Vlasenica

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Власеница
Vlasenica

Coat of arms
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Location in Republika Srpska
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General Information
Entity	Republika Srpska
Municipality area	? km²
Population - (est.)	?
- (1991 census)	33,817
Area code	+387 56
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Politics
Mayor	Dragomir Stupar (SNSD) [1]

Vlasenica (Cyrillic: Власеница) is a municipality and town in the northeastern part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Administratively it is part of Vlasenica Region.

1 Population
2 History
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Population

According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Vlasenica municipality were Orthodox Christians (64.34%).

In the 1991 census the municipality had a population 33,817. The distribution was:

Muslims by nationality 18,699 (55.29%)
Serbs 14,356 (42.25%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Yugoslavs 336 (0.99%)
Croats 40 (0.12%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
others 386 (1.14%)

The town itself had a population of 7,916. The distribution was:

Muslims by nationality 4,794 (61%)
Serbs 2,777 (35%)
Yugoslavs 243 (0.03%)
Croats 28 (0.003%)
others 74 (0.093%)

[edit] History

During the 1992-1995 Bosnian War the city and the municipality were taken over by the Serb army which expelled the entire Bosniak population. Several hundred Bosniaks were killed and there were reports of rapes.^{[citation needed]} The Serb authorities set up a concentration camp called Sušica where many atrocities took place.^{[citation needed]} For the duration of the war the city served as a headquarters for the VRS Army of Republika Srpska for operations against Kladanj, Srebrenica and Žepa as well as a major transit point for supplies coming from Serbia.

Recently a number of Bosniaks have returned to Vlasenica. However their return has been made difficult by the local authorities. The current population is overwhelmingly Serb due to an influx of Serb refugees from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[edit] See also

Municipalities of Republika Srpska

[edit] External links

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