Settlement Type: | Village and municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
Subdivision Type2: | Geographical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Herzegovina |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population As Of: | 2013 census |
Native Name: | Берковићи |
Official Name: | Berkovići |
Area Total Km2: | 249.69 |
Population Total: | 2114 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Parts Type: | Settlements |
Coordinates: | 43.0947°N 18.1644°W |
Area Code: | 59 |
Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
Leader Name: | Nenad Abramović |
Leader Party: | SDS |
Image Map1: | Berkovići-naselja.PNG |
Berkovići (Serbian: Берковићи) is a village and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 2,114 inhabitants.
The municipality is located in the westernmost part of East Herzegovina.[1]
The municipality was created in 1995, after the Bosnian War, out of the Republika Srpska-controlled parts of the pre-war municipality of Stolac (now in the Federation of B&H).[2] The village was struck by a big earthquake on April 22, 2022 with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale.[3]
Aside from the village of Berkovići itself, the municipality includes the following settlements:
Berkovići also contains parts of the following settlements:
Population of settlements – Berkovići municipality | |||||||||
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Settlement | 1938. | 1953. | 1961. | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | ||
Total | 2,573 | 3,166 | 2,114 | ||||||
1 | Berkovići | 747 | 749 | 651 | 159 | 230 | |||
2 | Hatelji | 468 | 409 | ||||||
3 | Ljuti Do | 316 | 233 | ||||||
4 | Meča | 88 | 300 |
2013 | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||
Total | 240 (100,0%) | 159 (100,0%) | 651 (100,0%) | 749 (100,0%) | |
Serbs | 238 (99,17%) | 147 (97,484%) | 611 (93,856%) | 744 (100,0%) | |
Croats | 2 (0,83%) | 1 (0,154%) | 1 (0,134%) | ||
Bosniaks | 4 (2,516%) | 4 (0,614%) | |||
Yugoslavs | 33 (5,069%) | ||||
Other | 2 (0,307%) | 2 (0,267%) | |||
Montenegrins | 1 (0,134%) | ||||
Macedonians | 1 (0,134%) |
2013 | ||
Total | 2,114 (100,0%) | |
Serbs | 1,942 (91,86%) | |
Bosniaks | 159 (7,52%) | |
Croats | 11 (0,52%) | |
Others | 2 (0,09%) |
The municipality is underdeveloped and much of the economic activity is agricultural.