| Coordinates: 43°47′55″N 19°00′13″E / 43.79861°N 19.00361°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Geographical region | Podrinje |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Ninoslav Perić (SNSD) |
| • Municipality | 645 km2 (249 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Town | 6,855 |
| • Municipality | 10,723 |
| • Municipality density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 57 |
| Website | www |
Rogatica (Serbian Cyrillic: Рогатица) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 10,723 inhabitants, while the town of Rogatica has a population of 6,855 inhabitants.
Geography
[edit]The town lies on the river Rakitnica, on the magistral road between Podromanija and Ustiprača, roughly 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Višegrad and 45 km (28 mi) east of Sarajevo.
History
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The history of Rogatica dates back to the ancient era, with typical remains of fortified settlements of the Illyrians.[1]
Medieval Borač Castle was located about 10km south from Rogatica. It was a seat of the Pavlović noble family and one of the largest fortified cities on the territory of Bosnia in XIV and XV century.[2]
Medieval artifacts from this area include numerous stećak monuments, some of exceptional historical value. Stećak from Banja Stijena and stećak Vlatka Vlađevića are preserved at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.[3][4] Borak stećak necropolis site near Burati is inclued in the UNESCO World Heritage list.[5]
First school in Rogatica was established in 1880.[6] Church of the Holy Trinity was built in the center of the city between 1883-86.[7]
From October 1941 until January 1942, Serbian Chetniks killed around 2,000 Muslim civilians from the Rogatica district.[8]
In 1942, the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime slaughtered about 6,000 Serbs in Stari Brod near Rogatica and Miloševići.[9][10]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]| Population of settlements – Rogatica municipality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 25,501 | 23,771 | 21,812 | 10,723 | |
| 1 | Plješevica | 454 | 426 | ||
| 2 | Rogatica | 4,792 | 6,496 | 8,916 | 6,855 |
| 3 | Seljani | 474 | 276 | ||
Ethnic composition
[edit]| Ethnic composition – Rogatica town | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 6,855 (100,0%) | 8,916 (100,0%) | 6,496 (100,0%) | 4,792 (100,0%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 5,681 (63,72%) | 3,855 (59,34%) | 3,172 (66,19%) | ||||
| Serbs | 2,971 (33,32%) | 1,998 (30,76%) | 1,524 (31,80%) | ||||
| Yugoslavs | 140 (1,570%) | 584 (8,990%) | 41 (0,856%) | ||||
| Others | 108 (1,211%) | 9 (0,139%) | 17 (0,355%) | ||||
| Croats | 16 (0,179%) | 21 (0,323%) | 25 (0,522%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 15 (0,231%) | 10 (0,209%) | |||||
| Albanians | 9 (0,139%) | 2 (0,042%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 4 (0,062%) | 1 (0,021%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 1 (0,015%) | ||||||
| Ethnic composition – Rogatica municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 10,723 (100,0%) | 21 978 (100,0%) | 23,771 (100,0%) | 25,501 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 9,527 (88,85%) | 8,391 (38,18%) | 8,877 (37,34%) | 10,208 (40,03%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 1,117 (10,42%) | 13,209 (60,10%) | 14,020 (58,98%) | 15,096 (59,20%) | |||
| Others | 60 (0,560%) | 173 (0,787%) | 31 (0,130%) | 66 (0,259%) | |||
| Croats | 19 (0,177%) | 19 (0,086%) | 32 (0,135%) | 45 (0,176%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 186 (0,846%) | 762 (3,206%) | 62 (0,243%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 22 (0,093%) | 17 (0,067%) | |||||
| Albanians | 20 (0,084%) | 4 (0,016%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 5 (0,021%) | 1 (0,004%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 2 (0,008%) | 2 (0,008%) | |||||
Economy
[edit]The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[11]
| Activity | Total |
|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 255 |
| Mining and quarrying | - |
| Manufacturing | 363 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 69 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 65 |
| Construction | 30 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 346 |
| Transportation and storage | 48 |
| Accommodation and food services | 71 |
| Information and communication | 15 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 25 |
| Real estate activities | - |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 22 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 6 |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 180 |
| Education | 149 |
| Human health and social work activities | 104 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 26 |
| Other service activities | 29 |
| Total | 1,803 |
Notable people
[edit]- 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
Gallery
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Ancient Roman tomb -
Ossuary of the Serbian Army member killed in action in World War I -
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Waterfall located in the municipality -
Park in the city -
Monastery of Saint John the Baptist -
Church in Obrtići
References
[edit]- ^ "О Рогатици – Opština Rogatica". Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Turistička organizacija Republike Srpske". web.archive.org. 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ "Tombstone – Stecak from Banja Stijena, Rogatica Stecak14 – Global Digital Heritage". Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Stećak Vlatka Vlađevića". Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine (in Bosnian). 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "О нашој школи – ЈУ Основна школа "Свети Сава" Рогатица" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Храм Свете Тројице – Рогатица | Туристичка организација Републике Српске" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ Čekić, Smail (1996). Genocid nad Bošnjacima u Drugom svjetskom ratu: dokumenti [Genocide against Bosniaks in the Second World War: documents]. Udruženje Muslimana za antigenocidne aktivnosti. p. 21.
- ^ Sokol, Anida (2014). "War Monuments: Instruments of Nation-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Croatian Political Science Review. 51 (5): 105–126.
- ^ "Prime Minister Višković attends the commemorating ceremony in memory of the Serbs killed in Stari Brod and Miloševići in 1942". Republic of Srpska Government. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Cities and Municipalities of Republika Srpska" (PDF). rzs.rs.ba. Republika Srspka Institute of Statistics. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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