Rogatica

Rogatica ( sr-cyrl, Рогатица) is a town and municipality located in eastern Republika Srpska, an entity of 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.

History

In 1942, the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime slaughtered about 6,000 Serbs in Stari Brod near Rogatica and Miloševići, Višegrad, Miloševići.

In 1990’s all of the majority Bosniak population was forces to flee due to Serb forces conducting an ethnic cleaning campaign with many Bosniaks raped and killed.

Demographics

Population

Ethnic composition

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):

Notable people

*Kemal Mešić, athlete
* Muhamed Mustafić, handball player
* Ibrahim Šehić, football goalkeeper
* Mersad Selimbegović, football player
* Nezir Škaljić, third mayor of Sarajevo (1899–1905)
* Safet Zec, painter

Gallery

File:Рогатица - римско урбано насеље, средњовјековни споменик 06.jpg, Ancient Roman tomb
File:Костурница палим српским војницима у Првом свјетском рату, Рогатица 03.jpg, Ossuary of the Serbian Army member killed in action in World War I
File:Banj Stijena 05,.jpg, Banja Stijena
File:Vodopad ,Rogatica @.jpg, Waterfall located in the municipality
File:Болнички парк, Рогатица 02.jpg, Park in the city
File:Manastir Svetog Jovana Krstitelja.jpg, Monastery of Saint John the Baptist
File:Srpska pravoslavna crkva u Obrtićima.jpg, Church in Obrtići

References

External links

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Rogatica,
Populated places in Rogatica
Cities and towns in Republika Srpska
Glasinac plateau