Berkovići

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Berkovići
Берковићи

Berkovići coat of arms

Berkovići (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Basic data
State : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity : Republika Srpska
Coordinates : 43 ° 7 '  N , 18 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 7 '0 "  N , 18 ° 4' 0"  E
Height : 347  m. i. J.
Area : 256  km²
Residents : 1,927 (2018)
Population density : 8 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : +387 (0) 59
Postal code : 88 363
Structure and administration (as of 2015)
Mayor : Nenad Abramović ( SDS )
Website :
Sokolac Rogatica Rudo Višegrad Pale Foča Gacko Kalinovik Nevesinje Bileća Trebinje Ravno Ljubinje Konjic Istočni Mostar Berkovići Neum Mostar Stolac Čapljina Čajniče Goražde Pale-Prača Ustiprača Foča-Ustikolina Srebrenica Bratunac Milići Han Pijesak Zvornik Bijeljina Brčko Ugljevik Lopare Vlasenica Šekovići Osmaci Olovo Ilijaš Hadžići Ilidža Trnovo Istočni Stari Grad Istočna Ilidža Vogošća Sarajevo-Stari Grad Sarajevo-Centar Sarajevo-Novi Grad Istočno Novo Sarajevo Novo Sarajevo Visoko Glamoč Livno Bosansko Grahovo Kupres Kupres (RS) Šipovo Jajce Donji Vakuf Bugojno Gornji Vakuf Prozor-Rama Jablanica Tomislavgrad Posušje Grude Široki Brijeg Ljubuški Čitluk Fojnica Kreševo Kiseljak Busovača Novi Travnik Travnik Zenica Vitez Kakanj Vareš Breza Kladanj Živinice Kalesija Sapna Teočak Tuzla Lukavac Čelić Srebrenik Banovići Zavidovići Žepče Maglaj Tešanj Usora Dobretići Gradačac Gračanica Doboj Istok Velika Kladuša Cazin Bužim Bosanska Krupa Bihać Bosanski Petrovac Drvar Sanski Most Ključ Petrovac (RS) Istočni Drvar Ribnik Mrkonjić Grad Jezero Kneževo Kotor Varoš Teslić Banja Luka Oštra Luka Krupa na Uni Prijedor Novi Grad Kostajnica Kozarska Dubica Gradiška Srbac Laktaši Čelinac Prnjavor Derventa Doboj Stanari Modriča Brod Pelagićevo Donji Žabar Orašje Domaljevac-Šamac Šamac Odžak VukosavljeLocation of the municipality of Berkovići in Bosnia and Herzegovina (clickable map)
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Berkovići ( Serbian - Cyrillic Берковићи ) is a village and a municipality in the south of Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is part of the Herzegovina region and has been part of the Republika Srpska since the Bosnian War .

geography

The mountainous municipality is crossed by the Bregava as the largest river.

The Ratkovača cave, found by locals, is being studied by archaeologists . Jewelry found in the cave indicates a former settlement. Other caves have been discovered within the community, such as B. the Sunićka cave with a length of 300 m.

Immediately next to the Ratkovača cave is the 150 m high waterfall of the Opačica.

history

The municipality was established with the Dayton Treaty in 1995. That part of the municipality of Stolac , which was controlled by the forces of the Republika Srpska , was split off and became the municipality of Berkovići.

population

The majority of the population in the municipality are Serbs .

In 1991 3510 people lived in what is now the municipality, of which 2111 identified themselves as Serbs (60.14%), 715 as Bosniaks (20.37%), 646 as Croats (18.40%) and 38 as members of other groups. In contrast, the Serbs were in the minority in the rest of the municipality of Stolac.

Berkovići itself had 159 inhabitants, 155 of whom were Serbs. In eight of the 18 districts of today's municipality, however, there was a Bosniak, Croat or Bosniak-Croatian majority of the population.

Today the community has about 2200 inhabitants.

Administrative division

The municipality of Berkovići is divided into the following village communities:

Berkovići, Bitunja, Brštanik, Burmazi, Dabrica, Do, Hatelji, Hodovo, Hrgud, Ljubljenica, Ljuti Do, Meča, Poplat, Predolje, Strupići, Selišta, Suzina, Šćepan Krst, Trusina and Žegulja.

Web links

Commons : Berkovići  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://rzs.rs.ba/front/article/3630/ Updated population figures for 2018 from the Institute for Statistics of the Republika Srpska. Retrieved June 9, 2019.