- Svrake
Svrake is small village, which is part of
Vogošća municipality in Bosnia. The population numbers to some 3000. Those are mainlyMuslim s today, estimated to be about 95%. This figure before 1992 was about 85%, while between 1992 and 1996 there was just a few Muslims, probably less then 1%. After reintegration of Svrake in April 2006, afterDayton Peace Agreement , Orthodox Serb population had left Svrake and almost none had returned. Svrake had suffered great atrocities and crimes during early stages of war in 1992 and thereafter, which was a stumbling stone leading to today's smaller presence of serbian population.Population
Ethnic composition,
1991 censustotal: 1,245
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Muslims by nationality - 1,036 (83.21%)
*Serbs - 170 (13.65%)
* "Yugoslavs " - 21 (1.68%)
*Croats - 2 (0.16%)
* others and unknown - 16 (1.28%)References
* Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
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