Srebrenik

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Srebrenik Сребреник
Image:Srebrenikshield.GIF Municipality coat of arms
Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina
General Information
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Land area
Population (1998 census)	47,938
Population density
Coordinates	44°42′N, 18°29′E
Area code	+387 35
Mayor	Osman Suljagić (SDA)
Website	http://www.srebrenik.ba

Srebrenik is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of the Tuzla Canton and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town of Srebrenik is located northwest of Tuzla.

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Srebrenik had 40,882 inhabitants: 30,595 Bosniaks (74.8%), 5,326 Serbs (13.0%), 2,761 Croats (6.8%), and 2,200 others (5,4%).

Nowadays, the population of Srebrenik is not clear since no official census has been conducted after 1991. However, it is certain that during the 1990s and particularly during the Bosnian war, the municipality of Srebrenik received approximately 13,000 Bosniak war refugees from primarily the municipalities of Doboj, to the west, and Brčko, to the north of Srebrenik.

On the other hand, some of the Serb residents left the area since Srebrenik became chiefly populated by Bosniaks. In early 1996, when the Bosnian war ended, most of the remaining Serb residents of Srebrenik left because Srebrenik became administratively part of the Tuzla Canton and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Due to these factors the March 1998 unofficial census recorded the following demographic composition. The municipality of Srebrenik had 47,938 inhabitants: 44,734 Bosniaks (93.4%), 2,508 Croats (5.2%), 348 Serbs (0.7%), and 348 others (0.7%).

Therefore, today it is safe to assume that the municipality of Srebrenik has a population of approximately 49,000 (est.) residents with an evident majority of Bosniaks along with a small minority of primarily Croats.

Otherwise, Bosnia's perhaps most-preserved medieval fort dating from 1333 is located in the outskirts of Srebrenik. The fort was occupied by the Ban of Bosnia Stjepan Kotromanić until his death in 1353.

The football club of Srebrenik is called NK Gradina.

[edit] External links

• Official Website of Srebrenik (Bosnian)
• Website about Srebrenik (Bosnian)

Municipalities of the Tuzla Canton
Banovići | Čelić | Doboj Istok | Gračanica | Gradačac | Kalesija | Kladanj | Lukavac | Sapna | Srebrenik | Teočak | Tuzla | Živinice

Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

v • d • e Entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina • Republika Srpska Brčko District (belongs to both entities, but is self-governing) v • d • e Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Podrinje (V) • Canton 10 (X) • Central Bosnia (VI) • Herzegovina-Neretva (VII) • Posavina (II) • Sarajevo (IX) • Tuzla (III) • Una Sana (I) • West Herzegovina (VIII) • Zenica-Doboj (IV) v • d • e Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Banovići • Bihać • Bosanska Krupa • Bosanski Petrovac • Bosansko Grahovo • Bugojno • Busovača • Bužim • Čapljina • Cazin • Čelić • Centar, Sarajevo • Čitluk • Drvar • Doboj East • Doboj South • Dobretići • Domaljevac-Šamac • Donji Vakuf • Foča-Ustikolina • Fojnica • Glamoč • Goražde • Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje • Gračanica • Gradačac • Grude • Hadžići • Ilidža • Ilijaš • Jablanica • Jajce • Kakanj • Kalesija • Kiseljak • Kladanj • Ključ • Konjic • Kreševo • Kupres • Livno • Ljubuški • Lukavac • Maglaj • Mostar • Neum • Novi Grad, Sarajevo • Novo Sarajevo • Novi Travnik • Odžak • Olovo • Orašje • Pale-Prača • Posušje • Prozor-Rama • Ravno • Sanski Most • Sapna • Široki Brijeg • Srebrenik • Stari Grad, Sarajevo • Stolac • Teočak • Tešanj • Tomislavgrad • Travnik • Trnovo (FBiH) • Tuzla • Usora • Vareš • Velika Kladuša • Visoko • Vitez • Vogošća • Zavidovići • Zenica • Žepče • Živinice Republika Srpska Berkovići • Bijeljina • Bileća • Bosanska Kostajnica • Bosanski Brod • Bratunac • Čajniče • Čelinac • Derventa • Doboj • Donji Žabar • Foča • Gacko • Grad Banja Luka • Grad Istočno Sarajevo • Gradiška • Han Pijesak • Istočni Drvar • Istočna Ilidža • Istočni Mostar • Istočno Novo Sarajevo • Istočni Stari Grad • Jezero • Kalinovik • Kneževo • Kozarska Dubica • Kotor Varoš • Krupa na Uni • Kupres • Laktaši • Ljubinje • Lopare • Milići • Modriča • Mrkonjić Grad • Nevesinje • Novi Grad • Novo Goražde • Osmaci • Oštra Luka • Pale • Pelagićevo • Petrovac • Petrovo • Prijedor • Prnjavor • Ribnik • Rogatica • Rudo • Šamac • Šekovići • Šipovo • Sokolac • Srbac • Srebrenica • Teslić • Trebinje • Trnovo (RS) • Ugljevik • Višegrad • Vlasenica • Vukosavlje • Zvornik

Coordinates: 44°42′N, 18°29′E