Berkovići

Berkovići

Берковићи
Berkovići Берковићи
Village and municipality
	Berkovići
	Location of Berkovići within Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Coordinates: 43°05′41″N 18°09′52″E / 43.09472°N 18.16444°E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Geographical region	Herzegovina
Government
• Municipal mayor	Bojan Samardžić (SDS)
Area
• Total	249.69 km2 (96.41 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	2,114
• Density	8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	59
Website	www.opstinaberkovici.com

Berkovići (Serbian Cyrillic: Берковићи) is a village and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 2,114 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality is located in the westernmost part of East Herzegovina.^[1]

History

The old town of Koštun near Berkovići from the early Middle Ages, built of very large stones, was declared a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004.^[2]

Medieval artifacts include numerous stećak monuments, some of exceptional historical value. The site of Potkuk stećak necropolis in Bitunja is included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.^[3]

The municipality was created in 1995, after the Bosnian War, out of the Republika Srpska-controlled parts of the pre-war municipality of Stolac (now in the Federation of B&H).^[4] The village was struck by a big earthquake on April 22, 2022 with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale.^[5]

Settlements

Aside from the village of Berkovići itself, the municipality includes the following settlements:

Bitunja
Brštanik
Dabrica
Hatelji
Ljubljenica
Ljuti Do
Meča
Predolje
Poplat
Strupići
Selišta
Suzina
Šćepan Krst
Trusina
Žegulja

Berkovići also contains parts of the following settlements:

Barane
Burmazi
Do
Hodovo
Hrgud

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Berkovići municipality
	Settlement	1938.	1953.	1961.	1971.	1981.	1991.	2013.
	Total	2,573	3,166					2,114
1	Berkovići			747	749	651	159	230
2	Hatelji						468	409
3	Ljuti Do						316	233
4	Meča						88	300

Ethnic composition


Ethnic composition – Berkovići village
	2013	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	240 (100,0%)	159 (100,0%)	651 (100,0%)	749 (100,0%)
Serbs	238 (99,17%)	147 (97,484%)	611 (93,856%)	744 (100,0%)
Croats	2 (0,83%)		1 (0,154%)	1 (0,134%)
Bosniaks		4 (2,516%)	4 (0,614%)
Yugoslavs			33 (5,069%)
Other			2 (0,307%)	2 (0,267%)
Montenegrins				1 (0,134%)
Macedonians				1 (0,134%)


Ethnic composition – Berkovići municipality
	2013
Total	2,114 (100,0%)
Serbs	1,942 (91,86%)
Bosniaks	159 (7,52%)
Croats	11 (0,52%)
Others	2 (0,09%)

Economy

The municipality is underdeveloped and much of the economic activity is agricultural.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Lojović, Milimir; Gnjato, Obren (2016). "The old village in East Herzegovina and the possibilities of its revitalization". Demografija (13): 353–373. ISSN 1820-4244. 1820-42441613353L.
^ "About us". Berkovići Turizam. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
^ "O Berkovićima". Opština Berkovici (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
^ Service, s Balkan (2022-04-23). "Bosnian earthquake victim died after a hillside collapsed on a home". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2023-09-27.

External links

[1] Lojović, Milimir; Gnjato, Obren (2016). "The old village in East Herzegovina and the possibilities of its revitalization". Demografija (13): 353–373. ISSN 1820-4244. 1820-42441613353L.

[2] "About us". Berkovići Turizam. Retrieved 2024-09-20.

[3] Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-09-20.

[4] "O Berkovićima". Opština Berkovici (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-01-18.

[Service_2022_z575-5] Service, s Balkan (2022-04-23). "Bosnian earthquake victim died after a hillside collapsed on a home". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2023-09-27.

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