Bratunac

Bratunac Братунац
Coat of arms
Location of Bratunac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°11′N 19°20′E / 44.183°N 19.333°E / 44.183; 19.333Coordinates: 44°11′N 19°20′E / 44.183°N 19.333°E / 44.183; 19.333
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Government
• Mayor	Ivana Babić (SDS)[1]
Area
• Total	293.49 km2 (113.32 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	22,473
• Density	73.7/km2 (191/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	56
Website	www.bratunacopstina.com

Bratunac (Cyrillic: Братунац) is a town and municipality located in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The easternmost point of Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in the municipality of Bratunac which lies in the entity Republika Srpska.

History

Early history

In 1381, the name Bratunac is mentioned for the first time because of the direct road through Bratunac from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia. At the time, Bratunac was composed of five houses and a population of roughly 30 people. In 1927, Bratunac became a municipality for the first time.

Demographics

A Serbian cemetery of the civil victims of the war.

1948

In 1948 Bratunac had a population of 5,033. (Source: Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer)

1971

26,513 total

• 13,428 Bosniaks (50.64%)
• 12,820 Serbs (48.35%)
• 50 Croats (0.18%)
• 15 Yugoslavs (0.05%)
• 200 others (0.78%)

1991

In the 1991 Yugoslav census, there were 33,375 inhabitants of Bratunac municipality, made up of:

• 21,564 Bosniaks (64.2%)
• 11,479 Serbs (34.2%)
• 41 Croats (0.1%)
• 491 others (1.5%)

Settlements

See also

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska
• Konjević Polje
• Bratunac Massacre
• Veljaci Bratunac

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bratunac.

• Official site

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