Bratunac

Bratunac

Братунац
Bratunac Братунац
	Monument in Bratunac town center dedicated to the Yugoslav Partisans Monument in Bratunac town center dedicated to the Yugoslav Partisans
	Location of Bratunac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Government
• Mayor	Ivana Babić (SDS) [1]
Population (1991)
• Total	33,375
• Municipality	?
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	56
Website	www.bratunacopstina.com

Bratunac (Cyrillic: Братунац) is a town and municipality located in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The easternmost point of Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in the municipality of Bratunac which lies in the entity Republika Srpska. During the early stages of the Bosnian War, war-crimes were committed on the Bosniak population in the municipality of Bratunac, where VRS soldiers either killed or forced them to flee to the neighbouring city of Srebrenica, at that time a "safe area" under UN protection.

Population

1971

26.513 total

Muslims by nationality - 13.428 (50,64%)
Serbs - 12.820 (48,35%)
Croats - 50 (0,18%)
Yugoslavs - 15 (0,05%)
others - 200 (0,78%)

1991

In the census of 1991, there were 33,375 inhabitants of Bratunac municipality of which:

21,564 were Muslims by nationality (64.2%)
11,479 Serbs (34.2%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
41 Croats (0.1%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
491 others (1.5%)

2002

1. Serbs 16,522 (86,86%)
4. Bosniaks 2.500 (13,14%)

History

Early history

In 1381, the name Bratunac is mentioned for the first time because of the direct road through Bratunac from Bosnia to Serbia. At the time, Bratunac was composed of five houses and a population of roughly 30 people. In 1927, Bratunac became an independent municipality for the first time.