Rogatica (Serbian Cyrillic: Рогатица) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 10,723 inhabitants, while the town of Rogatica has a population of 6,855 inhabitants.
Rogatica
Рогатица
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Town and municipality
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View on Rogatica
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Location of Rogatica within Republika Srpska
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| Coordinates: 43°47′55″N 19°00′13″E / 43.79861°N 19.00361°E / 43.79861; 19.00361 | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity |  Republika Srpska |
| Geographical region | Podrinje |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Milorad Jagodić (SNSD) |
| • Municipality | 645 km2 (249 sq mi) |
| Population
(2013 census)
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| • Town | 6,855 |
| • Municipality | 10,723 |
| • Municipality density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 57 |
| Website | www |
The town lies on the river Rakitnica, on the magistral road between Podromanija and Ustiprača, roughly 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Višegrad and 45 km (28 mi) east of Sarajevo.
From October 1941 until January 1942, Serbian Chetniks killed around 2,000 Muslim civilians from the Rogatica district.[1]
In 1942, the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime slaughtered about 6,000 Serbs in Stari Brod near Rogatica and Miloševići.[2][3]
| Population of settlements – Rogatica municipality | |||||
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| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | |
| Total | 25,501 | 23,771 | 21,812 | 10,723 | |
| 1 | Plješevica | 454 | 426 | ||
| 2 | Rogatica | 4,792 | 6,496 | 8,916 | 6,855 |
| 3 | Seljani | 474 | 276 | ||
| Ethnic composition – Rogatica town | |||||||
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| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 6,855 (100,0%) | 8,916 (100,0%) | 6,496 (100,0%) | 4,792 (100,0%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 5,681 (63,72%) | 3,855 (59,34%) | 3,172 (66,19%) | ||||
| Serbs | 2,971 (33,32%) | 1,998 (30,76%) | 1,524 (31,80%) | ||||
| Yugoslavs | 140 (1,570%) | 584 (8,990%) | 41 (0,856%) | ||||
| Others | 108 (1,211%) | 9 (0,139%) | 17 (0,355%) | ||||
| Croats | 16 (0,179%) | 21 (0,323%) | 25 (0,522%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 15 (0,231%) | 10 (0,209%) | |||||
| Albanians | 9 (0,139%) | 2 (0,042%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 4 (0,062%) | 1 (0,021%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 1 (0,015%) | ||||||
| Ethnic composition – Rogatica municipality | |||||||
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| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 10,723 (100,0%) | 21 978 (100,0%) | 23,771 (100,0%) | 25,501 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 9,527 (88,85%) | 8,391 (38,18%) | 8,877 (37,34%) | 10,208 (40,03%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 1,117 (10,42%) | 13,209 (60,10%) | 14,020 (58,98%) | 15,096 (59,20%) | |||
| Others | 60 (0,560%) | 173 (0,787%) | 31 (0,130%) | 66 (0,259%) | |||
| Croats | 19 (0,177%) | 19 (0,086%) | 32 (0,135%) | 45 (0,176%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 186 (0,846%) | 762 (3,206%) | 62 (0,243%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 22 (0,093%) | 17 (0,067%) | |||||
| Albanians | 20 (0,084%) | 4 (0,016%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 5 (0,021%) | 1 (0,004%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 2 (0,008%) | 2 (0,008%) | |||||
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[4]
| Activity | Total |
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| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 255 |
| Mining and quarrying | - |
| Manufacturing | 363 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 69 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 65 |
| Construction | 30 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 346 |
| Transportation and storage | 48 |
| Accommodation and food services | 71 |
| Information and communication | 15 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 25 |
| Real estate activities | - |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 22 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 6 |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 180 |
| Education | 149 |
| Human health and social work activities | 104 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 26 |
| Other service activities | 29 |
| Total | 1,803 |
