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Rogatica Рогатица
Location of Rogatica within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E / 43.8°N 19°E / 43.8; 19Coordinates: 43°48′N 19°00′E / 43.8°N 19°E / 43.8; 19
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
- Mayor	Radomir Jovičić (Alliance of Independent Social Democrats)
Area
- Total	664 km2 (256.4 sq mi)
Population (1991)
- Total	21,812
- Municipality	17,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	57

Rogatica (Cyrillic: Рогатица) is a municipality and town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina located 60 kilometres northeast of Sarajevo; midway on the road from Goražde towards Sokolac. Rogatica and the town of Žepa are located in the Rogatica municipality in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

1971

25.501 total

• Muslims - 15.096 (59,19)
• Serbs - 10.208 (40,02)
• Croats - 45 (0,17)
• Yugoslavs - 62 (0,24)
• Others - 90 (0,38)

1991

In the census of 1991, the municipality had 21,812 residents, the ethnic distribution of which were;

• 15,374 (60.38%) [Muslims by nationality] (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 10,169 (30.48%) Serbs
• 185 (0.85%) Yugoslavs
• 18 (0.08%) Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 66 (0.30%) others

The town of Rogatica itself had 8,930 inhabitants:

• 5,662 (63%) Muslims by nationality
• 3,062 (34%) Serbs
• 139 (2%) Yugoslavs
• 1% others

Note: The people belonging to the ethnic group "Muslims by nationality" are today classified as Bosniaks.

No census has been conducted since 1991, but estimates put the population at around 18,000, mostly Serbs.[1]

See also

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska
• List of settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

• Unofficial Rogatica website(Bosnian)
• Another unofficial Rogatica website(Bosnian)
• List of people from Rogatica killed in the war(Bosnian)

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