Sokolac (Serbian Cyrillic: Соколац) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 12,021 inhabitants, while the town of Sokolac has a population of 5,919 inhabitants.
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.[1]
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.[2]
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[3]
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.
List of Sokolac's sister and twin cities:
Hohenburg[5]
Ormylia[5]
Arilje[5]
Goraždevac[5] Obrenovac[5]Friendship agreement:
Nikšić[5]