Osmaci

Osmaci
Осмаци
Village and municipality
Location of Osmaci within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Osmaci within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of Osmaci
Coordinates: 44°24′05″N 18°55′03″E / 44.40139°N 18.91750°E / 44.40139; 18.91750
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Government
 • Municipal mayorRadan Sarić (SNSD)
Area
 • Total
78.1 km2 (30.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Total
6,016
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code56

Osmaci (Serbian Cyrillic: Осмаци) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 6,016 inhabitants. There is also a small, uninhabited, part of Osmaci that is in Kalesija municipality.[1]

History

The municipality was created from part of the territory of the pre-war municipality of Kalesija that was assigned to Republika Srpska by the Dayton Agreement. The rest of the Kalesija municipality is in the Federation.

Demographics

A village in Osmaci

Population

Population of settlements – Osmaci municipality
Settlement 1971. 1981. 1991. 2013.
Total 6,016
1 Borogovo 276 252
2 Caparde 855 909
3 Hajvazi 569 504
4 Mahala 626 578
5 Matkovac 491 347
6 Osmaci 800 709 844 1,029
7 Rakino Brdo 239 222
8 Sajtovići 353 232
9 Šeher 1,187 579
10 Viličevići 555 394

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Osmaci town
2013. 1991. 1981. 1971.
Total 1,029 (100,0%) 844 (100,0%) 709 (100,0%) 800 (100,0%)
Serbs 798 (94,55%) 702 (99,01%) 796 (99,50%)
Bosniaks 35 (4,147%)
Others 7 (0,829%) 4 (0,500%)
Yugoslavs 3 (0,355%) 6 (0,846%)
Croats 1 (0,118%) 1 (0,141%)
Ethnic composition – Osmaci municipality
2013.
Total 6,016 (100,0%)
Serbs 3,095 (51,45%)
Bosniaks 2,895 (48,12%)
Others 17 (0,283%)
Croats 9 (0,150%)

Mass grave

In the village Hajvazi, located in Osmaci, on 20 September 2012, the International Commission on Missing Persons uncovered a mass grave containing the remains of eight Bosnian Muslim individuals, seven men and one woman killed by Serbs in November 1992 during the Bosnian War.[2][3][4] The victims were piled atop of each other. Their remains were exhumed from the mass grave, which was located in the yard of a private house.[5][6] The exhumation concluded on 27 September 2012 and the remains were transported to the Commemorative Centre in Tuzla for forensic testing and DNA analysis to determine the identity of the victims.[7] Following the discovery of the eight victims, there are still an additional 30 Bosnian Muslim victims from the Osmaci area that remain missing.[8]

On 1 June 2013, some of the victims found in the mass grave were buried in a Šehidsko mezarje (Martyr Cemetery) in Memići alongside victims found in the Crni Vrh mass grave and the mass grave in Kazanbašča by Zvornik.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Otkrivena masovna grobnica u naselju Hajvazi". Hayat. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Otkrivena masovna grobnica u mjestu Hajvazi". Oslobođenje. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  4. ^ "INO BiH: Otkrivena masovna grobnica u naselju Hajvazi, na području općine Osmaci". 24 sata. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  5. ^ "BIH:Iz masovne grobnice na lokalitetu Hajvazi ekshumirano osam žrtva". Slobodna Evropa. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Otkrivena masovna grobnica u naselju Hajvazi, na području općine Osmaci". Vijesti. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Iz masovne grobnice na lokalitetu Hajvazi ekshumirano osam žrtava". Hayat. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Pronađena masovna grobnica u opštini Osmaci". Justice Report. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  9. ^ "U Memićima klanja zajednička dženaza za 11 Zvorničana". Rijaset. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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