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Novo Goražde

Coordinates: 43°41′28″N 19°05′13″E / 43.691°N 19.087°E / 43.691; 19.087
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Novo Goražde
Ново Горажде
Old railway bridge in Ustiprača
Old railway bridge in Ustiprača
Location of Novo Goražde within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Novo Goražde within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Novo Goražde
Coordinates: 43°41′28″N 19°05′13″E / 43.691°N 19.087°E / 43.691; 19.087
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Geographical regionPodrinje
Government
 • Municipal mayorMila Petković (SNSD)
Area
 • Total119 km2 (46 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Total3,117
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code58

Novo Goražde (Serbian Cyrillic: Ново Горажде, lit. 'New Goražde') is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its center is the village of Kopači. As of 2013, it has a population of 3,117 inhabitants.

History

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Goražde was mentioned in 1379 as a trade center and city settlement, with a connection to the Dubrovnik caravan trade, and as an open city in 1444. The medieval fortress Samobor built by Stjepan Vukčić Kosača located in the municipality. Duke of Saint Sava Stjepan Vukčić built the Church of St. George located in Donja Sopotnica.

In the period from 1519 to 1521, the Goražde printing house functioned in Novo Goražde, making it the second oldest in the Balkans.[1]

The East Bosnian railway from Sarajevo to Uvac and Vardište was built through Ustiprača during Austro-Hungarian rule. The name of the railway station was Ustiprača-Goražde at that time. Construction of the line started in 1903. It was completed in 1906, using the 760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in) track gauge. With the cost of 75 million gold crowns, which approximately translates to 450 thousand gold crowns per kilometer, it was one of the most expensive railways in the world built by that time.[2] The extensions were built from Uvac to Priboj, and from Vardište to Belgrade in 1928. In 1939, the railway station Ustiprača became a junction railway station to destinations of Sarajevo, Belgrade and Foča, after a branch line from Ustiprača to Foča had been built.[3] The entire line was closed down in 1978, and dismantled afterwards.[2]

In 1994, the municipality was created by dividing of the pre-existing municipality of Goražde between Republika Srpska and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Dayton Agreement. The original name of the municipality was Srpsko Goražde ("Serbian Goražde"),[4] but in 2004 the name was declared unconstitutional and was temporarily changed to Ustiprača. The current name was adopted one year later, in 2005.[5]

Demographics

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Samobor Fortress
Ustiprača train station after opening in 1906
Drina river in Ustiprača
Road entrance to Novo Goražde
Church of Saint George in the village of Sopotnica, founded by Duke of Saint Sava Stjepan Vukčić Kosača where Goražde printing house functioned
Cemetery in Novo Goražde

Population by settlement

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Settlement Population

(2013 census)[6]

Population

(1991 census)[7]

Bašabulići 9 70
Blagojevići 0 13
Bogdanići 27 65
Borak Brdo 39 22
Borova 0 31
Bošanje 0 25
Bučje 23 90
Donje Selo 5 18
Dragolji 8 0
Dragovići 12 55
Džuha 1 21
Gojčevići 14 48
Gradac 82 145
Hajradinovići 2 13
Hladila 51 93
Hrid 9 24
Hrušanj 15 0
Hubjeri 80 80
Jabuka 5 20
Kanlići 25 20
Karauzovići 9 32
Karovići 2 114
Kopači 146 230
Kostenik 24 58
Krašići 40 91
Ljeskovik 0 20
Mašići 251 294
Milanovići 0 0
Nevorići 23 107
Novakovići 2 105
Odžak 7 71
Podhomara 0 56
Podkozara Donja 157 256
Podkozara Gornja 92 136
Podmeljine 0 30
Pribjenovići 18 34
Prolaz 2 20
Pršeši 11 26
Radići 0 0
Radijevići 2 41
Radmilovići 0 42
Rusanj 19 36
Seoca 7 28
Slatina 357 390
Sopotnica 488 268
Surovi 2 13
Šovšići 0 14
Šućurići 0 0
Trebeševo 0 29
Uhotići 0 5
Ustiprača 278 498
Vlahovići 33 76
Zakalje 33 64
Zapljevac 43 128
Zemegresi 3 41
Zidine 556 276
Zorlaci 15 41
Žigovi 12 29
Žitovo 0 15
Živojevići 11 34
Žuželo 37 114
Total 3,117 4,715

Ethnic composition

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Ethnicity Population

(2013 census)[8]

Population

(1991 census)

Total 3,117 (100,0%) 4,715 (100,0%)
Bosniaks 1,459 (46.8%) 3,614 (76.6%)
Croats 2 (0.1%) 4 (0.1%)
Serbs 1,618 (51.9%) 1,020 (21.6%)
Others 38 (1.2%) 77 (1.6%)

References

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  1. ^ "ИСТОРИЈАТ ОПШТИНЕ". Општина Ново Горажде. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  2. ^ a b "Narrow-gauge railway in Višegrad". visegradturizam.com. Tourist organization of Višegrad. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Uskotračne željeznice - Grafikoni" [Narrow-gauge railways - Graphs]. zeljeznice.net (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ Heleta, Slavko. "Političke zavrzlame oko Novog Goražda". Politika Online. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  5. ^ "Old place names in B&H" (in Bosnian). January 24, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "BiH Novo Goražde - 2013 Census". Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "BiH Novo Goražde - 1991 Census". Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "BiH Novo Goražde - Analysis". Retrieved August 9, 2020.

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