SREBRENICA

'Srebrenica' (Cyrillic: Сребреница; IPA: /srɛ.brɛ.ni.ʦa/) is a town and municipality in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity. Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa. During the Bosnian War, it was the site of the Srebrenica massacre. On March 24, 2007, Srebrenica's municipal assembly adopted a resolution demanding independence from the Republic Srpska; the Serb members of the assembly did not vote on the resolution.^[1]

Contents

Demographics

The town of Srebrenica

Economy

Local communities

Srebrenica massacre

Gallery

See also

References

External links

Demographics

In 2005 there were about 4,000 Bosniaks in the municipality, about a third of the population.

Year of census	total	Muslims	Serbs	Croats	Yugoslavs	others
1991	36,666	27,572 (75.19%)	8,315 (22.67%)	38 (0.10%)	380 (1.03%)	361 (0.98%)
1981	36,292	24,930 (68.69%)	10,294 (28.36%)	80 (0.22%)	602 (1.65%)	386 (1.06%)
1971	33,357	20,968 (62.85%)	11,918 (35.72%)	109 (0.32%)	121 (0.36%)	241 (0.72%)

In the 1931 population census, the district had an absolute Orthodox Serb majority 50.6%.

The town of Srebrenica

Year of census	total	Muslims	Serbs	Croats	Yugoslavs	others
1991	5,746	3,673 (63.92%)	1,632 (28.40%)	34 (0.59%)	328 (5.70%)	79 (1.37%)

Economy

Before 1992, there was a metal factory in the town, and lead, zinc, and gold mines nearby. The town's name (Srebrenica) means "silver mine," the same meaning of its old Latin name ''Argentaria''.

Local communities

The municipality (општина or ''opština'') is further subdivided into the following local communities (мјесне заједнице or ''mjesne zajednice''):[2]

★ Brežani

★ Crvica

★ Gostilj

★ Kostolomci

★ Krnići

★ Luka

★ Orahovica

★ Osatica

★ Podravanje

★ Potočari

★ Radoševići

★ Ratkovići

★ Sase

★ Skelani

★ Skenderovići

★ Srebrenica

★ Sućeska

★ Toplica

★ Vijogor

Srebrenica massacre

Main articles: Srebrenica massacre

During the War in Bosnia (1992–1995), the Srebrenica region saw heavy fighting. Hundreds of victims (Serbs as well as Bosniaks) fell in the first years of the war, also among the civilian population. The town at the centre of the municipality became a Bosnian Muslim/Bosniak enclave surrounded by Serbs. In April 1993, the United Nations declared Srebrenica a ''UN safe area'', guarded by a small unit operating under the mandate of United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). Nevertheless, the town was captured by the Army of Republika Srpska in July 1995. Approximately eight thousand Bosniaks were massacred by Serbian forces in the aftermath.
The Srebrenica massacre is also referred to as the Srebrenica genocide, and it is considered as such by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.[3] This was followed by an admission to and an apology for the massacre by the Republika Srpska government.[4]

Gallery

See also

★ Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

★ Srebrenica massacre

★ Bosnian Genocide

★ History of Bosnia and Herzegovina

★ Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

References

1.
Srebrenica pushes for partition

External links

★ Opština Srebrenica - Srebrenica Municipality

★ Official site of a Bosnian NGO Citizens Associations "Women of Srebrenica"