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Aleksandrovac
Aleksandrovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Александровац) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the town was 6,265, while population of the municipality was 26,534.
The most popular event is Župska berba {22 September - 25 September every year}.
The town fields several sports teams including basketball and volleyball teams, a handball team that plays in the top division in Serbia and FK Župa Aleksandrovac football team.
Coordinates: 43°27′32″N 21°02′47″E / 43.45889°N 21.04639°E / 43.45889; 21.04639
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Alibunar
Alibunar (Serbian Cyrillic: Алибунар) is a town and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Alibunar town has a population of 2,883, and Alibunar municipality 19,780.
In Serbian, the town is known as Alibunar or Алибунар, in Romanian as Alibunar, in German as Alisbrunn, in Hungarian as Alibunár, and in Turkish as Alipınar.
The name of the town derived from the Serbian word "bunar" ("well" in English) and Muslim/Turkish personal name "Ali". According to the local legend, Alibunar was named after Ali-paša (Ali-pasha), who had a cattle and a well at this place. Even today, there is a well in the town which is known as "Ali-pašin bunar" ("well of Ali-paša"). Before the Ottoman rule, Alibunar was known as "Krsturnica".
Alibunar municipality encompasses of town of Alibunar, town of Banatski Karlovac, and following villages:
In this area, settlements existed in Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman times. However, settlement appeared in historical sources in the 16th century. First recorded name of the settlement was Alijina Voda ("the water of Alija"), presumably named after its Muslim citizen Alija or Ali-paša, who had a house with stone well ("bunar" in Serbian) in the center of the settlement (hence the current name Alibunar or "the well of Ali"). After Ottomans were expelled from this region (in 1717), the settlement had 32 houses. In 1764, settlement was included into Illyrian (Serbian) regiment of Banatian Military Frontier, but in the next year, it was transferred to German regiment of this frontier. Before the inclusion into military frontier, Alibunar had ethnic Serb population, but after it became part of the frontier, 130 mostly Romanian and some 20-30 German families settled in this place. Serbs remained to live in older part of the settlement, Germans settled in its central parts and Romanians in northern parts. Serbian Orthodox church in the settlement was built in 1796.
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Apatin
Apatin (Serbian Cyrillic: Апатин) is a town and municipality in the Vojvodina administrative region of Serbia, located in the West Bačka District, at 45°40′N 18°59′E / 45.667°N 18.983°E / 45.667; 18.983. The town of Apatin is the administrative, economic, cultural, educational and tourist centre of the municipality of Apatin (333 km²). The population of the town is 17,352, while the municipality has 28,654 inhabitants.
In Serbian, the town is known as Apatin (Апатин), while the same name is also used in German, Romanian, Croatian (Šokac), and Hungarian. According to some claims, the name Apatin is derived from the old form Opaty, by which the town was first mentioned in the 11th century.
The Municipality of Apatin is located on the left bank of the Danube river (natural border with Croatia), between the Municipality of Sombor (in the northeast) and Municipality of Odžaci (in the southeast).
Apatin is situated in the north-western part of the spacious plain in Bačka, on the left side of the Danube. It is considered one of Vojvodina's pristine gems.
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Aranđelovac
Aranđelovac (Serbian: Аранђеловац, [ǎraːnd͡ʑɛlɔv̞at͡s]) is a town and a municipality in Serbia at 44.31° North, 20.57° East. It lies beneath the mountains Bukulja and Venčac, at about 255 m above sea level, 76 km away from Belgrade. The municipality encompasses two town and 18 village communities. Bukovička Banja Spa is located in the town. The town is situated in the Šumadijski okrug (Šumadija region) with the administrative center in Kragujevac. According to the most recent, 2011 census, there are 24,580 inhabitants in the town itself, while the whole municipality has a total of 46,079 inhabitants.
Most of the today's town territory used to belong to the village of Vrbica, today its suburb. Since duke Miloš Obrenović often resided in the Bukovička Banja, he decided to build a church in Vrbica in 1858 (one of his "repentance churches"), and dedicated it to St. Archangel Gabriel. The growing community surrounding the church was then proclaimed the town of Aranđelovac ("The town of Archangel") by the power of duke's decree occupying major parts of territories of villages Vrbica and Bukovik.
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Arilje
Arilje (Serbian Cyrillic: Ариље, pronounced [ǎriːʎɛ]) is a town and municipality in western Serbia, in the Zlatibor District. In 2011 the town has a total population of 6,762, while the municipality had 18,729. The town's coordinates are 43.75°N and 20.10°E. It is famous for having large raspberry plantations in which many locals are employed.
The municipality of Arilje is located in western Serbia in the river basins of the clear mountain rivers of the Rzav and Moravica. The municipality area is 349 km2. This is a hilly-mountainous area at an altitude of 330 to 1382 meters. It is inhabited by 19,784 people (according to the 2002 census), grouped in 22 communities. The town itself numbers 7,000 inhabitants.
The municipality seat is situated at the confluence of the Rzav and Moravica rivers in a region described by many as a heavenly earth. There is numerous material evidence of continuous life in this region, from the prehistoric to contemporary time. There are many interesting facts associated to this place as well. The residents of Thessaly found refuge here in the 11th century, and with great trust they laid the relics of their St. Achileus into the existing temple. The town was named after this saint, and his cult is celebrated to this day as a people’s holiday and patron saint of Arilje.
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Babušnica
Babušnica (Serbian Cyrillic: Бабушница) is a town and municipality located in the Pirot District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 4,578, while population of the municipality is 12,259. Big serving tennis ace Ivo Karlovic has familial connections to Babusnica and was a frequent visitor to the area in his younger years. However following what he termed harassment from local law enforcement after a series of unsubstantiated allegations of exposure Karlovic has stated he will not return until his name has been cleared.
