Srebrenica
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'''Srebrenica''' ([[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]]: Сребреница; {{pronounced|srɛbrɛnitsa}}) is a [[town]] and municipality in the east of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], in the [[Republika Srpska]] [[Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina|entity]]. Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being [[Salt mine|salt mining]] and a nearby [[Thermal bath|spa]]. During the [[Bosnian War]], it was the site of the [[Srebrenica massacre]].
On March 24, 2007, Srebrenica's municipal assembly adopted a resolution demanding independence from the [[Republika Srpska]]; the Serb members of the assembly did not vote on the resolution.<ref>
{{cite web | url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/globe-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=03&dd=25&nav_category=123&nav_id=40340 | title=Srebrenica pushes for partition | accessdate=2007-03-29 | date=[[2007-03-25]] | publisher=[[B92]] }}</ref>
==Demographics==
In 2005 there were about 4,000 [[Bosniaks]] in the municipality, about a third of the population.
{| class=wikitable
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! Year of census !! total !! [[Muslims by nationality|Muslims]] !! [[Serbs]] !! [[Croats]] !! [[Yugoslavs]] !! others
|-
| align=center | [[1991]] || 36,666 || 27,572 (75.19%) || 8,315 (22.67%) || 38 (0.10%) || 380 (1.03%) || 361 (0.98%)
|-
| align=center | [[1981]] || 36,292 || 24,930 (68.69%) || 10,294 (28.36%) || 80 (0.22%) || 602 (1.65%) || 386 (1.06%)
|-
| align=center | [[1971]] || 33,357 || 20,968 (62.85%) || 11,918 (35.72%) || 109 (0.32%) || 121 (0.36%) || 241 (0.72%)
|-
| align=center | [[1961]] || 29,283 || 14,565 (49.74%) || 12,540 (42.82%) || 71 (0.24%) || 1,967 (6.71%) ||
|-
| align=center | [[1953]] || 46,647 || || 23,545 (50.47%) || 106 (0.45%) || 22,791 (48.86%) ||
|-
| align=center | [[1948]] || 39,954 || || 20,195 (50.55%) || 52 (0.13%) || || 19,671 (49.23%)
|-
| align=center | [[1931]] || 35210 || 17,332 (49.2%) || 17766 (50.5%) || 103 (0.29%) || ||
|}
The borders of the municipality in the 1953 and 1961 census were different.
In 1953 Muslim by Nationality was not an option for the census, so the group called themselves Yugoslav. Yugoslav was not an option in 1948, so they were classified as other.
===The town of Srebrenica===
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! Year of census !! total !! [[Bosniaks]] !! [[Serbs]] !! [[Croats]] !! [[Yugoslavs]] !! others
|-
| align=center | [[1991]] || 5,746 || 3,673 (63.92%) || 1,632 (28.40%) || 34 (0.59%) || 328 (5.70%) || 79 (1.37%)
|}
==Economy==
Before [[1992]], there was a [[metal]] factory in the town, and [[Lead mining|lead]], [[Zinc mining|zinc]], and [[Gold mining|gold mines]] nearby. The town's name (Srebrenica) means "silver mine," the same meaning of its old [[Latin]] name ''Argentaria''.
== Local communities ==
The municipality (општина or ''opština'') is further subdivided into the following local communities (мјесне заједнице or ''mjesne zajednice''):[http://www.srebrenica-opstina.org/karta/karta.swf]
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*[[Brežani]]
*[[Crvica]]
*[[Gostilj]]
*[[Kostolomci]]
*[[Krnići]]
*[[Luka (Srebrenica)|Luka]]
*[[Orahovica (Srebrenica)|Orahovica]]
*[[Osatica]]
*[[Podravanje]]
*[[Potočari]]
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*[[Radoševići]]
*[[Ratkovići]]
*[[Sase]]
*[[Skelani]]
*[[Skenderovići]]
*[[Srebrenica (local community)|Srebrenica]]
*[[Sućeska]]
*[[Toplica (Srebrenica)|Toplica]]
*[[Vijogor]]
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==Srebrenica massacre==
{{main|Srebrenica massacre}}
During the [[Bosnian war|War in Bosnia]] (1992–1995), the Srebrenica region saw heavy fighting. Hundreds of victims fell in the first years of the war, also among the civilian population. The town at the centre of the municipality became a Bosnian Muslim/Bosniak [[Enclave and exclave|enclave]] surrounded by Serbs. In April 1993, the [[United Nations]] declared Srebrenica a ''UN safe area'', guarded by a small unit operating under the mandate of [[United Nations Protection Force]] (UNPROFOR). The town was captured by the [[Army of Republika Srpska]] in July 1995, as it remained, along with Žepa and Goražde, the two remaining pockets of Muslim troops in Eastern Bosnia. Following the town's capture, approximately eight thousand Bosniak men of fighting age were massacred by Serbian forces. All women, and men below 16 years of age and above 55, were sent by Serbian forces by bus to Tuzla [http://www.xs4all.nl/~rysdyk/gallery2.html Commemorating Srebrenica]. The remaining men were massacred. To this day, the Srebrenica Massacre remains one of the most brutal and shameful chapters in post-WWII European history, and the criminals responsible for it are currently being hunted [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25639691/].
The Srebrenica massacre is also referred to as the Srebrenica genocide, and it is considered as such by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]]. [http://www.un.org/icty/krstic/Appeal/judgement/index.htm] This was followed by an admission to and an apology for the massacre by the [[Republika Srpska]] government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3999985.stm]
==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:Srebrenica_landscape.JPG|Panorama of Srebrenica
Image:Srebrenicaserb.jpg|The Orthodox church
Image:Srebrenica_orthodox_int.JPG|Interior of the Orthodox church
Image:Srebrenica_franciscan_chapel.JPG|The franciscan Catholic chapel
Image:Srebrenica_Mosque.JPG|The White Mosque
Image:Srebrenica_Seka.JPG|Fast Food Seka, on the place of a pre-1990s-war mosque (tombstones on the right)
Image:Srebrenica_main_road.JPG|The main road toward west
Image:Srebrenica_main_road_2.JPG|The main road from west toward the centre
Image:Srebrenica_Stari_Grad.JPG|The old town (''Stari Grad'')
Image:Srebrenica_Guber.JPG|Ruins of Mount Guber thermal centre
Image:Srebrenica_Potocari_Memorial.JPG|Potocari Genocide Memorial
Image:Srebrenica_Potocari_Memorial_2.JPG|Potocari Genocide Memorial
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Srebrenica2007-Serbianvictims10.jpg|Srebrenica:Victims of the 1992-95 war -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Srebrenica2007-Serbianvictims7.jpg|Srebrenica: Memorial to the Victims of the 1992-95 war -->
</gallery></center>
==See also==
* [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Srebrenica massacre]]
* [[Bosnian Genocide]]
* [[History of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Srebrenica Genocide Memorial]]
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.srebrenica-opstina.org/ Opština Srebrenica - Srebrenica Municipality] {{sh icon}}
* [http://www.srebrenica.ba Official site of a Bosnian NGO Citizens Associations "Women of Srebrenica"] {{bs icon}}
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