Ugljevik (Cyrillic: Угљевик) is a municipality and town of the same name in northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality located in the eastern foothills of Mount Majevica, in picturesque countryside, where wondrous and beautiful mountain starts descending towards the flatlands of Semberija, to which it is tied more than any other surrounding area. The center of the municipality is the town of Ugljevik, the most sunbathed and modern of communities in Republika Srpska. This is the home of miners and other energy resource professionals.

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Ugljevik was named for the coal “ugalj in Serbian” which began to be organizely exploited on Mount Majevica in 1899.


Location

The Municipality of Ugljevik borders to the East and North on the Municipality of Bijeljina, with Lopare Municipality marking the West and Zvornik Municipality the South boundaries, and in the South also touching on Teočak Municipality in the BiH Federation. The 1993 population census indicated a population of 16,456 residing in 4,733 households, in this Municipality covering 164 square kilometers. The population density is 12.44/km², thi being the result of dispersed nature of the communities.

Ugljevik on map BiH Population 25,641

Ugljevik is located on the inter-Entity Bijeljina-Tuzla highway—built in 1971—which connects it to all the surrounding regions, with asphalt roads branching off the highway towards Zabrdje, Trnova and other communities. It is now possible to reach every village in Ugljevik municipality by car. This, coupled with other circumstances—primarily the fine infrastructure, employment opportunities, healthy environment and proximity to populous towns—contribute to the municipality’s towns developing quickly and the residents choice to remain in them. Despite the destruction of the recent war and the postwar hardships of recovery, new houses are replacing old at every step.

Both the municipality and the town are overwhelmingly populated by Serbs. As a population census has not been conducted in Bosnia-Herzegovina since 1991, the exact demographic breakdown is unknown and all information is subject to error.

In 1991 census the municipality had 25,641 residents, including:

The town itself had a population of 2,995 with Serbs making up 79%, Muslims by nationality 14%, and others 7%.

Before the war, the municipality included the Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) village of Teočak, located several miles to the south of Ugljevik, which did not become a part of Republika Srpska, and is therefore not part of Ugljevik municipality today. Teocak municipality has a population estimated at 9,000 (believed to be 100% bosniak).