The municipality borders Gadžin Han municipality in the north-west, Bela Palanka municipality in the north, Pirot and Dimitrovgrad municipalities in the east, Bulgaria in the south, and Crna Trava and Vlasotince municipalities in the west.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
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Bajina Bašta
Bajina Bašta (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајина Башта, pronounced [bâjina bǎːʃta]) is a town located in the western mountains of Serbia. The town lies in the valley of the Drina River at the eastern edge of Tara National Park. It is the administrative seat of the Bajina Bašta Municipality in the Zlatibor District.
The population of the town, according to 2011 census, is 9,133 inhabitants, while municipality has 26,043.
In 1834 Bajina Bašta was established on the remains of the old Turkish community of Pljeskovo which was situated on the right bank of the Drina River between the Rača and Pilica Rivers, under the east foothills of Tara Mountain. By the end of the 19th century, in accordance with the Serbian-Turkish agreement, the local Muslims had to moved from this region directly across the Drina River into Bosnia, where they built settlements in the villages of Skelani and Dobrak.
The name Bajina Bašta comes from the vast orchards and vegetable gardens, that used to be located on the left bank of the Pilica River, which belonged to Turkish feudal owner, Baja Osman, who established the town's modern image in the mid-19th century. In English, the name Bajina Bašta literally means "Baja’s Garden". In 1858 the town became the administrative center of the Rača District. On September 15, 1872, Prince Milan Obrenović IV issued a decree that officially gave Bajina Bašta its status as an officially recognized town. A decade later, Bajina Bašta received its urban plan, long before many places in Serbia.
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Barajevo
Barajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Барајево, pronounced [bǎrajɛv̞ɔ]) is a suburban settlement and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
The municipality of Barajevo covers an area of 213 km² and includes 13 settlements, all of which are statistically classified as rural, not urban:
It also includes various sub-settlements and hamlets spawning around the central settlements:
Municipality has a population of 24,641 (census 2002), with an estimated 26,449 inhabitants on 31 December 2005 (124 per km²). Thanks to the immigration, it is one of the fastest growing areas of Belgrade, with an average annual growth of 2%. The rapid population growth is not followed by the equal development of infrastructure (good roads, waterworks, sewage system, waste disposal) even though in 2005 a construction of major water processing plant was finished. Two major traffic routes, the Ibarska magistrala (Highway of Ibar) and the railway Belgrade-Bar (Montenegro), are passing through the municipal territory.
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Barbarušince
Barbarušince is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 86 people.
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Barelić
Barelić is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 161 people.
Coordinates: 42°27′50″N 22°02′43″E / 42.46389°N 22.04528°E / 42.46389; 22.04528
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Batočina
Batočina (Баточина, pronounced [bâtɔtʃina]) is a small town and municipality located in the Šumadija District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,836, while population of the municipality is 11,759.
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Bačka Palanka
Bačka Palanka (Cyrillic: Бачка Паланка, pronounced [bâːtʃkaː pǎlaːnka]) is a city and municipality located in Serbia, on left bank of the Danube, at 45.15° North, 19.24° East. In 2011 the city had a total population of 27,924, while Bačka Palanka municipality had 55,361 inhabitants.
In Serbian, the town is known as Бачка Паланка or Bačka Palanka, in Slovak as Báčska Palanka, in Croatian as Bačka Palanka, in Hungarian as Bácspalánka, in German as Plankenburg and in Turkish as Küçük Hisar.
Its name means "a town in Bačka" in Serbian. Word "palanka" itself originating from Turkish language and means "town". This word was also adopted by Serbs and it is used in Serbian language with same meaning. Older Serbian names for this town were Palanka (Паланка), Stara Palanka (Стара Паланка), Nova Palanka (Нова Паланка) and Nemačka Palanka (Немачка Паланка).
Archeologists have proved that people live in the area for centuries. There are many archaeological objects from Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman period.
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Bačka Topola
Bačka Topola (Serbian Cyrillic: Бачка Топола, pronounced [bâːtʃkaː tɔpɔ̌la]; Hungarian: Topolya) is a town and municipality in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality is composed of 23 local communities and has a population of 33,268, while the town of Bačka Topola has 14,596 inhabitants.
The name of the town derived from the Serbian word topola (топола) ("poplar" in English). The first part of the name of the town was given to designate its location in the region of Bačka in the contrast to places with similar names, like Topola in Šumadija or Banatska Topola in Banat.
The town was mentioned first in 1462 under name Fibaych. This settlement was destroyed in the 16th century and new smaller settlement was later built at its location. Name Topola was first recorded in 1543, while according to the Ottoman defters from 1580, 1582, and 1590, it was mentioned as a village, whose population numbered between 21 and 23 houses. In this time, the inhabitants of the settlement were Serbs. In 1704, Topola was destroyed by kuruc rebels.
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Bački Petrovac
Bački Petrovac is a town and municipality in the South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 6,063, while Bački Petrovac municipality has 13,302 inhabitants.
In Serbian Cyrillic the town is known as Бачки Петровац, in Slovak as Petrovec or Báčsky Petrovec, in Hungarian as Petrőc, and in German as Petrovacz.
Bački Petrovac municipality includes the town of Bački Petrovac and the following villages:
Note: for the places with Slovak majority, the names are also given in Slovak.
Bački Petrovac is economical, cultural and administrative center of the municipality. It is a settlement of a town character, while the other three are villages of Pannonian type.
Being in south Bačka which according to special climatic and other conditions is one of the most fertile parts of Serbia, very suitable for settling down, here in this region people made their settlements very early. The first written records about Petrovac appears in the 13th century when Petrovac is mentioned as a church parish belonging to Bač County. Later that name is changed into Petrovac. Its first inhabitants were the Hungarians and Serbs. In the first half of the 18th century (1745) the Slovaks settled here. Since then Petrovac developed so that it represents cultural, economic, chlerical and political center of the Slovaks in this region.
