Tutin, Serbia

Tutin Тутин
Town and municipality
Panorama of Tutin
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Tutin within Serbia
Coordinates: 42°59′N 20°20′E / 42.983°N 20.333°E / 42.983; 20.333Coordinates: 42°59′N 20°20′E / 42.983°N 20.333°E / 42.983; 20.333
Country	Serbia
Region	Šumadija and Western Serbia
District	Raška
Settlements	93
Government
• Mayor	Šemsudin Kučević (SDA)
Area
• Municipality	743 km2 (287 sq mi)
Elevation	867 m (2,844 ft)
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(0)20
Car plates	TT
Website	www.tutin.rs

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tutin is twinned with:

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