Međurečje (Serbian Cyrillic: Међуречје) is a village located in the municipality of Rudo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] It is surrounded by the Serbian municipality of Priboj, in Zlatibor District, making it an exclave of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and an enclave within Serbia, 1130 meters from the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While Serbia recognizes Međurečje as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, disputes over its administration are ongoing. The entire area is currently under the administration of the Serbian government. Sastavci is the neighboring village in Serbia.

Međurečje Међуречје
Village
Map of Međurečje enclave, part of Rudo municipality, Republika Srpska (BIH)
Coordinates: 43.5561°N 19.4128°E / 43.5561; 19.4128
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Area
• Total	3.958 km2 (1.528 sq mi)
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population  (2013[1])
• Total	171
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	(+387) 58

Demographics

With an area of 395.84 hectares (978.1 acres), Međurečje has 173 inhabitants as of 2013 census. In 1999, the village had 75 households with a population of 270.[3][4]

Vital infrastructure in the enclave of Međurečje is tied to the Serbian municipality of Priboj. A majority of the population works in Priboj. However, the land of Međurečje is registered in the municipality of Rudo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), where the population of the village pays its land tax.[4]

History

Historic facts about the formation of the enclave within the territory of Serbia are not known, but it is believed to be tied to the period after the 1878 Congress of Berlin, when the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires were sharing the border and Austria-Hungary was allowed to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4]

References

External links

• Information and a map of the village
• Međurečje – "pedalj Bosne u Srbiji, zemlja svačija i ničija" at rts.rs