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Bela Palanka
Bela Palanka (Бела Паланка, pronounced [bɛ̂ːlaː pǎlaːŋka]) is a town and municipality located in the Pirot District of south-east Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 8,112, while population of the municipality is 12,051. In ancient times, the town was known as Remesiana. The name "Bela Palanka" means "white town".
Bela Palanka is a small town in the south-east of the country and is surrounded by beautiful countryside and mountains. The town is accessible from the nearby city of Niš by the "Niš Express" buses that run from Niš to Pirot, Babušnica, Dimitrovgrad and Sofia.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
Originally settled by Dacians and known under the ancient name of Aiadava or Aeadaba. Thracians inhabited the area until their assimilation into contemporary ethnic groups in the area.
After the Romans conquered Moesia in the 75 BC, the new castrum (imperial domain with estates) and municipium was known initially as Ulpianorum and then Remesiana (Moesi) and laid on the Via Militaris road, between Naissus and Serdica.
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Belgrade
Belgrade (
/ˈbɛlɡreɪd/; Serbian: Београд; [beǒɡrad] (
listen); names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Its name in English translates to White city. The city proper has a population of over 1.1 million, while its metropolitan area has over 1.6 million people, making it one of the largest cities in Southeast Europe.
One of the largest prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved around the area Belgrade in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region, and after 279 BC Celts conquered the city, naming it Singidūn. It was conquered by the Romans during the reign of Augustus, and awarded city rights in the mid 2nd century. It was settled by the Slavs in the 520s, and changed hands several times before it became the capital of King Stephen Dragutin (1282–1316). In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and became the seat of a the Sanjak of Smederevo. It frequently passed from Ottoman to Habsburg rule, which saw the destruction of most of the city during the Austro-Ottoman wars. Belgrade was again named the capital of Serbia in 1841. The north of Belgrade remained a Habsburg outpost until 1918, when it was merged into the capital city. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed to the ground 44 times. Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia (in various forms of governments) from its creation in 1918, to its final dissolution in 2006.
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Beočin
Beočin (Serbian: Беочин, pronounced [bɛɔ̌tʃiːn]) is a town and municipality in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. The population of the town is 7,800, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 15,630. There is also a Beočin Monastery from the 16th century in the municipality.
In Serbian, the town is known as Beočin (Беочин), in Croatian as Beočin, in Hungarian as Belcsény, in German as Beotschin, in Slovak as Beočín, and in Rusyn as Беочин.
The name of the town derived from the word that came from local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian would be written as "beli otac" or in English as "white father" (the full meaning of the name is "the place that belong to white father"). The name referred to the prior of the nearby Beočin monastery.
Although it is geographically located in Syrmia, Beočin administratively belong to South Bačka District. The town of Beočin is divided into two parts: Beočin Grad ("Beočin town") and Beočin Selo ("Beočin village"). However, no matter that Beočin Selo is called a village, it is not a village but simply part of the town.
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Blace
Blace (Serbian Cyrillic: Блаце, pronounced [blâtsɛ]) is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,261, while population of the municipality is 11,686.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
Every year in August, there is a 3 day festival named "Šljivijada" ("Plumday" in English); citizens of Blace consider the plum to be a very important fruit. On that day, there are many plum cultivators who show off their fruit. Many festival attendees listen to folk and other Serbian music.
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Bogatić
Bogatić (Serbian Cyrillic: Богатић, pronounced [bǒɡatitɕ]) is a little town and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 6,470, while population of the municipality is 28,879.
There are traces from prehistory and from Roman period in the area of Bogatić. Bogatić was firstly mentioned in 1528 in Ottoman defters and its name in that time was Grabovac. Between 16th and 18th century, this area was populated by settlers from Montenegro, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Old Serbia. Name Bogatić was firstly recorded during Austrian administration in Serbia (1718–1739), when Šabac district was formed. With 44 families, Bogatić was largest settlement in this district. During the First Serbian Uprising, Bogatić belonged to nahija of Šabac. During the reign of prince Miloš, Bogatić developed into a road settlement with streets, while in 1924 it officially became a town. During the Balkan wars (1912–1913) and First World War, population of Bogatić suffered great losses and was persecuted by Austro-Hungarian soldiers. After battle of Bubanja (July 15, 1941), Bogatić became first liberated municipal center in occupied Serbia. Since 1906, newspaper named "Mačvanin" was published in Bogatić.
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Bojin Del
Bojin Del is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 87 people.
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Bojnik
Bojnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојник) is a village and a municipality located in the Jablanica District of Serbia some 20 km west from Leskovac. According to 2011 census, the population of the village is 3,099, while population of the municipality was 11,073.
Much of the population settled in after World War 2 because on February 17, 1942, during WWII, Bulgarian Nazi forces in one day tortured and killed more than 500 citizens of Bojnik and Dragovac, most of them women, children and old people - altogether more than 50% of the population.[citation needed]
Bojnik municipality is located in southern Serbia and it is surrounded by municipality of Medveđa in the south-west, municipality of Lebane in the south, municipality of Leskovac in the east, and municipalities of Žitorađa and Prokuplje in the north.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
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Boljevac
Boljevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Бољевац, pronounced [bɔ̌ːʎɛʋat͡s]) is a town and municipality located in the Zaječar District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 3,332, while population of the municipality is 12,865.
In 2010, the Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Serbia discovered a mass grave of people killed by Yugoslav Partisans during World War II in the settlement of Zmijanac. Partisan troops took over the municipality in October 1944. They subsequently executed over 40 locals, including a priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
The population of the municipality include 10,504 (66.28%) Serbs, 4,162 (26.26%) Romanians(Vlachs), 229 (1.45%) Roma, etc.
