Novo Goražde

Novo Goražde (Serbian Cyrillic: Ново Горажде), also known as Ustiprača, is a village and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 3,117 inhabitants, while the village of Ustiprača has a population of 301 inhabitants. It was split from the pre-existing municipality of Goražde and given to Republika Srpska by the Dayton Agreement. The other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Novo Goražde

Ново Горажде
Village and municipality
Ustiprača
Location of Novo Goražde within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43.691°N 19.087°E / 43.691; 19.087
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
EntityRepublika Srpska
Area
 • Total119 km2 (46 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Total3,117
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)58
Stari grad Samobor

History

The East Bosnian railway from Sarajevo to Uvac and Vardište was built through Ustiprača during Austro-Hungarian rule. The name of the railway station was Ustiprača-Goražde at that time. Construction of the line started in 1903. It was completed in 1906, using the 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) track gauge. With the cost of 75 million gold crowns, which approximately translates to 450 thousand gold crowns per kilometer, it was one of the most expensive railways in the world built by that time.[1] The extensions were built from Uvac to Priboj, and from Vardište to Belgrade in 1928. In 1939, the railway station Ustiprača became a junction railway station to destinations of Sarajevo, Belgrade and Foča, after a branch line from Ustiprača to Foča had been built.[2] The entire line was closed down in 1978, and dismantled afterwards.[1]

Demographics

Population
Population of settlements – Novo Goražde municipality
Settlement 1991. 2013.
Total 3,117
1 Slatina 390 351
2 Sopotnica 485
3 Ustiprača 498 301
4 Zidine 276 547

Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition – Novo Goražde village
2013. 1991.
Osoba 301 (100,0%) 498 (100,0%)
Bosniaks 448 (89,959%)
Serbs 37 (7,429%)
Croats 2 (0,401%)
Yugoslavs 5 (1,004%)
Others 6 (1,204%)
Ethnic composition – Novo Goražde municipality
2013.
Total 3,117 (100,0%)
Serbs 1,618 (51,91%)
Bosniaks 1,459 (46,81%)
Others 38 (1,219%)
Croats 2 (0,064%)
Stari grad Samobor
  • Ustiprača train station after opening in 1906
  • Church of Saint George in the village of Sopotnica, Novo Goražde
  • Road entrance to Novo Goražde
  • Cemetery in Novo Goražde

References
  1. "Narrow-gauge railway in Višegrad". visegradturizam.com. Tourist organization of Višegrad. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. "Uskotračne željeznice - Grafikoni" [Narrow-gauge railways - Graphs]. zeljeznice.net (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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