Milići, Republika Srpska

Milići
Милићи
Town and municipality

Coat of arms

Location of Milići within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 44°09′N 19°05′E / 44.150°N 19.083°E / 44.150; 19.083Coordinates: 44°09′N 19°05′E / 44.150°N 19.083°E / 44.150; 19.083
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Government
 • Mayor Momir Lazarević (SNSD)
Area
 • Total 279.13 km2 (107.77 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
 • Total 11,441
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s) 56

Milići (Serbian Cyrillic: Милићи) is a town and a municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 11,441 inhabitants.

Industry

Milići is dominated by 'Boksit', a multi-faceted company originally established in 1959 as a bauxite extraction industry. The local football team, FK Boksit Milići, were also established by the company in 1972.

In the 1990s, businessman Rajko Dukić invested in sports development in Milići, and local teams became champions of Republika Srpska in football, chess, bowling and women's handball. He also invested in a large cultural complex occupying the centre of the town, including a museum, motel, pool complex and the 65-metre tall 'Rajko's Tower'.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
199116,038—    
201311,441−1.52%

Ethnic groups

1971

Total: 11,965

1981

Total: 14,117

1991

Total: 16,038

2013
Municipality Nationality
Total
Bosniaks
%
Croats
%
Serbs
%
Milići 4,19936.70 240.20 7,18062.75 11,441

[2]

Settlements

  • Bačići
  • Bešići
  • Bijelo Polje
  • Bišina
  • Bukovica Donja
  • Bukovica Gornja
  • Buljevići
  • Derventa
  • Donje Vrsinje
  • Dubačko
  • Dubnica
  • Dukići
  • Đile
  • Đurđevići
  • Gerovi
  • Glušac
  • Golići
  • Gornje Vrsinje
  • Gunjaci
  • Jeremići
  • Kokanovići
  • Koprivno
  • Kostrača
  • Krajčinovići
  • Lukavica
  • Lukići
  • Maćesi
  • Milići
  • Mišići
  • Nova Kasaba
  • Nurići
  • Pavkovići
  • Podbirač
  • Podgora
  • Pomol
  • Rajići
  • Raševo
  • Raškovići
  • Ristijevići
  • Rovaši
  • Rupovo Brdo
  • Sebiočina
  • Skugrići
  • Supač
  • Štedra
  • Toljevići
  • Višnjica
  • Vitići
  • Vrtoče
  • Vukovići
  • Vukšići
  • Zabrđe
  • Zagrađe
  • Zaklopača

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://lat.rtrs.tv/vijesti/vijest/miliciotvoren-toranj-i-muzej-rudarstva-13146
  2. ↑ http://www.popis.gov.ba/popis2013/knjige.php?id=0
  • Official results from the book Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. Census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
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