Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

Settlement Type:Town and municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Entity
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2: Istočno Sarajevo
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population As Of:2013 census
Sokolac
Native Name:Соколац
Flag Size:150px
Area Total Km2:693.45
Population Total:12021
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:43.9361°N 18.7978°W
Area Code:57
Leader Title:Municipal mayor
Leader Name:Milovan Bjelica
Leader Party:SDS
Image Map1:Sokolac-naselja.PNG

Sokolac (Serbian: Соколац) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 12,021 inhabitants, while the town of Sokolac has a population of 5,919 inhabitants.

History

Bosnian War

See main article: articles and Novoseoci massacre. On the 22 September 1992, the Army of Republika Srpska committed a massacre of 45 Bosniak civilians (44 male, one female) from the neighboring villages of Novoseoci and Pavičići in the villages of Novoseoci, Sokolac municipality, and Ivan Polje landfill on the way to Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Members of the VRS killed a woman in the village, then transported 44 men and boys to the Ivan Polje landfill, where they shot them dead. Exhumation at the landfill revealed additional eight victims from Han Stjenica, Rogatica municipality.[1]

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Sokolac municipality
Settlement1961.1971.1981.1991.2013.
Total17,05315,28114,83312,021
1Baltići185403
2Brejakovići153218
3Knežina465237
4Novo Selo119693
5Podromanija3771,268
6Ravna Romanija115237
7Sokolac1,1322,4643,6495,5625,919
8Vidrići243257

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Sokolac town
2013.1991.1981.1971.
Total5,919 (100,0%)5,562 (100,0%)3,649 (100,0%)2,464 (100,0%)
Serbs5,182 (93,17%)3,211 (88,00%)2,256 (91,56%)
Bosniaks262 (4,711%)140 (3,837%)107 (4,343%)
Others61 (1,097%)5 (0,137%)8 (0,325%)
Yugoslavs47 (0,845%)224 (6,139%)16 (0,649%)
Croats10 (0,180%)34 (0,932%)43 (1,745%)
Montenegrins29 (0,795%)30 (1,218%)
Albanians5 (0,137%)3 (0,122%)
Macedonians1 (0,027%)
Hungarians1 (0,041%)
Ethnic composition – Sokolac municipality
2013.1991.1981.1971.
Total12,021 (100,0%)14,883 (100,0%)15,281 (100,0%)17,053 (100,0%)
Serbs11,250 (93,59%)10,195 (68,50%)9,743 (63,76%)11,006 (64,54%)
Bosniaks671 (5,582%)4,493 (30,19%)4,817 (31,52%)5,790 (33,95%)
Others71 (0,591%)93 (0,625%)123 (0,805%)47 (0,276%)
Croats29 (0,241%)19 (0,128%)57 (0,373%)128 (0,751%)
Yugoslavs83 (0,558%)486 (3,180%)23 (0,135%)
Montenegrins42 (0,275%)53 (0,311%)
Macedonians6 (0,039%)1 (0,006%)
Albanians5 (0,033%)3 (0,018%)
Slovenes1 (0,007%)
Hungarians1 (0,007%)2 (0,012%)

Economy

Sokolac is an important intersection for regional transport routes. The roads that intersect in Sokolac are between Sarajevo and the Adriatic Sea, Belgrade, Užice, Banja Luka and Bijeljina.[2]

Economic previewThe following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[3]
ActivityTotal
Agriculture, forestry and fishing525
Mining and quarryingalign="right"-
Manufacturing392
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply54
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activitiesalign="right"-
Construction360
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles373
Transportation and storage90
Accommodation and food services70
Information and communication23
Financial and insurance activities31
Real estate activitiesalign="right"-
Professional, scientific and technical activities28
Administrative and support service activities10
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security252
Education173
Human health and social work activities305
Arts, entertainment and recreation22
Other service activities22
Total2,730

Sport

The local OFK Glasinac 2011's predecessor club FK Glasinac Sokolac has played two seasons in the country's top level Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They now play in the third tier.

International cooperation

List of Sokolac's sister and twin cities:

Friendship agreement:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pekmez . Irvin . 2021-07-08 . Tupajić i ostali: Dan kada je posljednji put vidio oca i brata . 2023-09-29 . Detektor . bs-BA.
  2. Web site: Interview with Milovan Bjelica, the Mayor of Sokolac . www.balkaninside.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151030094114/http://www.balkaninside.com/interview-with-milovan-bjelica-the-mayor-of-sokolac/ . 2015-10-30.
  3. Web site: Cities and Municipalities of Republika Srpska . rzs.rs.ba . Republika Srspka Institute of Statistics . 31 December 2019 . PDF . 25 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Градови побратими. 2021-01-14. Соколац - срце Романије. sr-RS.