🇧🇦 Sokolac (Соколац) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History On the 22 September 1992, the Army of Republika Srpska committed a massacre of 45 Bosniak civilians (44 male, one female) from the neighboring villages of Novoseoci and Pavičići in the villages of Novoseoci, Sokolac municipality, and Ivan Polje landfill on the way to Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Members of the VRS killed a woman in the village, then transported 44 men and boys to the Ivan Polje landfill, where they shot them dead. Exhumation at the landfill revealed additional eight victims from Han Stjenica, Rogatica municipality.
Economy Sokolac is an important intersection for regional transport routes. The roads that intersect in Sokolac are between Sarajevo and the Adriatic Sea, Belgrade, Užice, Banja Luka and Bijeljina.
Sport The local OFK Glasinac 2011's predecessor club FK Glasinac Sokolac has played two seasons in the country's top level Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They now play in the third tier.
Sokolac has a population of over 12,021 people. Sokolac also forms part of the wider Istočno Sarajevo City which has a population of over 61,520 people. Sokolac is situated near Istočno Sarajevo.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Sokolac has links with:
🇷🇸 Arilje, Serbia 🇽🇰 Goraždevac, Kosovo 🇩🇪 Hohenburg, Germany 🇲🇪 Nikšić, Montenegro 🇷🇸 Obrenovac, Serbia 🇬🇷 Ormylia, Greece🇷🇴 Alexandria 43.983
🇷🇺 Kislovodsk 43.911
🇨🇦 Bowmanville 43.9
🇨🇦 Orangeville 43.9
🇫🇷 Mont-de-Marsan 43.894
Locations Near: Sokolac 18.7833,43.9333
🇧🇦 Sarajevo 18.379,43.852 d: 33.6
🇧🇦 Istočno Sarajevo 18.35,43.817 d: 37.1
🇧🇦 Živinice 18.65,44.45 d: 58.4
🇧🇦 Zvornik 19.106,44.392 d: 57.1
🇧🇦 Tuzla 18.672,44.538 d: 67.8
🇷🇸 Loznica 19.217,44.533 d: 75.1
Antipodal to: Sokolac -161.217,-43.933
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17169.9
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16883.3
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16596.9
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16521
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12909.1
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12809.5
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12794.3
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12790.6