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Srebrenica (Cyrillic: Сребреница; IPA: /srɛ.brɛ.ni.ʦa/) is a town and municipality in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity. Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby 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 Republic Srpska; the Serb members of the assembly did not vote on the resolution.
Grb Srebrenica
Demographics
In 2005 there were about 4,000 Bosniaks in the municipality, about a third of the population.
| Year of census |
total |
Muslims |
Serbs |
Croats |
Yugoslavs |
others |
| 1991 |
36,666 |
27,572 (75.19%) |
8,315 (22.67%) |
38 (0.10%) |
380 (1.03%) |
361 (0.98%) |
| 1981 |
36,292 |
24,930 (68.69%) |
10,294 (28.36%) |
80 (0.22%) |
602 (1.65%) |
386 (1.06%) |
| 1971 |
33,357 |
20,968 (62.85%) |
11,918 (35.72%) |
109 (0.32%) |
121 (0.36%) |
241 (0.72%) |
Srebrenica on map BiH Population
The town of Srebrenica
| Year of census |
total |
Muslims |
Serbs |
Croats |
Yugoslavs |
others |
| 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, zinc, and gold mines nearby. The town's name (Srebrenica) means "silver mine".
Local communities
The municipality (општина or opština) is further subdivided into the following local communities (мјесне заједнице or mjesne zajednice):
- Brežani
- Crvica
- Gostilj
- Kostolomci
- Krnići
- Luka
- Orahovica
- Osatica
- Podravanje
- Potočari
- Radoševići
- Ratkovići
- Sase
- Skelani
- Skenderovići
- Srebrenica
- Sućeska
- Toplica
- Vijogor
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Srebrenica 
