Rogatica

Rogatica Рогатица
Town and municipality
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Location of Rogatica within Republika Srpska
Coordinates: 43°47′55″N 19°00′13″E / 43.79861°N 19.00361°E / 43.79861; 19.00361
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Geographical region	Podrinje
Government
• Municipal mayor	Milorad Jagodić (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.ba

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.

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Geography

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

From October 1941 until January 1942, Serbian Chetniks killed around 2,000 Muslim civilians from the Rogatica district.^[1]

In 1942, the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime slaughtered about 6,000 Serbs in Stari Brod near Rogatica and Miloševići.^[2]^[3]

Demographics

Population

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

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

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):^[4]

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

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

Ancient Roman tomb
Ossuary of the Serbian Army member killed in action in World War I
Banja Stijena
Waterfall located in the municipality
Park in the city
Monastery of Saint John the Baptist
Church in Obrtići

References

^ 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.