Coordinates: 43°49′49.08″N 21°57′11.16″E / 43.8303°N 21.9531°E / 43.8303; 21.9531
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Bosilegrad
Bosilegrad (Serbian: Bosilegrad, Босилеград; Bulgarian: Босилеград) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Serbia. The municipality comprises an area of 571 km². According to 2011 census, it has total population of 10,979 inhabitants, while the town has 5,530.
According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Bosilegrad had a population of 11,644 people - the ethnic Bulgarians formed a majority of the population in the municipality.
According to the 2002 census data, the population of the Bosilegrad municipality was 10,979 people, and it was composed of:
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes gained some territory from Bulgaria as part of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine, following the invasion and occupation of part of the Kingdom of Serbia by Bulgaria and subsequent Allied defeat of the Central Powers in the First World War. The Bulgarian army occupied Bosilegrad between 1941-1944.
Bosilegrad flag
Map of the Bosilegrad municipality
Unveiling of the monument of Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski in Bosilegrad.
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Brus
Brus (Брус, pronounced [brûːs]) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of Serbia. According to 2001 census, the population of the town is 4,572, while population of the municipality is 16,263. It is located on 430m above sea level, just below mountain ski center Kopaonik.City is surrounded by hills on 3 levels, where the lowest one is a place where the Grasevka river firths into the Rasina river.On the upper level of the town a fountain of medicinal mineral water is located.
Coordinates: 43°22′53″N 21°02′16″E / 43.38139°N 21.03778°E / 43.38139; 21.03778
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Bujanovac
Bujanovac (Serbian: Бујановац, pronounced [bǔjanɔʋats], Albanian: Bujanoc) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of southern Serbia, located at the South Morava basin.
It is known for its source of mineral water, so it is also known as Bujanovačka Banja (Бујановачка Бања).
The town and municipality were the battlegrounds for an insurgency in 1999–2001, following the Kosovo War, it is part of the geo-political Preševo Valley.
The population of the town and municipality is unknown, due to 2011 census boycott by mainly Albanian people who live there. Officially, there are only 18,542 inhabitants, but that is unreal number as 10 years before there was more than 40,000 inhabitants.
Kale-Krševica, located south of Ristovac, is an archaeological site of a 5th century BC Ancient Greek city of Macedon, thought to be Damastion. Thracian Triballi and Paeonian Agrianes dwelled in the region, with the Scordisci settling here after the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC.
The region was conquered by the Romans after 75 BC.
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Bujkovac
Bujkovac is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 796 people.
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Buljesovce
Buljesovce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 78 people.
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Crna Trava
Coordinates: 42°48′36.53″N 22°17′56.43″E / 42.8101472°N 22.2990083°E / 42.8101472; 22.2990083
Crna Trava (Serbian Cyrillic: Црна Трава, Serbian pronunciation: [tsr̩̂ːnaː trǎːʋa]) is a village and municipality located in the Jablanica District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the village is 452 inhabitants, while population of the municipality is 1,661. This is the poorest municipality in the country.
The name of the village in Serbian translates to Black Grass. The origin of the name dates back to 1389, when Battle of Kosovo took place. A Serbian army unit, composed of Serbian archers and cavaliers, decided to take a rest on a grass field while travelling to the battlefield. Since the flowers and other herbs covering the field were highly poisonous, the soldiers became intoxicated, thereby they did not wake up on time for the battle. Realizing that fact, they cursed the grass that poisoned them, branding it "black" grass.
Crna Trava, along with the rest of Vlasina region, suffers from heavy depopulation, chiefly for economic reasons. It can be seen from the census data from 1953 to 2002:
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Crni Lug
Crni Lug (Serbian Cyrilic: Црни Луг) is a Serbian village situated in Vranje, Pčinja District. As of 2002, it has a population of 266.
Coordinates: 42°28′17″N 21°52′54″E / 42.4714°N 21.8817°E / 42.4714; 21.8817
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Despotovac
Despotovac (Serbian: Деспотовац, Romanian: Despotova) is a town and municipality located in Serbia, around 130 kilometers southeast of Belgrade. Its name stems from Despot, a title of Serbian medieval prince Stefan Lazarević. In 2011 the town haс a total population of 4,212, whilst the municipality haс a population of 22,995.
The Serb Orthodox monastery of Manasija was built between 1406-1418 and is one of the most significant monuments of Serbian culture, belonging to the "Morava school" (Serbian architecture)
In 1406 at the Battle of Despotovac Serbians led by Stefan Lazarević defeat Ottomans of Musa Çelebi.
Ethnic groups in the Despotovac municipality (2002 census):
List of towns and villages in the municipality:
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Dečani
Dečani or Deçan (Albanian: Deçan; Serbian: Дечани, Dečani, pronounced [dɛ̌t͡ʃani]) is a town and municipality in the Peć district of western Kosovo. It is a mountainous area which borders Montenegro and Albania. There is a total of 36 villages within the municipality. The territory of the municipality is 371 km2.
During the 1998–1999 conflict, Dečani was one of the strongholds of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and subsequently suffered a large amount of infrastructure destruction by the Serbian military and paramilitary forces. Much reconstruction has taken place with the assistance of the international agencies and support from the Kosovo Albanian diaspora.[citation needed] It is widely known for the Visoki Dečani monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
In 2011, the population of the municipality numbered 38,984. "Others" includes Bosniaks, Kosovo Ashkalia, Egyptians and Roma. The non-Albanian communities mainly reside in the villages of Babaloc, Dubovik, Gramocelj, Irznic, Požar, Rastavica, Šaptelj, Papracane. There are Serbian Orthodox clergy in the Visoki Dečani monastery.
