Sokolac Соколац
Coat of arms of Sokolac Coat of arms
Location of Sokolac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°56′15″N 18°47′50″E / 43.9375°N 18.79722°E / 43.9375; 18.79722Coordinates: 43°56′15″N 18°47′50″E / 43.9375°N 18.79722°E / 43.9375; 18.79722
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
• Mayor	Dragan Cvijetić (SDS) [1]
Area
• Total	729 km2 (281 sq mi)
Population (1991)
• Total	20,000
• Municipality	22,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	57
Website	www.opstinasokolac.org

Sokolac (Cyrillic: Соколац) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the part of the City of East Sarajevo in the Republika Srpska entity.

Agriculture has been important part of the community. For most inhabitants, the businesses of agriculture is the only a way to make a living, but also a tradition to the families. Potato is the main product of agriculture. Sokolac used to be known by high quality potato. Not a long ago, the potato chip industry was a promising industry for this region. At the same time, Center for Advancement of Agriculture (ogledno dobro) was established.

Livestock production is the second largest agriculture industry in the community. The area surrounding Sokolac is well known for its quality grasslands, due to foggy, moist conditions that keep the grasses green much of the year and make them well suited for grazing dairy, cattle and sheep. The beef cattle and sheep is the second largest export of the community. Although Sokolac has a small dairy factory, the milk market production is very small.

Sokolac is surrounded by high quality woodlands, which have been largely destroyed in last ten years. Although this industry generates most revenue for the community, a small percentage of people work in the industry.

Demographics [link]

1950 [link]

17,053 total

• Serbs — 11,006 (64.53%)
• Muslims — 5,790 (33.95%)
• Croats — 128 (0.75%)
• Yugoslavs — 23 (0.13%)
• others — 106 (0.64%)

1991 [link]

In 1991, the population of the Sokolac municipality numbered 14,833 people, including:

• 10,181 Serbs (68.64%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 4,486 Muslims by nationality (30.24%)
• 84 Yugoslavs
• 22 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 60 others

Last Census [link]

Bosnia is the only country in Europe in which a census has been contucted in 15 years. The population of Sokolac almost doubled since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Almost 150.000 Bosnian Serbs left nearby Sarajevo after the war in Bosnia ended.

Sport [link]

The local football club, FK Glasinac Sokolac, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska.

See also [link]

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

External links [link]

The following links can be found regarding the municipality Sokolac:

• History, Politics and much more

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