Novoseoci

Village in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Novoseoci Новосеоци
Village
Mosque in Novoseoci
43°52′47″N 18°47′35″E / 43.87972°N 18.79306°E / 43.87972; 18.79306
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Municipality	Sokolac
Population (2013)
• Total	117
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Novoseoci (Serbian Cyrillic: Новосеоци) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina^[1] with cold and temperate climate.^[2]

The settlement's population is completely Bosniak and is mainly engaged in animal breeding and agriculture. Before the Bosnian War, the settlement was compact with about 40 houses.

History

Bosnian War

The mosque that was built in 1989 was destroyed on September 22, 1992, when the 2nd Romanian Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska massacred 45 civilians of this settlement and its surroundings.^[3]

Post-war period

The mosque was rebuilt in 2007, and few residents returned to Novoseoci.

References

^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
^ "Climate: Novoseoci - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
^ "Tužilaštvo Bosne i Hercegovine". www.tuzilastvobih.gov.ba. Retrieved 2021-03-30.