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Dobrejance
Dobrejance is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 84 people.
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Doljevac
Doljevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Дољевац) is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, a village has a population of 1,657 inhabitants, while the municipality has 18,441.
The municipality borders Merošina municipality and City of Niš in the north, Gadžin Han municipality in the east, Leskovac municipality in the south, and Žitorađa municipality in the west.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
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Donja Otulja
Donja Otulja is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 101 people.
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Donje Punoševce
Donje Punoševce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 21 people.
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Donje Trebešinje
Donje Trebešinje is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 832 people.
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Donje Žapsko
Donje Žapsko is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 421 people.
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Donji Neradovac
Donji Neradovac is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 633 people.
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Dragaš
Dragaš (Albanian: Dragash or Sharri; Serbian: Драгаш, Dragaš) is a town and municipality in the Prizren district of southern Kosovo. The population of the town is approximately 33,584, that of the whole municipality is estimated at 33,584 (2011). It was named after medieval Serbian lord Constantine Dragaš.
The Dragaš municipality was created by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) by merging the two former municipalities of Gora and Opolje.
The territory of the Dragaš municipality lies in the northern latitude of 41 52' 30" to 42 09' 03" and longitude of 20 35' 39" to 20 48' 26". The whole territory is surrounded by the Šar Mountains, then Koritnik Mountain, mountain Gjalic and Cylen in the direction of Prizren. Only one part of the territory in Prizren direction is hilly with a relatively slight slope by which this territory is connected with Prizren basin and through Prizren with the world.
The municipality is split into the regions Opoja and Gora, with the Albanian population living in Opoja and the Gorani population living in Gora.
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Dragobužde
Dragobužde is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 49 people.
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Duga Luka
Duga Luka is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 154 people.
Coordinates: 42°31′31″N 22°03′11″E / 42.52528°N 22.05306°E / 42.52528; 22.05306
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Dupeljevo
Dupeljevo is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 55 people.
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Gadžin Han
Gadžin Han (Serbian: Гаџин Хан) is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, a village has a population of 1,209 inhabitants, while the municipality has 8,357.
The municipality borders Bela Palanka municipality and City of Niš in the north, Babušnica municipality in the south-east, Vlasotince and Leskovac municipalities in the south, and Doljevac municipality in the west.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
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Glogovac
Glogovac (Albanian: Drenas or Gllogovc; Serbian: Глоговац, Glogovac) is a town and municipality in the Pristina district of central Kosovo.
Before the Kosovo War of 1999, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had a strong level of influence and controlled large areas of the municipality.
Drenas municipality is located in central Kosovo, between the Čičavica mountains in the east and the Drenica hills in the north and west. The main road from Pristina to Peć crosses the municipality.
At a junction at Komorani village, a smaller road extends north from the highway, passing through Drenas town and continuing to Srbica town. There are a total of 36 villages in the municipality, including the town of Drenas. The municipality's population prior to the 1999 bombing was approximately 58,579 made up almost entirely of Kosovo Albanians, with a small number of Kosovo Serbs and others only in the Drenas town. No ethnic minorities remained in the municipality, thus Drenas today reflects a mono-ethnic environment. Glogovac has been the cradle of Kosovo Albanian nationalist movements.[citation needed] Before the conflict the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had a strong level of influence and controlled large areas of the municipality. Drenas municipality was consequently badly affected, as was the entire Drenica region. A series of Yugoslav police operations resulting in armed confrontation and civilian casualties represented defining episodes in the escalation of armed conflict in Kosovo.
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Gnjilane
Gnjilane or Gjilan (Albanian: Gjilani or Gjilan; Serbian: Гњилане, Gnjilane, pronounced [ɡɲîlane]; Turkish: Gilan) is a city and municipality in eastern Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the District of Gnjilane. It is famous for having been recorded the lowest temperature in Kosovo with −32.5 °C (−26.5 °F) on 25 January 1963.[citation needed]
The origin of the town name is disputed. Albanian sources claim that the town was originally established in 1572 by the Gjinolli family, who arrived from Novo Brdo, one of the most important late-medieval cities in the central Balkans. However, there is no definite evidence to support that claim, and in fact no one can confirm as to who the first true inhabitants were, or when they first settled there. On the other hand, Serbian sources claim that the origin of the town name is in the Serbian word gnjio (putrid, rotten).
In the Middle Ages the city was called Morava and was a major trade and industrial center. Gnjilane was often visited by the Serbian rulers, and the first written records about it, is the 1342. year, directly related to the residence of King Stefan Dusan. The present name of the town was first mentioned in the late 14th century in a charter of Serbian princess Milica, wife of Prince Lazar. However, the first data concerning the existence of inhabited places in the area appear in the first half of the fourteenth century and the reign of Tsar Stefan Dusan, who also visited Ružica (as at that time was called Gnjilane) around 1351. year and crossed the famous bridge on the river Masketarovog Dobrusha, downtown, and thus forever marked the history of this Serbian village. In defter dating from 1455, it's stated that the village had consisted of 41 Serbian households.
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Golemo Selo
Golemo Selo (Bulgarian: Големо Село) is a small village located between the towns of Dupnitsa and Bobov Dol in Kyustendil Province, western Bulgaria. The village name means "big village". The population of the village is 573 inhabitants (according to the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute data 2007). At the borders of the village, to the south-west, is situated the Bobov Dol Power Plant.
The village is located at 9 km from Dupnitza and at 9.7 km from Bobov dol. The distance to the capital Sofia is 50 km.
The area has been proven to be inhabited from ancient times. The ruins of the palace of Aron of Bulgaria was found near the village. He was killed along with his family nearby by orders of his brother Samuil on 14 June 976 because of treason.
