Šekovići

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Шековићи
Šekovići

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Location in Republika Srpska
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General Information
Entity	Republika Srpska
Municipality area	202 km² km²
Population - (est.)	?
- (1991 census)	9,639
Area code	+387 56
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.sekovici.net
Politics
Mayor	Snežan Sokić (SDS) [1]

Šekovići (Cyrillic: Шековићи) is a municipality and town in northeastern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Municipality Šekovići for the most part is equal with territory “Donjeg Birča” (Lower Birča) and has an area of 202 km², which represents 0.365 % of BiH territory which is 51209.2 km², or 0.806% of Republika Srpska which is 25035km². The main economc activity is logging. The land area is 195 km².

1 Demographics
2 History
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Demographics

According to the 1991 census the municipality had a population of 9,639, including:

Serbs (94.26%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Muslims by nationality (Bosniaks) (3.40%)
others (2.34%)

The town itself had a population of 4,323 with 97% Serbs and 3% others. Most of the Bosniak population lived in the village of Papraća.

[edit] History

From Romans till this day major roads were cutting Šekovići region. These roads connected regions East of Drina River with Central Bosnia. Šekovići got its name by one portion of its inhabitants from Šekovina in Herzegovina, who immigrated to this region end of XVII century. All till end of XVII century Sekovici was well-inhabited area, till army invasions and different diseases cut down population of Šekovići and almost wiped out first people living in Šekovići. Soon after that the new inhabitants from Herzegovina settled in Šekovići and they make up most of today’s populations. One of the first settlers beginning XVII left Šekovići, Ilija Birčanin, Hadži Milentije and Prote Matije Nenadović. Because of the family and other ties through the monastery this region had strong military cooperation with Serbia during the First Serbian Uprising. Ivan Groznog mother Jelica Jakšić Glinska is from Šekovići and because of Monastery Papraća and Russian Czar Palace had a good relationship. Monastery Lovnica and Papraca in past were significant cultural and freedom centers. From the XVI century these two monastery have ties with Russia, and monasteries in Serbia, Poland and Vlachs. Šekovići have special palces in NOB (serbian: Narodno Oslobodilacka Borba, english:Peoples Freedom Fight), they belong to one of the frst uprising regions in Yugoslavia. In Šekovići were formed Prva Bircanslka Brigada (First Birac Brigate), Sesta Istocnobosanska Brigada (Sixst Estern Bosnian Brigate) and Prva Pionirska Divizija ( First Pionir Division). By the writings of the Rudi Petovara in 1943, Sekovici were military, political and cultural center for whole Eastern Bosnia. And inside of it was the highest military and political leadershipe for Easter Bosnia.

[edit] See also

Municipalities of Republika Srpska

[edit] External links

Official website in Serbian

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