Politics In 2007, Srebrenica's municipal assembly adopted a resolution demanding independence from the Republika Srpska entity (although not from Bosnia's sovereignty); the Serb members of the assembly did not vote on the resolution. In the 2016 elections Mladen Grujičić, a Bosnian Serb and native of the town of Srebrenica, was elected as mayor. The municipality emblem was developed during the Yugoslav period and depicts a red and white stylised "S" with a depiction of the mineral water spring in the lower middle and a tree in the upper middle. The spring underscores the historical importance to the town's economy and the tree the nature and forests of the region. Local communities The municipality (општина or opština) is further subdivided into the following local communities (мјесне заједнице or mjesne zajednice): Brežani Crvica Donji Potočari Gornji Potočari Gostilj Kostolomci Brezova Njiva Krnići Luka Orahovica Osatica Podravanje Radoševići Ratkovići Sase Skelani Skenderovići Srebrenica Sućeska Toplica Viogor Demographics Population Ethnic composition The borders of the municipality in the 1953 and 1961 census were different. In 1953, a distinctive Muslim nationality had been yet to emerge as an ethnicity, leading Slavic Muslims to identify as Yugoslavs. As Yugoslav was itself not adopted in 1948, they were classified as other and while many self-identified as “Serbs” or “Croats”. Until 1961 census, the municipality of Srebrenica included today's territory of Bratunac municipality. The ethnic composition of the municipality: Culture Sase Monastery, Serbian Orthodox monastery dating back to 13th century White Mosque, dating to 17th century, on the foundations of a Franciscan Catholic church Čaršija mosque, built or rebuilt in 1836 by Selmanaga Selmanagic. Rebuilt in 1988, demolished in 1995, rebuilt in 2011 by Ahmed Smajlovic. various other mosques such as the Red Mosque Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin (Srebrenica), dating to 1903 St Mary's Catholic Chapel local museum Mosque youth center (Omladinski centar), completed in 2019 in neo-Ottoman style mineral water springs and spa Economy Before 1992, there was a metal factory in the town, and lead, zinc, and gold mines nearby. The town's name (Srebrenica) means "silver mine", the same meaning of its old Latin name Argentaria. Before the war, Srebrenica also had a big spa and the town prospered from wellness tourism from the Crni Guber ("Black Guber") ferruginous spring water and other springs. Nowadays, Srebrenica has some tourism but a lot less developed than before the war. Currently, a pension, motel