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| area_blank2_km2    = 165.2
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| population_blank1  = 4155
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| population_blank2  = 15710
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| postal_code_type   = Postal Code
| postal_code        = 76330
| area_code          = (+387) 55
| website            = {{url|www.opstinaugljevik.net}}
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| leader_title       = Municipal&nbsp;mayor
| leader_name        = Dragan Gajić
| leader_party       = [[Alliance of Independent Social Democrats|SNSD]]
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'''Ugljevik''' ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Угљевик}}) is a town and municipality in [[Republika Srpska]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 15,710 inhabitants, while the town of Ugljevik has a population of 4,155 inhabitants.

The municipality is located in the countryside of the eastern foothills of [[Majevica|Mount Majevica]], where the mountains start descending towards the flatlands of [[Semberija]], to which it is tied to more than any other surrounding area. It is the home of miners and other energy resource professionals.

==Name==
Ugljevik is named after [[coal]] (ugalj), which first began to be exploited on Mount [[Majevica]] in 1899.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

==History==

At least ten archaeological locations have been found in the area. These include five locations with groupings of [[medieval]] stone sarcophagi, called ''[[Stećak|stećci]]'', and three dating from the Roman period. Though research into the [[Neolithic]] sites in the municipality is lacking, nearby areas have Neolithic archaeological sites, allowing postulation that there might have been ancient sites present. The village of Tutnjevac contains the remains of a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] villa.

The first population census of the region showed five settlements with a total of 55 houses, which date from prior to arrival of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]] in the 15th century. During troubled times the population would leave these parts with most of the succeeding population&mdash;the forebears of the present Majevicans&mdash;coming from Eastern and ‘Old’ [[Herzegovina]] in the 19th century.

During the past hundred years, the pace and extent of development of the Ugljevik region has been determined by coal production. With the increased need for coal, coal exploitation began in 1899, and a [[narrow gauge railway]] was built from [[Bosanska Rača|Rača]], on the [[Sava]] river, to the Ugljevik coal mine via [[Bijeljina]] in 1919. Subsequently, this railway was upgraded to a normal narrow gauge, and later was connected to one of Ugljevik’s communities, Mezgraja, in 1938. This was the last narrow gauge railway in Europe before it was closed on May 26, 1979.

The coal from Bogutovo Selo surface mine has a [[Energy value of coal|calorific value]] of 2,550 [[calorie|kcal]]/kg (10.68 [[megajoule|MJ]]/kg), and it is estimated that the reserves are sufficient to satisfy the needs of four 300 [[megawatt]] coal-fired power plants.

It is thanks to these coal giants that almost all of Ugljevik’s corporations have developed.

After the [[Bosnian War]] Ugljevik became a significant peacekeeping force post. For the first time after the [[World War II]], the Russian Army and Western Allies worked together in a military mission, as the Implementation Force ([[IFOR]]) and later the Stabilization Forces ([[SFOR]]). Headquarters of the Russian Peacekeeping Mission in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] was in Ugljevik. Americans had a small base in Ugljevik, across the Janja river from the Russians. In relation to this, the IFOR info magazine “Talon” wrote in one of its articles “Cold War melted on the Balkan sun”.

<gallery class="center">
File:Bogutovoselospomenje.jpg|Medieval graveyards in Ugljevik village of Bogutovo Selo
File:Jablan grad sjever.JPG|Medieval Jablan city
File:Stariugljevik.jpg|Ugljevik, miners settlement – Kolonija, in 1931
File:Russian Army Bosnia.jpg|Russian peacekeepers, a part of the Operation Joint Endeavor, 1996, in Ugljevik
</gallery>

==Location==
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The municipality of Ugljevik borders [[Bijeljina]] to the east and north, [[Lopare]] to the
west, [[Zvornik]] to the south, and also [[Teočak]] in the [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] to the south. In the 1993 census the population was 16,456 residing in 4,733 households, covering {{convert|164|km2|abbr=off}}. The population density was 12.44/km².

==Territorial organisation==
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The municipality of Ugljevik has the following 21 communities:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Korenita]]
* [[Maleševci, Ugljevik|Maleševci]]
* [[Zabrđe (Ugljevik)|Zabrđe]]
* [[Ugljevička Obrijež]]
* [[Stari Ugljevik]]
* [[Ugljevik Selo]]
* [[Zabrđe (Ugljevik)|Gornje Zabrđe]]
* [[Ravno Polje]]
* [[Bogutovo Selo]]
* [[Gornja Krćina]]
* [[Trnova, Ugljevik|Gornja Trnova]]
* {{ill|Mezgraja, Ugljevik|lt=Mezgraja|bs|Mezgraja (Ugljevik)}}
* [[Modran, Ugljevik|Modran]]
* [[Zabrđe (Ugljevik)|Donje Zabrđe]]
* [[Janjari (Atmačići)]]
* [[Trnova, Ugljevik|Srednja Trnova]]
* [[Glinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Glinje]]
* [[Sarije]]
* [[Mukat]]
* Stankovići
* [[Trnova, Ugljevik|Donja Trnova]]
* [[Atmačići]]
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
[[File:Ugljevikzgrade.jpg|thumb|right|Srpske Sloge street]]
[[File:Dom zdravlja Ugljevik.jpg|thumb|right|Health Center]]
[[File:Malesevciselo.jpeg|thumb|right|Landscape from one of the local villages]]
[[File:Folk group from Ugljevik, Bosnia Herzegovina.jpg|thumb|right|Folk costume from the area]]

