Rudo

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Rudo
Рудо
Image:Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Location of Rudo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Rudo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 - Mayor Milko Čolaković (SNSD) [1]
Area
 - Total 344 km² (132.8 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 - Total 11,572
 - Municipality ?
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 58

Rudo (Cyrillic: Рудо , Ottoman Turkish Sokul or Sokullu) is a town and municipality in eastern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina near the border with Serbia. It appears in Ivo Andrić's story "The Beys of Rudo."

[edit] Demographics

[edit] 1971

15.982 total

  • Serbs - 10.155 (63,54%)
  • Muslims - 5.532 (34,61%)
  • Croats - 18 (0,11%)
  • Yugoslavs - 80 (0,50%)
  • others - 197 (1,24%)

In 1991, the population of the Rudo municipality numbered 11,572 people, including:

The town of Rudo itself in 1991 had a population of 3,109, including:

  • 2,103 Serbs (68%)
  • 869 Bosniaks (28%)
  • 66 Yugoslavs
  • 3 Croats
  • 68 others

[edit] See also

Coordinates: 43°37′N, 19°22′E