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Rudo

Town and municipality

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Rudo (Serbian Cyrillic: Рудо) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 7,963 inhabitants, while the town of Rudo has a population of 1,949 inhabitants.

It is famous throughout former Yugoslav republics as the birthplace of the 1st Proletarian Brigade formed by Yugoslav Partisans.

01History

The town of Rudo was established in 1555 by Sokollu Mustafa Pasha, a close relative of Ottoman Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. A stone mosque, bridge over the Lim, hamam, inn, mekteb (school), tekke, some shops and houses were built. It was mentioned by Evliya Çelebi (1611-1682). It was flooded in 1896, and then expanded into an urban settlement. Following the collapse of the Republic of Užice and the time spent in the village of Drenova leader of Yugoslav Partisans arrived to Rudo on 21 December 1941. The 1st Proletarian Brigade of the Yugoslav Partisans was established in Rudo on 22 December 1941. A monument dedicated to the Brigade was erected in 1961, with a museum subsequently being opened a decade later.

Lim river
Lim river

02Settlements

03Demographics

Population

Population of settlement, Rudo municipality
Settlement 1971. 1981. 1991. 2013.
Total 15,982 13,601 11,571 7,963
1 Boranovići 272 245
2 Gojava 199 213
3 Knjeginja 98 283
4 Mioče 469 326
5 Mokronozi 611 458
6 Rudo 1,258 1,760 2,077 1,949
7 Štrpci 308 255
8 Trnavci kod Rudog 232 259
9 Uvac 515 366

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition, Rudo town
2013. 1991. 1981. 1971.
Total 1,949 (100,0%) 2,077 (100,0%) 1,760 (100,0%) 1,258 (100,0%)
Serbs 1,203 (57,92%) 987 (56,08%) 677 (53,82%)
Bosniaks 731 (35,19%) 554 (31,48%) 488 (38,79%)
Others 73 (3,515%) 6 (0,341%) 3 (0,238%)
Yugoslavs 68 (3,274%) 136 (7,727%) 22 (1,749%)
Croats 2 (0,096%) 10 (0,568%) 6 (0,477%)
Montenegrins 58 (3,295%) 58 (4,610%)
Macedonians 5 (0,284%) 2 (0,159%)
Albanians 4 (0,227%) 2 (0,159%)
Ethnic composition, Rudo municipality
2013. 1991. 1981. 1971.
Total 7,963 (100,0%) 11,571 (100,0%) 13,601 (100,0%) 15,982 (100,0%)
Serbs 7,241 (90,93%) 8,150 (70,43%) 8,699 (63,96%) 10,155 (63,54%)
Bosniaks 677 (8,502%) 3,130 (27,05%) 4,382 (32,22%) 5,532 (34,61%)
Others 36 (0,452%) 180 (1,556%) 48 (0,353%) 56 (0,350%)
Croats 9 (0,113%) 5 (0,043%) 24 (0,176%) 18 (0,113%)
Yugoslavs 106 (0,916%) 312 (2,294%) 80 (0,501%)
Montenegrins 121 (0,890%) 94 (0,588%)
Macedonians 7 (0,051%) 14 (0,088%)
Albanians 5 (0,037%) 33 (0,206%)
Slovenes 3 (0,022%)

04Trivia

It appears in Ivo Andrić's story "The Beys of Rudo."

05Notable people

Watch videos about RudoExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

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