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Sokolac (Cyrillic: Соколац) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity.

Grb Sokolac

Demographics

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

  • 10,181 Serbs (68.64%) (See: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • 4,486 Muslims by nationality (30.24%)
  • 84 Yugoslavs
  • 22 Croats (See: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • 60 others

The population of the Sokolac town was composed of 94% Serbs.


Sokolac on map BiH Population 14,833


Sokolac is the birthplace of folk singer Halid Bešlić, famous throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the surrounding countries.