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Sokolac
Соколац
Coat of arms of Sokolac
Coat of arms
Location of Sokolac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Sokolac within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°94′N 18°80′E / 44.567, 19.333
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
 - Mayor Dragan Cvijetić (SDS) [1]
Area
 - Total 729 km² (281. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The Serbian Democratic Party ( Serbian: Српска демократска Странка Srpska Demokratska Stranka, СДС SDS) is a Republika Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 - Total 14,833
 - Municipality 15,500
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 57
Website: http://www.opstinasokolac.org

Sokolac (Cyrillic: Соколац) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Republika Srpska ( Serbian: Република Српска Republika Srpska ( often abbreviated PC or RS) also Српска Srpska

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Demographics

1971

17. 053 total

1991

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

About Sokolac

I live in Sokolac, Republic of Srpska, the eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yugoslavs ( Bosnian: Jugosloveni/Jugoslaveni; Macedonian and Serbian: Југословени Jugosloveni; Croatian Croats (Hrvati are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries Croats form one of the three constitutive nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are many things centered around life in Sokolac. Forestry, agriculture and cattle breeding are, and always have been, important part of the community. The city is surrounded with many historical sites, not so much known to the residents of the community. Sokolac doesn’t have conveniences of larger towns, so we have the opportunity to experience small town living.


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 larges export of the community. Although Sokolac has a small diary factory, the milk market production is very small.


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


Not many people even in our community know that Sokolac is a well-known historic site. During the Early Iron Age (Hallstatt Period), this region was a center of a well-developed culture, which is in history known as the Glasinac Culture. The culture reached its highest level from 700 B. C. until 250 B. C. During the Early Iron Age, Glasinac had the same number of inhabitants like today! In the Middle Ages, residents of Glasinac, buried their dead under the medieval gravestones, called steæci (the plural of steæak). At the same time, Christianity came early to this region. One of first orthodox churches in Bosnia was built on a hill called Megara, near village of Bjelosavljeviæi.


Everyone in Sokolac enjoys different recreational activities and there are several to choose from. We have sports set up through school activities and also through other organizational groups. Some people enjoy school athletics such as football or volleyball, while others enjoy basketball and skiing. The countryside around our town is abundant with wildlife for the hunting enthusiasts. Due to luck of water resources, only limited fishing is possible on the Biostica river.


I like living in a small town because I know most of the people, and I have a lot of relatives in my town, too. Many people that live in Sokolac work a local factory called “AD Romanija”. They make windows, doors, plywood, boards and other wood products. Another large business that employs a many people in Sokolac is the Mental Hospital Podromanija. I should also mention “A. D. Karavan”, a private venture that has a Hotel and a Slaughterhouse.


So now you know why my town is the center of it all. We have agriculture, which is not only a tradition, but also a large portion of the economy. Sokolac is a well-known historic site to Europeans, but not to its inhabitants. Last of all, in Sokolac you can enjoy all opportunities of living in a small town. So if you are ever traveling from Belgrade to the Adriatic Sea, take the shortest way through Sokolac. Please stop and visit our town and you will see why I think my town is the center of it all!

Writen by: Zeljko Tomic, http://sokolac.slavicnet.com/sokolac/sokolac_informator_forum.html

Sport

The local football club, FK Glasinac Sokolac, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska. A football team or a football club, in football (soccer is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a Football game be it Association FK Glasinac is a football club from the town of Sokolac, in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prva liga Republike Srpske or Прва лига Републике Српске (First League of the Republika Srpska is a second level football competition in

Links

The following links can be found regarding the municipality Sokolac:

See also

Under the "Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government" adopted in 1994, Republika Srpska was divided into 80 municipalities
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