Tutin, Serbia

Tutin Тутин
Municipality and Town
Panorama of Tutin
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Tutin within Serbia
Coordinates:
Country	Serbia
District	Raška
Settlements	93
Government
• Mayor	Semsudin Kucević
Area
• Municipality	742 km2 (286 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Town	10,094
• Municipality	31,155
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	36320
Area code	+381 20
Car plates	TT
Website	www.tutin.rs

Tutin (Serbian Cyrillic: Тутин) is a town and municipality in the Raška region of Serbia. According to a 2011 census, the municipality of Tutin has a population of 31,155 people. It is the first municipality in Serbia that has renewable wind power.

History

The former name of Tutin was Donja Dimitrova. At first, it was only a caravan station, while in the beginning of the 19th century it became a settlement with guardian tower and a mosque. In 1831, the army of Bosnian Husein-beg Gradaščević was stationed in it. Name Tutin firstly appeared in 1868 in work of English travelers. According to that work, Tutin had only 7 houses of which 6 belonged to the Bosniak family Hamzagić and one was Serb. Until 1912, Tutin was small settlement with 20 houses. In the 20th century, the settlement was greatly developed: public buildings, a health station, a school and shops were built.

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Municipality of Tutin has 31,155 inhabitants.

Most of Tutin’s population are Bosniaks (90.0%) while 32.4% of the municipality’s population is urban. Depopulation is typical for villages because of the migrations to urban and other areas. Population density on the territory of the municipality is 41.99 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Ethnic composition of the municipality:

Ethnic group	Population 1991	Population 2002	Population 2011
Bosniaks	-	28,320	28,041
Muslims	32,671	222	1,092
Serbs	1,503	1,298	1,090
Roma	-	-	67
Gorani	-	-	55
Others	457	214	810
Total	34,631	30,054	31,155

Note: Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by nationality, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by nationality.

Notable people

• Mensur Suljović, (born 1972), darts player
• Saffet Sancaklı, (born 1966), Turkish footballer

Interesting facts

It is the first municipality in Serbia that has renewable wind power.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia

Twin towns – Sister cities

Tutin is twinned with:

• Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also

• Bosniaks
• Bosniaks of Serbia
• Raška
• Sandžak
• List of places in Serbia

External links

• Official site Tutin