Međurečje ( sr-cyr, Међуречје) is a village located in the municipality of
Rudo
Rudo ( sr-cyrl, Рудо) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, 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 famous throughout form ...
,
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is surrounded by the Serbian municipality of
Priboj
Priboj ( sr-Cyrl, Прибој, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town is 13,172, while the population of the municipality is 23,514.
Geography
The municipality of Priboj i ...
, in
Zlatibor District
The Zlatibor District (, ) 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 mountainous region of Zlatibor.
As of the 2022 cen ...
, making it an
exclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ...
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and an
enclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is so ...
within Serbia, a kilometer 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
land tax
A land value tax (LVT) is a levy on the value of land without regard to buildings, personal property and other improvements upon it. Some economists favor LVT, arguing it does not cause economic inefficiency, and helps reduce economic inequali ...
.
History
Historic facts about the formation of the enclave and it ending up within the territory of Serbia are not known, but it is believed to be tied to the period after the 1878
Congress of Berlin
At the Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878), the major European powers revised the territorial and political terms imposed by the Russian Empire on the Ottoman Empire by the Treaty of San Stefano (March 1878), which had ended the Rus ...
, when the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires shared 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 villageat rts.rs
Enclaves and exclaves
Villages in Republika Srpska
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Serbia border crossings