===Population===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" |Population of the settlements – Ugljevik municipality
|-
|
|Settlement
|1971.
|1981.
|1991.
|2013.
|-
|
|Total
|24,178
|24,540
|17,830
|15,710
|-
|1
|Atmačići
|
|
|566
|429
|-
|2
|Bogutovo Selo
|
|
|499
|294
|-
|3
|Donja Trnova
|
|
|1,491
|1,154
|-
|4
|Glinje
|
|
|648
|461
|-
|5
|Gornja Trnova
|
|
|420
|284
|-
|6
|Janjari
|
|
|651
|497
|-
|7
|Korenita
|
|
|840
|557
|-
|8
|Maleševci
|
|
|602
|404
|-
|9
|Mezgraja
|
|
|714
|459
|-
|10
|Mukat Stankovići
|
|
|458
|330
|-
|11
|Ravno Polje
|
|
|466
|598
|-
|12
|Srednja Trnova
|
|
|721
|579
|-
|13
|Stari Ugljevik
|
|
|1,126
|707
|-
|14
|Tutnjevac
|
|
|1,489
|1,042
|-
|15
|Ugljevička Obrijež
|
|
|934
|945
|-
|16
|'''Ugljevik'''
|2,388
|2,442
|2,981
|4,155
|-
|17
|Ugljevik Selo
|
|
|693
|478
|-
|18
|Zabrđe
|
|
|1,725
|1,551
|}

===Ethnic composition===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="8" |Ethnic composition – Ugljevik town
|-
|
|1991.
|1981.
|1971.
|-
|Total
|2,981
|2,442
|2,388
|-
|[[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Serbs]]
|2,426 (81.4%)
|2,210 (90.5%)
|2,256 (94.5%)
|-
|[[Bosniaks]]
|348 (11.7%)
|66 (2.7%)
|86 (3.6%)
|-
|''[[Yugoslavs]]''
|133 (4.5%)
|143 (5.9%)
|15 (0.6%)
|-
|[[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croats]]
|39 (1.3%)
|3 (0.1%)
|15 (0.6%)
|-
|Others/unspecified
|35 (1.2%)
|16 (0.7%)
|5 (0.2%)
|-
|[[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]]
|
|4 (0.2%)
|6 (0.3%)
|-
|[[Montenegrins of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Montenegrins]]
|
|
|4 (0.2%)
|-
|[[Albanians in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Albanians]]
|
|
|1 (<0.1%)
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="8" |Ethnic composition – Ugljevik municipality
|-
|
|2013.
|1991.
|1981.
|1971.
|-
|Total
|15,710
|25,587
|24,540
|24,178
|-
|Serbs
|13,412 (85.4%)
|14,468 (56.5%)
|14,066 (57.3%)
|14,816 (61.2%)
|-
|Bosniaks
|2,186 (14%)
|10,241 (40%)
|9,403 (38.3%)
|8,859 (36.7%)
|-
|Others/unspecified
|70 (0.5%)
|532 (2%)
|81 (0.3%)
|58 (0.2%)
|-
|Croats
|42 (0.3%)
|56 (0.2%)
|17 (<0.1%)
|53 (0.2%)
|-
|''Yugoslavs''
|
|290 (1.1%)
|573 (2.3%)
|35 (0.1%)
|-
|[[Romani people in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Roma]]
|
|
|376 (1.5%)
|328 (1.4%)
|-
|Montenegrins
|
|
|9 (<0.1%)
|13 (<0.1%)
|-
|Macedonians
|
|
|7 (<0.1%)
|12 (<0.1%)
|-
|Albanians
|
|
|4 (<0.1%)
|3 (<0.1%)
|-
|[[Slovenes]]
|
|
|3 (<0.1%)
|
|-
|[[Hungarians]]
|
|
|1 (<0.1%)
|1 (<0.1%)
|}

==Economy==
[[File:UgljevikPP.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Ugljevik Power Plant]]]]
The [[Ugljevik Power Plant]] is a 300 megawatt coal-fired power station with a 310 metre tall chimney in the municipality.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==Notable people==
[[File:Trnova-Visnjic.jpg|thumb|right|Monument to Višnjić at his birthsite]]
* [[Filip Višnjić]] (1767-1834), poet and musician.
* [[Mitar Mirić]] (1957-), pop-folk singer.

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
Ugljevik is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Saradnja Beočina i Ugljevika|url=http://www.opstinaugljevik.net/loc/index.php/rs/poetna/79-2014-02-15-15-30-29.html|website=opstinaugljevik.net|publisher=Ugljevik|language=sr|access-date=2020-12-29}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Beočin]], Serbia

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.

==External links==
{{commons category|Ugljevik}}
* {{official website|}}

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