Gacko

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Гацко
Gacko

Politics

Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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General Information
Entity	Republika Srpska
Municipality area	736 km²
Population - (est.)	?
- (1991 census)	10,844
Coordinates	43°10′N 18°32′E
Area code	+387 59
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.gacko-info.rs.ba

Mayor	Milan Radmilović (SDS)

Gacko (Cyrillic: Гацко) is a town and municipality by the same name in southeastern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Foča Region.

1 Geography
2 Population
3 Economy
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The town is in a short distance from Montenegro. The municipality covers an area of 736 km², making it one of the larger municipalities in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

[edit] Population

According to the 1910 census, the absolute majority in the Gacko municipality were Orthodox Christians (64.03%). But in the city itself Bosniaks were the absolute majority.

In 1991 the population of the municipality was 10,844, including:

Serbs (62.38%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Muslims by nationality (35.32%)
Yugoslavs (0.77%)
Croats (0.27%) (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
others (1.25%)

The town itself had 4,878 inhabitants, including:

Muslims by nationality (49%)
Serbs (48%)
Yugoslavs (2%)
Croats (1%)
others (2%)

During the 1992-1995 Bosnian War the municipality was ethnically cleansed of non-Serbs. Today only a small number of Bosniaks (formerly Muslims by nationality), have returned and the majority of the population is Serbian.

[edit] Economy

There is a thermoelectric powerplant in the municipality, which is the main employer and staple of the economy.

[edit] See also

Municipalities of Republika Srpska

[edit] External links

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