Sakar, Mali Zvornik

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Sakar (Сакар) is a small village next to Mali Zvornik in the Mačva District of Serbia. It has a population of 504 people. Most them are Serbs, but many are also Moslems by nationality. The village is on Lake Zvornik (Зворнико језеро). It is near a hydroelectric power station.

History

There were only two Moslem villages on the right side of the Drina river in 1862: Mali Zvonrik and Sakar. Sakar came under the administration of the Principality of Serbia when it became internationally recognized as a condition of the Treaty of Berlin. After this event, Serbian families began to move into the village. The nearby hydroelectric power station was completed in 1954, and the resulting inundation of farmland depleted the traditional Moslem population of the village.

Historical population

*1948: 451
*1953: 423
*1961: 499
*1971: 508
*1981: 587
*1991: 633
*2002: 504 [ "in Serbian" Књига 9, "Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима", Републички завод за статистику, Београд, мај 2004, ISBN 86-84433-14-9]

Ethnic groups in Sakar (2002)

References

ee also

*List of places in Serbia
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