Srebrenica
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| Srebrenica Сребреница |
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| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Settlements | 81 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Abdurahman Malkić (SDA) [1] |
| Area | |
| - Total | 527 km² (203.5 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| - Total | ? |
| - Municipality | 36,666 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 56 |
| Website: www.srebrenica-opstina.org | |
Srebrenica (Cyrillic: Сребреница; pronounced [srɛbrɛnitsa]) is a town and municipality in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity. Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa. During the Bosnian War, it was the site of the Srebrenica genocide. On March 24, 2007, Srebrenica's municipal assembly adopted a resolution demanding independence from the Republika Srpska; the Serb members of the assembly did not vote on the resolution.[1]
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[edit] Demographics
In 2005 there were about 4,000 Bosniaks in the municipality, about a third of the population.
| Year of census | total | Muslims | Serbs | Croats | Yugoslavs | others |
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| 1991 | 36,666 | 27,572 (75.19%) | 8,315 (22.67%) | 38 (0.10%) | 380 (1.03%) | 361 (0.98%) |
| 1981 | 36,292 | 24,930 (68.69%) | 10,294 (28.36%) | 80 (0.22%) | 602 (1.65%) | 386 (1.06%) |
| 1971 | 33,357 | 20,968 (62.85%) | 11,918 (35.72%) | 109 (0.32%) | 121 (0.36%) | 241 (0.72%) |
| 1961 | 29,283 | 14,565 (49.74%) | 12,540 (42.82%) | 71 (0.24%) | 1,967 (6.71%) | |
| 1953 | 46,647 | 23,545 (50.47%) | 106 (0.45%) | 22,791 (48.86%) | ||
| 1948 | 39,954 | 20,195 (50.55%) | 52 (0.13%) | 19,671 (49.23%) | ||
| 1931 | 35210 | 17,332 (49.2%) | 17766 (50.5%) | 103 (0.29%) |
The borders of the municipality in the 1953 and 1961 census were different. In 1953 Muslim by Nationality was not an option for the census, so the group called themselves Yugoslav. Yugoslav was not an option in 1948, so they were classified as other.
[edit] The town of Srebrenica
| Year of census | total | Bosniaks | Serbs | Croats | Yugoslavs | others |
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| 1991 | 5,746 | 3,673 (63.92%) | 1,632 (28.40%) | 34 (0.59%) | 328 (5.70%) | 79 (1.37%) |
[edit] Economy
Before 1992, there was a metal factory in the town, and lead, zinc, and gold mines nearby. The town's name (Srebrenica) means "silver mine," the same meaning of its old Latin name Argentaria.
[edit] Local communities
The municipality (општина or opština) is further subdivided into the following local communities (мјесне заједнице or mjesne zajednice):[2]
[edit] Srebrenica genocide
During the War in Bosnia (1992–1995), the Srebrenica region saw heavy fighting. Hundreds of victims fell in the first years of the war, also among the civilian population. The town at the centre of the municipality became a Bosnian Muslim/Bosniak enclave surrounded by Serbs. In April 1993, the United Nations declared Srebrenica a UN safe area, guarded by a small unit operating under the mandate of United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). The town was captured by the Army of Republika Srpska in July 1995, as it remained, along with Žepa and Goražde, the two remaining pockets of Muslim troops in Eastern Bosnia. Following the town's capture, approximately eight thousand (8 372) Bosniak men of fighting age were massacred by Serbian forces. All women, and men below 16 years of age and above 55, were sent by Serbian forces by bus to Tuzla. The remaining men were massacred. To this day, the Srebrenica Genocide remains one of the most brutal and shameful chapters in post-WWII European history, and the criminals responsible for it are currently being hunted [3].
The Srebrenica genocide is referred to as a genocide by the judgments of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [4] and the International Court of Justice. The decision of the ICTY was followed by an admission to and an apology for the massacre by the Republika Srpska government. [5]
[edit] Gallery
 Panorama of Srebrenica |
 The Orthodox church |
 Interior of the Orthodox church |
 The franciscan Catholic chapel |
 The White Mosque |
 Fast Food Seka, on the place of a pre-1990s-war mosque (tombstones on the right) |
 The main road toward west |
 The main road from west toward the centre |
 The old town (Stari Grad) |
 Ruins of Mount Guber thermal centre |
 Potocari Genocide Memorial |
 Potocari Genocide Memorial |
[edit] See also
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Srebrenica Genocide
- Bosnian Genocide
- History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Srebrenica Genocide Memorial
- Fiction stories about Srebrenica women: "Integration Under the Midnight Sun" by Adnan Mahmutovic [6]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Opština Srebrenica - Srebrenica Municipality (Serbo-Croatian)
- Official site of a Bosnian NGO Citizens Associations "Women of Srebrenica" (Bosnian)
