Native Name: | Милићи |
Official Name: | Milići |
Flag Size: | 150px |
Settlement Type: | Town and municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
Subdivision Type2: | Geographical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Podrinje |
Parts: | 54 |
Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
Leader Name: | Marko Savić |
Leader Party: | SNSD |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2013 census |
Area Total Km2: | 279.13 |
Population Total: | 11441 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 44.1661°N 19.075°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Area Code: | 56 |
Image Map1: | Milići-naselja.PNG |
Milići (Serbian: Милићи) is a town and a municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 11,441 inhabitants, while the town of Milići has a population of 2,368 inhabitants.
Population of settlements – Milići municipality | ||||||
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Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | ||
Total | 12,710 | 14,117 | 16,038 | 11,441 | ||
1 | Bačići | 502 | 586 | |||
2 | Bešići | 390 | 208 | |||
3 | Derventa | 324 | 256 | |||
4 | Đurđevići | 161 | 234 | |||
5 | Lukići | 224 | 277 | |||
6 | Maćesi | 687 | 381 | |||
7 | Milići | 506 | 1,546 | 2,414 | 2,368 | |
8 | Mišići | 247 | 329 | |||
9 | Nova Kasaba | 1,042 | 404 | |||
10 | Pomol | 459 | 305 | |||
11 | Raševo | 464 | 248 | |||
12 | Rovaši | 1,236 | 740 | |||
13 | Skugrići | 1,144 | 581 | |||
14 | Vrtoče | 579 | 632 | |||
15 | Vukovići | 219 | 219 | |||
16 | Zaklopača | 437 | 235 |
Ethnic composition – Milići town | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
Total | 2,368 (100,0%) | 2,414 (100,0%) | 1,546 (100,0%) | 506 (100,0%) | |||
Serbs | 2,229 (92,34%) | 1,385 (89,59%) | 468 (92,49%) | ||||
Bosniaks | 107 (4,432%) | 43 (2,781%) | 7 (1,383%) | ||||
Others | 47 (1,947%) | 1 (0,065%) | 3 (0,593%) | ||||
Yugoslavs | 28 (1,160%) | 98 (6,339%) | |||||
Croats | 3 (0,124%) | 10 (0,647%) | 15 (2,964%) | ||||
Montenegrins | 8 (0,517%) | 13 (2,569%) | |||||
Hungarians | 1 (0,065%) |
Ethnic composition – Milići municipality | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013. | 1991. | ||||||
Total | 11,441 (100,0%) | 16,038 (100,0%) | |||||
Serbs | 7,180 (62,76%) | 7,983 (50,79%) | |||||
Bosniaks | 4,199 (36,70%) | 7,433 (47,29%) | |||||
Others | 38 (0,332%) | 228 (1,450%) | |||||
Croats | 24 (0,210%) | 7 (0,045%) | |||||
Yugoslavs | 68 (0,433%) |
The economy of Milići is dominated by bauxite extraction mining company "Boksit", a multi-faceted company originally established in 1959.
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[1]
Activity | Total | |
---|---|---|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 59 | |
Mining and quarrying | 870 | |
Manufacturing | 341 | |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 23 | |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 30 | |
Construction | 14 | |
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 113 | |
Transportation and storage | 73 | |
Accommodation and food services | 32 | |
Information and communication | 10 | |
Financial and insurance activities | 40 | |
Real estate activities | align="right" | - |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 23 | |
Administrative and support service activities | 5 | |
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 115 | |
Education | 128 | |
Human health and social work activities | 56 | |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 11 | |
Other service activities | 14 | |
Total | 1,957 |
The local football team, FK Boksit Milići, were also established by the company in 1972.
In the 1990s, businessman Rajko Dukić invested in sports development in Milići, and local teams became champions of Republika Srpska in football, chess, bowling and women's handball. He also invested in a large cultural complex occupying the centre of the town, including a museum, motel, pool complex and the 65-metre tall 'Rajko's Tower'.[2]