Rogatica

Infobox Settlement

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|leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = Tomislav Batinić (SDS) [http://www.izbori.ba/documents/Rezultati%20izbora%202004/Utvrdjeni/2004NacelniciRS.pdf]
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Rogatica (Cyrillic: Рогатица) is a municipality and town in eastern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located 60 kilometres east of Sarajevo; midway on the road from Goražde towards Sokolac. The village of Žepa is located in the Rogatica municipality.

Demographics

1971

25.501 total
* 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;
*13,169 (60.38%) Muslims by nationality
*3,374 (38.39%) Serbs (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*185 (0.85%) Yugoslavs
*18 (0.08%) Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
*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: Most Muslims by nationality today consider themselves 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]

History

In 1992, during the first year of the war all of the Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) population was expelled from the Rogatica municipality, with the sole exception of Žepa. In July 1995 the remainder of the Bosniak population was expelled when Žepa fell to the Serbs. An estimated 1,133 Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) were killed between 1992-1995 in Rogatica.

ee also

*Municipalities of Republika Srpska
*List of settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

* [http://www.rogatica.com/html/index.php Unofficial Rogatica website] bs icon
* [http://hjem.get2net.dk/rogatica/ Another unofficial Rogatica website] bs icon
* [http://www.rogatica.com/Spisak.htm List of people from Rogatica killed in the war] bs icon