Šiprage

Šiprage (Шипраге) is a settlement in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, Kotor Varoš Municipality. The first Kotor-Varosian settlement, the medieval town Kotor, existed certainly before the 9th century, because, according to credible sources, it was previously "destroyed several times." It was named as Vasekatro „near Banja Luka“.[1]

Village
Coat of arms of Šiprage
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityRepublika Srpska
MunicipalityKotor Varoš
Highest elevation
520 m (1,710 ft)
Lowest elevation
507 m (1,663 ft)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total952

Šiprage is on the Vrbanja river. In 1991, 956 people lived in Šiprage. The highest elevation is 520 m.

During the Bosnian War (1992–95), Bosnian Serb Police and Army forces destroyed villages upstream along the Vrbanja to Kruševo Brdo.[2] One of the 18 camps for detained Bosniaks from the Kotor Varoš Municipality was at the Police station (MUP) in Šiprage.[3]

After 1996, most of the Bosniak villages were partly restored thanks to the Luxembourgish government.[4][5][6] During the war, an Orthodox church was built in the centre of the village.

Climate

Month Average temperature
(°C)
Minimal temperature
(°C)
Maximal temperature
(°C)
Precipitation / Rainfall
(mm)
January –1.7 –4.8 1.4 59
February 0.3 –3.6 4.2 63
March 4.6 –0.1 9.3 59
April 9.1 3.9 14.3 74
May 13.6 8.1 19.2 90
June 17.2 11.5 22.9 99
July 18.9 12.6 25.3 81
August 18.4 11.9 24.9 76
September 14.7 8.6 20.9 71
October 9.5 4.7 14.4 79
November 4.4 1 7.8 100
December 0.1 –2.7 3 88

[7]

Population

Overview by census

Year 1879. 1885. 1895. 1910 1921. 1931. 1948. 1953. 1961. 1971. 1981. 1991. 2013.
Population 64 (1312♦) 277 (1575♦) 88 (1426♦) 159 (760♦) 999 5.098* 1.774 7.764* 828 822 1.183 952 788
  • 1931. and 1953.: Šiprage Municipality.[8]

♦ Šiprage area

Šiprage[9][10]Total population 2013: 788
Census Year 1991. 1981. 1971.
Bosniaks 745 (78.25%) 711 (60.10%) 422 (51.33%)
Serbs 168 (17.64%) 320 (27.04%) 370 (45.01%)
Croats 1 (0.10%) 6 (0.50%) 0
Yugoslavians 32 (3.36%) 136 (11.49%) 21 (2.55%)
Other and Unknown 6 (0.63%) 10 (0.84%) 9 (1.09%)
Total 952 1,183 822

References

  1. Orbin M. (1601). Regno degli Slavi hoggi corrottamente detti Schiavoni. Historia di Mavro Orbini raveseo Abbate Melitense. 3. Dalmatia, Croatia, Bosna, Servia & Bvulgaria / Kraljevstvo Slavena (prijevod iz 1968.). Pesaro/Beograd: Girolamo Concordia/Srpska književna zadruga.
  2. Gutman, R. (1993). A witness to genocide: The 1993 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Dispatches on the "Ethnic Cleansing" of Bosnia. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. pp. 72-76. ISBN 9780020329954.
  3. "SRPSKO-CRNOGORSKI-HRVATSKI KONCENTRACIONI LOGORI - GENOCIDNE TVORNICE SMRTI — Bosnjaci.Net". www.bosnjaci.net. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. "BOSNIA – HERZEGOVINA (IFOR-SFOR)". googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.[dead link]
  5. "CCRP - Command and Control Research Program". dodccrp.org. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. "Country profile: Bosnia-Hercegovina". BBC News. 12 January 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1066886.stm. 
  7. "Radohova climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Radohova weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org.
  8. http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1953/Pdf/G19534001.pdf.
  9. Book: "Nacionalni sastav stanovništva – Rezultati za Republiku po opštinama i naseljenim mjestima 1991.", statistički bilten br. 234, Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo.
  10. Internet – Source: "Popis po mjesnim zajednicama" – http://www.fzs.ba/Podaci/nacion%20po%20mjesnim.pdf Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

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Coordinates: 44°27′58″N 17°33′36″E / 44.466°N 17.560°E / 44.466; 17.560