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Golubac
Golubac (Serbian Cyrillic: Голубац, pronounced [ɡǒlubats], Hungarian: Galambóc, German: Taubenberg, Turkish: Güvercinlik) is a village and municipality in north-eastern Serbia, on the right side of the Danube river. It is bordered by Romania to the east, Veliko Gradište to the west and Kučevo to the south. The population of the village is 1,655 and the population of the municipality is 8,161.
In Serbian, the town is known as Golubac (Голубац), in Romanian as Golumbei or Columbaci, in Hungarian as Galambóc and in Turkish as Güvercinlik which means "pigeon house". The name Golubac is derived from golub, which is Serbian for "pigeon" or "dove", and is therefore often translated as "the town of doves".
Its historical names were Columbria, in Latin, derived from Cuppae during pre-Roman times.
It was a stronghold called Cuppae during Roman and Early Byzantine times (1-6th century) and turned into a city (Columbria) in 554/5 AD.
Due to many nearby archeological sites and the Đerdap national park, the village is a popular tourist, fishing and sailing destination.
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Gornja Otulja
Gornja Otulja is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 13 people.
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Gornje Punoševce
Gornje Punoševce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 40 people.
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Gornje Trebešinje
Gornje Trebešinje is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 213 people.
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Gornje Žapsko
Gornje Žapsko is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 109 people.
Coordinates: 42°27′02″N 21°54′49″E / 42.45056°N 21.91361°E / 42.45056; 21.91361
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Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Гoрњи Милановац, pronounced [ɡôːrɲiː mǐlanoʋats] ( listen)) is a town and municipality located in central Serbia. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" (there is a Lower Milanovac, as well) while Milanovac stems from name "Milan" in the Serbian language. The population of the town is 24,048, while the population of the municipality is 44,438.
The city was founded in 1853. Before 1859 the original name of the city was Despotovac, after the Despotovica river passing by the city. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of the Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović.
Gornji Milanovac lies between mountains Rudnik to the north and Vujan to the south.
The city is situated along western side of European route E763, between the cities Ljig to the north and Čačak to the south and the villages Majdan to the north and Preljina to the south.
Main city crossroad branches:
South of Milanovac, villages Brdjani to the West and Prislonica to the East are connected to E763 with local roads.
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Gornji Neradovac
Gornji Neradovac, in Serbian Cyrillic Горњи Нерадовац, is a village in Serbia situated in the municipality of Vranje, district of Pčinja. In 2002, it had 326 inhabitants.
Coordinates: 42°30′00″N 21°52′00″E / 42.5°N 21.8667°E / 42.5; 21.8667
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Gradnja
Gradnja is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 247 people.
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Grocka
Grocka (Serbian Cyrillic: Гроцка, pronounced [ɡrǒtskaː]) is a suburban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
The municipality is located east of Belgrade, in the northern part of Šumadija region, with the northern section being part of the Podunavlje macro-region in the valley of the Danube, while the southern section is located around the valley of the Ralja river, which is a tributary to the Velika Morava's arm of Jezava. With an altitude of 71 meters above sea level, the town of Grocka is one of the lowest parts of Belgrade. Other rivers in the municipality are Bolečica and Gročica.
The municipality of Grocka covers an area of 289 km² and includes 15 settlements, all of which are statistically classified as rural, except for the municipal seat of Grocka, which is classified as urban.
Neighborhoods of Vrčin:
The municipality has a population of 83,398 (census 2011) (289 per km²). Thanks to the immigration and the natural increase of all of the city's municipalities, Grocka has been for decades one of the fast growing areas of Belgrade, with an average annual growth of 1.2% in the 2000s. The population boomed in the last 30 years, increasing the number of inhabitants (1971-2005 by 2.23 times; in 1971-81 the population grew by 4.5% annually). As in other similar areas surrounding Belgrade, the rapid population growth has not followed by the equal development of infrastructure (roads, waterworks, sewage system, and waste disposal).
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Gumerište
Gumerište is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 26 people.
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Inđija
Inđija (Serbian Cyrillic: Инђија, pronounced [ǐndʑija]) is a town and a municipality located in Serbia. In 2011 the town has total population of 25,988 and its area is 384 km². The population of Inđija municipality is 47,204. It is located in the region of Syrmia, the province of Vojvodina.
Name of the town is an archaic Serbian name for India. In Serbian, the town is known as Inđija (Инђија), in Croatian as Inđija, in Hungarian as Ingyia, in German as India, in Slovak as India or Indjija, and in Rusyn as Индїя.
The first verifiable evidence of Inđija's existence is in the Charter of Despot Jovan Branković from 1496, but it may have existed as early as 1455 as possession of Hungarian noble family Sulyok.[citation needed] During the Ottoman administration (16th-18th centuries), Inđija was mostly populated by ethnic Serbs, and was part of the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia.
Since 1717, Inđija was part of the Habsburg Monarchy, and became a feudal domain of Count Marko Pejačević of the Pejačević family that originated from Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria. The old medieval Inđija was placed a little bit to the north than today town. The present-day Inđija was founded by the Serb settlers from Beška and Patka in 1746. According to the description from 1746 it had 60 households, while in 1791 it has already grown to 122 households with 1,054 residents. In the second half of the 18th century, this new settlement was mostly populated by ethnic Serbs. Germans and Czechs start settling in Inđija at the beginning of the 19th century, while Hungarians migrated there towards the end of the century. During the time, Germans became dominant population in the town.
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Istok
Istok or Istog (Albanian: Istog or Burimi; Serbian: Исток, Istok) is a town and municipality in the Peć district of north-western Kosovo. The town is the administrative capital of the municipality, which includes the town and the surrounding villages.
