Official Name: | Međurečje |
Native Name: | Serbian: Међуречје |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
Subdivision Name1: | Republika Srpska |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Area Total Km2: | 3.958 |
Population As Of: | 2013[1] |
Population Total: | 171 |
Population Density Km2: | 43 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 43.5561°N 19.4128°W |
Elevation M: | 450 |
Area Code: | (+387) 58 |
Međurečje (Serbian: Међуречје) is a village located in the municipality of Rudo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] It is surrounded by the Serbian municipality of Priboj, in Zlatibor District, making it an exclave of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and an enclave within Serbia, a kilometer from the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While Serbia recognizes Međurečje as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the entire area is currently under the administration of the Serbian government. Sastavci is the neighboring village in Serbia.
With an area of 395.84ha, Međurečje has 173 inhabitants as of 2013 census. In 1999, the village had 75 households with a population of 270.[3] [4]
Vital infrastructure in the enclave of Međurečje is tied to the Serbian municipality of Priboj. A majority of the population works in Priboj. However, the land of Međurečje is registered in the municipality of Rudo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), where the population of the village pays its land tax.[4]
Historic facts about the formation of the enclave within the territory of Serbia are not known, but it is believed to be tied to the period after the 1878 Congress of Berlin, when the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires were sharing the border and Austria-Hungary was allowed to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4]