# Milići, Republika Srpska

Milići (Serbian Cyrillic: Милићи) is a town and a municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 11,441 inhabitants, while the town of Milići has a population of 2,368 inhabitants.

## Settlements

* Bačići
* Bešići
* Bijelo Polje
* Bišina
* Bukovica Donja
* Bukovica Gornja
* Buljevići
* Derventa
* Donje Vrsinje
* Dubačko
* Dubnica
* Dukići
* Đile
* Đurđevići
* Gerovi
* Glušac
* Golići
* Gornje Vrsinje
* Gunjaci
* Jeremići
* Kokanovići
* Koprivno
* Kostrača
* Krajčinovići
* Lukavica
* Lukići
* Maćesi
* Milići
* Mišići
* Nova Kasaba
* Nurići
* Pavkovići
* Podbirač
* Podgora
* Pomol
* Rajići
* Raševo
* Raškovići
* Ristijevići
* Rovaši
* Rupovo Brdo
* Sebiočina
* Skugrići
* Supač
* Štedra
* Toljevići
* Višnjica
* Vitići
* Vrtoče
* Vukovići
* Vukšići
* Zabrđe
* Zagrađe
* Zaklopača

## Demographics
### Population

Population of settlements – Milići municipality :
| | Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. |
| | Total | 12,710 | 14,117 | 16,038 | 11,441 |
| 1 | Bačići | | | 502 | 586 |
| 2 | Bešići | | | 390 | 208 |
| 3 | Derventa | | | 324 | 256 |
| 4 | Đurđevići | | | 161 | 234 |
| 5 | Lukići | | | 224 | 277 |
| 6 | Maćesi | | | 687 | 381 |
| 7 | Milići | 506 | 1,546 | 2,414 | 2,368 |
| 8 | Mišići | | | 247 | 329 |
| 9 | Nova Kasaba | | | 1,042 | 404 |
| 10 | Pomol | | | 459 | 305 |
| 11 | Raševo | | | 464 | 248 |
| 12 | Rovaši | | | 1,236 | 740 |
| 13 | Skugrići | | | 1,144 | 581 |
| 14 | Vrtoče | | | 579 | 632 |
| 15 | Vukovići | | | 219 | 219 |
| 16 | Zaklopača | | | 437 | 235 |

### Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Milići town :
| | 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. |
| Total | 2,368 (100,0%) | 2,414 (100,0%) | 1,546 (100,0%) | 506 (100,0%) |
| Serbs | | 2,229 (92,34%) | 1,385 (89,59%) | 468 (92,49%) |
| Bosniaks | | 107 (4,432%) | 43 (2,781%) | 7 (1,383%) |
| Others | | 47 (1,947%) | 1 (0,065%) | 3 (0,593%) |
| Yugoslavs | | 28 (1,160%) | 98 (6,339%) | |
| Croats | | 3 (0,124%) | 10 (0,647%) | 15 (2,964%) |
| Montenegrins | | | 8 (0,517%) | 13 (2,569%) |
| Hungarians | | | 1 (0,065%) | |
Ethnic composition – Milići municipality :
| | 2013. | 1991. |
| Total | 11,441 (100,0%) | 16,038 (100,0%) |
| Serbs | 7,180 (62,76%) | 7,983 (50,79%) |
| Bosniaks | 4,199 (36,70%) | 7,433 (47,29%) |
| Others | 38 (0,332%) | 228 (1,450%) |
| Croats | 24 (0,210%) | 7 (0,045%) |
| Yugoslavs | | 68 (0,433%) |

## Economy

The economy of Milići is dominated by bauxite extraction mining company "Boksit", a multi-faceted company originally established in 1959.
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):
| Activity | Total |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 59 |
| Mining and quarrying | 870 |
| Manufacturing | 341 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 23 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 30 |
| Construction | 14 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 113 |
| Transportation and storage | 73 |
| Accommodation and food services | 32 |
| Information and communication | 10 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 40 |
| Real estate activities | - |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 23 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 5 |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 115 |
| Education | 128 |
| Human health and social work activities | 56 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 11 |
| Other service activities | 14 |
| Total | 1,957 |

## Sports

The local football team, FK Boksit Milići, were also established by the company in 1972.
In the 1990s, businessman Rajko Dukić invested in sports development in Milići, and local teams became champions of Republika Srpska in football, chess, bowling and women's handball. He also invested in a large cultural complex occupying the centre of the town, including a museum, motel, pool complex and the 65-metre tall 'Rajko's Tower'.