The name of the town comes from the archaic version of the Serbian word istok (modern version istek), meaning "well, water source" referring to the springs of the Istočka river, a tributary to the White Drin river. The name of the nearby village of Vrela, one of the largest settlements in the municipality, also means "springs", as does the newly proposed Albanian name of the town, Burimi.
Although there is no official data, the total population of the municipality is estimated at 65,000.
After World War II, watermills on the river of Istok were nationalized and a new fish plant was built to operate as a Socially-owned Enterprise. The company's name during socialism was "Ribnjak" (in Serbian) meaning "Piscatory or Fishery", and when it was privatized as Motel "Trofta" (in Albanian) meaning "Trout", or the type of fish it has been and is still producing, selling, and distributing. The company employs around 70 people.
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Ivanjica
Ivanjica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивањица, pronounced [ǐʋaɲitsa]) is a town and municipality located in central Serbia. The population of the town is 11,810, while the population of the municipality is 32,047.
The town is known for being the birthplace of the World War II Chetnik leader, Draža Mihailović, in 1893 in the Kingdom of Serbia.
Ivanjica lies in the southwest of Serbia. It lies at the bank of the Moravica River. It is surrounded by the mountain ranges of Golija, Javor, Mučanj, Čemerno and Radočelo and it is placed in a picturesque valley.
The municipality to the Moravica District together with the municipalities of Lučani, Čačak and Gornji Milanovac. With an area of 1090 km², it is the sixth largest municipality in Serbia. Ivanjica got the status of a town in 1866 through the Prince Mihailo Obrenović’s decree, thus becoming one of the first towns in the region.
Mountains are the dominant form of relief in this area and they belong to the Dinaric range. They are rich in forests, clearings, pastures, cold springs, clear rivers and clear air, wild fruit, medicinal herbs and various game.
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Izumno
Izumno is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 357 people.
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Jagodina
Jagodina (Serbian Cyrillic: Јагодина [jâɡodina] ( listen)) is a city and municipality located in central Serbia, 136 km south of Belgrade, on the banks of Belica River. Its name stems from the word for strawberry in Serbian. It is the administrative centre of the Pomoravlje District of Serbia. The town has a population of 36,092 inhabitants, while the municipality has 71,195.
"Juhor-type" gold bracelets dating from the Middle Bronze Age have been found in Trcevac. Coins of Emperor Phokas and Constantine IV from 643/4 and fibulae have been found in the region, as well as Early Slavic pottery dating to the 6th century.
The town was first mentioned in 1399 as "Jagodna", derived from the word for 'strawberry' - Jagoda. From 1946 to 1992 the town was renamed Svetozarevo (Светозарево, [sʋetozǎːreʋo]) after the 19th-century Serbian socialist Svetozar Marković. During the Serbian Revolution (1804–1817), when Serbs began their uprising against the centuries-long Ottoman rule, Jagodina was a scene of numerous battles, given the town's strategic importance within Serbia proper. Following the Ottoman defeat and re-establishment of the Kingdom of Serbia, Jagodina experienced a period of relative industrial and civic development. Following World War II, Jagodina was heavily industrialized and underwent a period of planned expansion and growth within communist Yugoslavia.
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Junik
Junik (Albanian: Junik; Serbian: Јуник, Junik) is a municipality and small town in the Đakovica district of western Kosovo. It is located in the west Metohija between Dečani and Đakovica along Kosovo's mountainous border with Albania. It is populated with ethnic Albanians. Junik is hometown to many widely known people including former heavyweight European boxing champion Luan Krasniqi, artist and writer Rexhep Goci, politician and writer Haxhi Kraki and poet Din Mehmeti to name a few. This is set to be one of the new municipalities of Kosovo.
Junik is composed of the following settlements, which give a combined total of 86.2 km2 (33.3 sq mi).
Pursuant to the statistical data from the year 1981 and some estimations by the municipalty and local registrations that followed the 1999 conflict, it is assumed that the municipality has approximately 12,500 inhabitants. Apart from one Bosniak family, the municipality is mono ethnic Kosovo Albanian.
The economy of Junik is mainly based on extensive agriculture. The vast majority of inhabitants are in some way involved in agricultural activities. As in the rest of Kosovo, unemployment is a problem. However, after the 1999 conflict, there was an increase in registrations of private businesses in the territory of the municipality and currently more than 50 businesses are registered. Most of the enterprises are family run, especially trade enterprises. The municipal administration is currently the largest employer. The inhabitants see the vast forests around Junik and the natural beauty as the main asset of the municipality and the administration seeks possibilities for investing in the development of tourism.
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Kanjiža
Kanjiža (Serbian: Кањижа, Kanjiža, pronounced [kǎɲiʒa], formerly Стара Кањижа, Stara Kanjiža; Hungarian: Kanizsa or Magyarkanizsa; Turkish: Kanije; German: Alt-Kanischa) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The Kanjiža town has a population of 9,696, while the Kanjiža municipality has 24,995 inhabitants.
Although it belongs to North Banat District, territory of Kanjiža municipality is in fact located in the region of Bačka. The territory of the municipality is bordered by the river Tisa and the Novi Kneževac Municipality in the east, the Municipality of Senta in the south, the Municipality of Subotica in the west and the border with Hungary in the north. The proximity to the border, to the free-way and the river Tisa makes it an important location.
The town was mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum chronicle under name Kenesna and, according to the chronicle, it belonged to the duchy of Bulgarian duke Salan who ruled from Titel in the 9th century. In first written documents after Hungarian conquest of Central Europe, the town is mentioned as Cnesa or Kenesna. This name is Slavic by origin and it came from Slavic word "knez" ("prince" in English). In 1335, it was mentioned as Villa Canysa.
