Settlements 93 Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Monday 4:43 AM | Elevation 867 m (2,844 ft) Area 742 km² | |
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Region Šumadija and Western Serbia Weather -1°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 84% Humidity | ||
Tutin (Serbian Cyrillic: Тутин) is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of the western 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.
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Map of Tutin, Serbia
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. It was occupied by Italy between 1941-1943 and Germany between 1943-1944. During the occupiation, it was part of Protectorate of Albania.
Demographics
According to the last official census done in 2011, the Municipality of Tutin has 31,155 inhabitants. Population that lives in urban areas comprises 32.4% of the municipality’s total population. 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 groups
Most of Tutin’s population are Bosniaks (90.0%), followed by Muslims and Serbs. Ethnic composition of the municipality:
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
Twin towns – Sister cities
Tutin is twinned with: