Međurečje ( sr-cyr, Међуречје) is a village located in the municipality of

Rudo Rudo ( sr-cyrl, Рудо) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of 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 f ...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is surrounded by the Serbian municipality of Priboj, in

Zlatibor District The Zlatibor District ( sr, / , ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It is located in the western, mountainous part of Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of Zlatibor. According to t ...

, making it an

exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and an

enclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

within Serbia, 1130 meters from the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While Serbia recognizes Međurečje as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the entire area is currently under the administration of the Serbian government. Sastavci is the neighboring village in Serbia.

Demographics

With an area of , Međurečje has 173 inhabitants as of 2013 census. In 1999, the village had 75 households with a population of 270. Vital infrastructure in the enclave of Međurečje is tied to the Serbian municipality of Priboj. A majority of the population works in Priboj. However, the land of Međurečje is registered in the municipality of Rudo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), where the population of the village pays its

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History

Historic facts about the formation of the enclave within the territory of Serbia are not known, but it is believed to be tied to the period after the 1878

Congress of Berlin The Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) was a diplomatic conference to reorganise the states in the Balkan Peninsula after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, which had been won by Russia against the Ottoman Empire. Represented at th ...

, when the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires were sharing the border and Austria-Hungary was allowed to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

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External links

Information and a map of the village

at rts.rs Enclaves and exclaves Villages in Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina–Serbia border crossings