| Settlement Type: | Town and municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
| Subdivision Type2: | Geographical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Podrinje |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2013 census |
| Native Name: | Рудо |
| Official Name: | Rudo |
| Area Total Km2: | 347.63 |
| Population Total: | 7963 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Area Code: | 58 |
| Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
| Leader Name: | Dragoljub Bogdanović |
| Leader Party: | SNSD |
| Image Map1: | Rudo-naselja.PNG |
Rudo (Serbian: Рудо) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 7,963 inhabitants, while the town of Rudo has a population of 1,949 inhabitants.
It is famous throughout former Yugoslav republics as the birthplace of the 1st Proletarian Brigade formed by Yugoslav Partisans.
The town of Rudo was established in 1555 by Sokollu Mustafa Pasha, a close relative of Ottoman Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha.[1] A stone mosque, bridge over the Lim, hamam, inn, mekteb (school), tekke, some shops and houses were built.[1] It was mentioned by Evliya Çelebi (1611–1682).[1] It was flooded in 1896, and then expanded into an urban settlement.[2] Following the collapse of the Republic of Užice and the time spent in the village of Drenova leader of Yugoslav Partisans arrived to Rudo on 21 December 1941.[3] The 1st Proletarian Brigade of the Yugoslav Partisans was established in Rudo on 22 December 1941.[2] A monument dedicated to the Brigade was erected in 1961,[2] with a museum subsequently being opened a decade later.
| Population of settlement – Rudo municipality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | ||
| Total | 15,982 | 13,601 | 11,571 | 7,963 | ||
| 1 | Boranovići | 272 | 245 | |||
| 2 | Gojava | 199 | 213 | |||
| 3 | Knjeginja | 98 | 283 | |||
| 4 | Mioče | 469 | 326 | |||
| 5 | Mokronozi | 611 | 458 | |||
| 6 | Rudo | 1,258 | 1,760 | 2,077 | 1,949 | |
| 7 | Štrpci | 308 | 255 | |||
| 8 | Trnavci kod Rudog | 232 | 259 | |||
| 9 | Uvac | 515 | 366 | |||
| Ethnic composition – Rudo town | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 1,949 (100,0%) | 2,077 (100,0%) | 1,760 (100,0%) | 1,258 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 1,203 (57,92%) | 987 (56,08%) | 677 (53,82%) | ||||
| Bosniaks | 731 (35,19%) | 554 (31,48%) | 488 (38,79%) | ||||
| Others | 73 (3,515%) | 6 (0,341%) | 3 (0,238%) | ||||
| Yugoslavs | 68 (3,274%) | 136 (7,727%) | 22 (1,749%) | ||||
| Croats | 2 (0,096%) | 10 (0,568%) | 6 (0,477%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 58 (3,295%) | 58 (4,610%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 5 (0,284%) | 2 (0,159%) | |||||
| Albanians | 4 (0,227%) | 2 (0,159%) | |||||
| Ethnic composition – Rudo municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 7,963 (100,0%) | 11,571 (100,0%) | 13,601 (100,0%) | 15,982 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 7,241 (90,93%) | 8,150 (70,43%) | 8,699 (63,96%) | 10,155 (63,54%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 677 (8,502%) | 3,130 (27,05%) | 4,382 (32,22%) | 5,532 (34,61%) | |||
| Others | 36 (0,452%) | 180 (1,556%) | 48 (0,353%) | 56 (0,350%) | |||
| Croats | 9 (0,113%) | 5 (0,043%) | 24 (0,176%) | 18 (0,113%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 106 (0,916%) | 312 (2,294%) | 80 (0,501%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 121 (0,890%) | 94 (0,588%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 7 (0,051%) | 14 (0,088%) | |||||
| Albanians | 5 (0,037%) | 33 (0,206%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 3 (0,022%) | ||||||
It appears in Ivo Andrić's story "The Beys of Rudo."