Tutin, Serbia

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Tutin
Тутин
Municipality and Town

Panorama of Tutin

Coat of arms

Location of the municipality of Tutin within Serbia
Coordinates: 42°59′N 20°20′E / 42.983°N 20.333°ECoordinates: 42°59′N 20°20′E / 42.983°N 20.333°E
Country Serbia
District Raška
Settlements 93
Government
 • Mayor Semsudin Kucević
Area[1]
 • Municipality 742 km2 (286 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
 • Town 10,094
 • Municipality 31,155
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 36320
Area code +381 20
Car plates TT
Website www.tutin.rs

Tutin (Serbian Cyrillic: Тутин) is a town and municipality in the Raška region of Serbia. According to a 2011 census, the municipality of Tutin has a population of 31,155 people. It is the first municipality in Serbia that has renewable wind power.[3]

History

The former name of Tutin was Donja Dimitrova. At first, it was only a caravan station, while in the beginning of the 19th century it became a settlement with guardian tower and a mosque. In 1831, the army of Bosnian Husein-beg Gradaščević was stationed in it. Name Tutin firstly appeared in 1868 in work of English travelers. According to that work, Tutin had only 7 houses of which 6 belonged to the Bosniak family Hamzagić and one was Serb. Until 1912, Tutin was small settlement with 20 houses. In the 20th century, the settlement was greatly developed: public buildings, a health station, a school and shops were built.

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Municipality of Tutin has 31,155 inhabitants.

Most of Tutin’s population are Bosniaks (90.0%) while 32.4% of the municipality’s population is urban. Depopulation is typical for villages because of the migrations to urban and other areas. Population density on the territory of the municipality is 41.99 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Ethnic composition of the municipality:

Ethnic group Population
1991		 Population
2002		 Population
2011
Bosniaks - 28,320 28,041
Muslims 32,671 222 1,092
Serbs 1,503 1,298 1,090
Roma - - 67
Gorani - - 55
Others 457 214 810
Total 34,631 30,054 31,155

Note: Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by nationality, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by nationality.

Notable people

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Tutin is twinned with:


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  2. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. ↑ "Biz - Vesti - Prva srpska vetrenjača u Tutinu". B92. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  4. ↑ "Mostar Gradovi prijatelji" [Mostar Twin Towns]. Grad Mostar [Mostar Official City Website] (in Macedonian). Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2013-12-19.

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