Rusanj () is a village in the municipality of Novo Goražde, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.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. Geography
Rusanj lies in the upper Drina basin in eastern Bosnia, in the hilly country on the eastern slopes of Jahorina. The municipality of Novo Goražde, of which the village forms part, covers 123 square kilometres at elevations ranging from 335 to 1,300 metres above sea level, and borders the municipalities of Višegrad, Čajniče, Rogatica and Foča as well as the city of Goražde. The administrative seat of the municipality is at Kopači, some kilometres to the south-west.
History
Until the Bosnian War, Rusanj belonged to the municipality of Goražde. In 1994 the parts of that municipality held by Serb forces were constituted as a separate municipality, first named Srpsko Goražde and later Ustiprača, before adopting its present name of Novo Goražde; the division was subsequently confirmed by the Dayton Agreement of 1995. Rusanj passed in its entirety to Republika Srpska, whereas several settlements of the pre-war municipality were split between the two entities.
Demographics
Population
Census Population 1991 36 2013 19
Ethnic composition
Ethnicity 1991 2013 Serbs 36 (100%) 19 (100%) Total 36 19
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