Novo Goražde ( sr-cyrl, Ново Горажде, lit. "New Goražde") is a municipality located in

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located ...

, an entity of

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. Its center is the village of Kopači. As of 2013, it has a population of 3,117 inhabitants.

History

Goražde was mentioned in 1379 as a trade center and city settlement, with a connection to the Dubrovnik caravan trade, and as an open city in 1444. The medieval fortress Samobor built by

Stjepan Vukčić Kosača Stjepan Vukčić Kosača ( sr-Cyrl, Стјепан Вукчић Косача; 1404–1466) was the most powerful Bosnian nobleman whose active political career spanned the last three decades of medieval Bosnian history, from 1435 to 1465. ...

located in the municipality.

Duke of Saint Sava Duchy of Saint Sava ( sr-Cyr, Војводство Светог Саве, Vojvodstvo Svetog Save) was a late medieval polity in southeastern Europe, that existed from 1448 up to 1482, when it was absorbed by the Ottoman Empire. It was ruled by ...

Stjepan Vukčić built the Church of St. George located in Donja Sopotnica. In the period from 1519 to 1521, the Goražde printing house functioned in Novo Goražde, making it the second oldest in the Balkans. The East Bosnian railway from

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

to Uvac and Vardište was built through Ustiprača during Austro-Hungarian rule. The name of the railway station was Ustiprača-Goražde at that time. Construction of the line started in 1903. It was completed in 1906, using the

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. With the cost of 75 million gold crowns, which approximately translates to 450 thousand gold crowns per kilometer, it was one of the most expensive railways in the world built by that time. The extensions were built from Uvac to Priboj, and from Vardište to

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in 1928. In 1939, the railway station Ustiprača became a junction railway station to destinations of Sarajevo, Belgrade and

Foča Foča ( sr-Cyrl, Фоча, ) is a town and a municipality located in Republika Srpska in south-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the banks of Drina river. As of 2013, the town has a population of 12,234 inhabitants, while the municipality has 1 ...

, after a branch line from Ustiprača to Foča had been built. The entire line was closed down in 1978, and dismantled afterwards. In 1994, the municipality was created by dividing of the pre-existing municipality of Goražde between Republika Srpska and

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of 10 autonomous cantons with their own gove ...

by the Dayton Agreement. The original name of the municipality was Srpsko Goražde ("Serbian Goražde"), but in 2004 the name was declared unconstitutional and was temporarily changed to Ustiprača. The current name was adopted one year later, in 2005.

Demographics

Narrow-Gauge-Railway Ostbahn Station-Ustipraca-Gorazde

Population by settlement

Ethnic composition

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novo Gorazde Populated places in Novo Goražde Cities and towns in Republika Srpska