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Rogatica ( sr-cyrl, Рогатица) is a town and municipality located in eastern
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
Rogatica ( sr-cyrl, Рогатица) is a town and municipality located in eastern Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...
, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
. 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 fascistUstaše
The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian Fascism, fascist and ultranationalism, ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaš ...
regime slaughtered about 6,000 Serbs in Stari Brod near Rogatica and 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
Kemal Mešić (born 4 August 1985, in Rogatica) is a shot putter and discus thrower from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He competed at the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2016 Olympic Games, both times without reaching the final.
His personal best throw i ...
, athlete
* Muhamed Mustafić
Muhamed Mustafić (born April 6, 1981 in 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 ...
, handball player
* Ibrahim Šehić
Ibrahim Šehić (; born 2 September 1988) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Konyaspor and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Šehić started his professional career at Željezničar, bef ...
, football goalkeeper
* Mersad Selimbegović
Mersad Selimbegović (born 29 April 1982) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a defender and current manager of 2. Bundesliga club Jahn Regensburg
Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as S ...
, football player
* Nezir Škaljić
Nezir Škaljić (23 February 1844 – 10 March 1905) was a Bosnian politician who served as the third Mayor of Sarajevo (1889–1905) Škaljić was a jurist, previously serving as judge of Bosnia's Supreme Court and President of the Commercia ...
, third mayor of Sarajevo (1899–1905)
* Safet Zec
Safet Zec (born 5 December 1943) is a Bosnian painter and graphic designer.http://www.safetzec.com/?prj=25
Biography
Safet Zec was born in the town of Rogatica to a Bosniak family, he graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Sarajevo in ...
, painter
Gallery
Serbian Army
The Serbian Army ( sr-cyr, Копнена војска Србије, Kopnena vojska Srbije, lit=Serbian Land Army) is the land-based and the largest component of the Serbian Armed Forces.
History
Originally established in 1830 as the Army of Pr ...
member killed in action in World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
File:Banj Stijena 05,.jpg, Banja Stijena
Banja Stijena, also Banj Stijena, Ban Stijena (referring to medieval title), or Mračna Pećina (), as locally known, is a cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called ...
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
* {{Authority control Populated places in Rogatica Cities and towns in Republika Srpska Glasinac plateau