Pale (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Pale
Пале

Coat of arms of Pale (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Pale (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Basic data
State : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity : Republika Srpska
Coordinates : 43 ° 49 '  N , 18 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 48 '57 "  N , 18 ° 34' 14"  E
Height : 820  m. i. J.
Area : 492  km²
Residents : 20.094 (2018)
Population density : 41 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : +387 (0) 57
Postal code : 71420
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor : Boško Jugović (Složno za Pale)
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 Pale (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (clickable map)
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Pale ( Serbian - Cyrillic Пале ) is a place in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina , about 20 kilometers east of Sarajevo in the Romanija region . Today it is part of the city of Istočno Sarajevo . It is a city ​​in the Republika Srpska , one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was created after the Bosnian War and has expanded significantly since then .

In Pale there is a site of the Istočno Sarajevo University and the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady .

history

Former Pale train station (2018)

In 1904 Pale received a station on the newly built Bosnian Eastern Railway , which ran from Sarajevo to Višegrad . This was to the west of the actual place. In 1974 the train service was stopped; the stretch from Pale to the south-east, including the tunnel at Stambolčić, was converted into a road.

During the Bosnian War , Pale was the capital of the Republika Srpska until it was moved to Banja Luka . The bombardment and siege of Sarajevo was organized from Pale . During this time, the basic expansion of the place began, which, however, largely came to a standstill after 1996. It is still considered a stronghold of Serb nationalists today.

After the war, a small part of the municipality was incorporated into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (today's municipality of Pale-Prača ), while Pale itself remained with the Republika Srpska.

population

View of Pale

In 1991 the municipality of Pale had 16,355 inhabitants; 69% of them described themselves as Serbs , 27% as Bosniaks and 4% as members of other ethnic groups. The place Pale itself had 7384 inhabitants, of which 70.5% Serbs and 22% Bosniaks.

Of the 69 smaller towns in the municipality, 50 had a Serbian and 19 a Bosniak majority. There were only a few places with a mixed population. An exception was the town of Prača (50.5% Serbs; 49% Bosniaks), which was badly affected by the effects of the war and is now the capital of the municipality of Pale-Prača in the BiH Federation.

The population of the municipality rose to around 30,000 by 2005, but is now again just over 22,000.

Sports

Just south of Pale is the famous Jahorina ski area , one of the most important venues for the 1984 Winter Olympics . In 2017 the first East Timorese Alpine Ski Championship took place here.

literature

  • Mladen Vuksanović: Pale - in the heart of darkness. Diary 5.4. - July 15, 1992. Vienna 1997. ISBN 3-85256-054-3

Web links

Commons : Pale  - collection of pictures, 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.
  2. ↑ Na skijalištu "Ravna planina" održano prvenstvo Istočnog Timora , February 8, 2017 , accessed on February 11, 2017.