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Kačanik
Kačanik or Kaçanik (Albanian: Kaçanik or Kaçaniku; Serbian: Качаник, Kačanik, pronounced [kâtʃaniːk]) is a town and municipality in southern Kosovo, in the Uroševac district. The municipality covers an area of 211 km2 (81 sq mi), including the town of Kačanik and 31 villages. It has a population of approximately 33,454. With the exception of eight Roma and 30 Bosniaks, the municipality is ethnically homogeneous Kosovo Albanian.
In March 2011 the pilot municipal unit of Đeneral Janković was established within the Kačanik municipality, holding approximately 10,000 out of the 33,454 total inhabitants.
An epitaph on a tombstone found in one grave from the 2nd century AD proves that inhabited localities existed in this region even in Antiquity. This grave was discovered in the early 1980s during the erection of the Shopping Mall in Kačanik. The artifact is now secure in the Kacanik Cultural Center.
The town was founded by Koxha Sinan Pasha, who erected the town mosque which exists even today, a public kitchen for the poor (imaret), a school near the mosque, two hane (inns similar to caravanserais), one Turkish bath (hammam), the town fortress and a few mills on the Lepenac river.
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Kikinda
Kikinda (Serbian Cyrillic: Кикинда, pronounced [kǐkiːnda]) is a town and a municipality located in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The town has 37,676 inhabitants, while the municipality has 59,329 inhabitants.
The modern city was founded in 18th century. From 1774 to 1874 Kikinda was the seat of the District of Velika Kikinda, the autonomous administrative unit of Habsburg Monarchy. In 1893 Kikinda was granted the status of a town. The territory of Vojvodina became part of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1918. Kikinda used to be a very strong economic and industrial centre of Serbia and Yugoslavia up until the 1990s. Currently, the industry of Kikinda is in the middle of the transitional economic process.
In 1996, the well preserved archeological remnants of a half a million-year-old mammoth were excavated on the outer edge of the town area. The mammoth called "Kika" has become one of the symbols of the town. Today it is exhibited in the National Museum of Kikinda. Other attractions of the city are the Suvača – a unique horse-powered dry mill, the annual Pumpkin days and the International Symposium of Sculpture "Terra".
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Kladovo
Kladovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Кладово, pronounced [klâdɔʋɔ], Romanian: Cladovă, German: Kladowo, Latin and Romanised Greek: Zanes) is a town and municipality in the Bor District of eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube river. The population of the Kladovo town is 8,913, while the population of the Kladovo municipality with surrounding settlements is 20,635 (2011 census).
In Serbian, the town is known as Kladovo (Кладово), in Vlach/Romanian as Claudia, and in German as Kladowo or Kladovo. In the time of the Roman Empire, the name of the town was Zanes while the fortifications was known as Diana and Pontes (from Greek "sea" -pontos, or Roman "bridge" - pontem). Emperor Trajan let build a number of fortications in the area during Roman times, as the well-known Trajan's Bridge (Pontes was built on the Serbian side, Theodora was built on the Romanian side). Later, old Slavs founded here their settlement that was named Novi Grad (Нови Град), while Ottomans built here a fortress named Fetislam. The present-day name of Kladovo is first recorded in 1596 in one Austrian military document.
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Klašnjice
Klašnjice is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 39 people.
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Klina
Klina or Klinë (Albanian: Klina or Klinë; Serbian: Клина, Klina) is a city and municipality in the Peć district of north-western Kosovo. It is located at the confluence of the river Klina into the White Drin.
Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 91 UN member states.
A symbol of Klina are the Miruša Waterfalls.
Coordinates: 42°37′18″N 20°34′40″E / 42.62167°N 20.57778°E / 42.62167; 20.57778
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Klokot
Klokot or Kllokot (Serbian Cyrillic: Клокот), officially Klokot-Vrbovac (Клокот-Врбовац), is a Serb majority municipality in Kosovo, centered around the towns of Klokot and Vrbovac. It became municipality in 2008, previously being part of the Vitina Municipality. The seat of the municipality is in Klokot. This and other new-formed municipalities of Kosovo are not recognized by Serbian government, which still considers it part of Vitina municipality.
The first municipal elections were held on 15 November 2009. Although Serbia does not recognize those elections, 25,4% of local voters, mostly Serbs, did participate in the elections. Serb Saša Mirković was elected mayor. Out of 15 members of the municipal assembly, 10 were elected from the Serb Independent Liberal Party, and 5 from the Albanian Democratic Alliance of Kosovo.
Total of 2760 voters were registered for elections. Of those, 2000 are Serbs, and 760 are Albanians. The town of Klokot had 1,500 residents before Kosovo War (1999) and 1,200 in 2001. The St. Sava Elementary school in Klokot is attended by 250 students (2001) and the secondary school is located in Vrbovac. There is a Serbian Orthodox Church in Vrbovac.
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Knić
Knić (Serbian Cyrillic: Кнић) is a village and municipality located in the Šumadija District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the village is 2,166, while population of the municipality is 14,205.
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Knjaževac
Knjaževac (Serbian Cyrillic: Књажевац, pronounced [kɲǎːʒɛʋats]) is a town and municipality situated in eastern Serbia, in the Timočka Krajina region bordering Bulgaria. The town is situated between three mountains. The municipality has a population of 30,902 inhabitants.
In the Roman period, Timacum Maius existed within the present municipality. In 1833, the town, formerly known as Gurgusovac, was liberated from the Ottoman Empire and was administrated into the Krajina nahija of the Principality of Serbia in 1834. In 1859 the official name was changed to Knjaževac. In 1944, a train tunnel was built in the town, which is depicted in the town's coat of arms.
The municipality extends over an area of 1202 km2 and is the fourth largest in the Republic of Serbia. Its countryside is mostly hilly and mountainous.
The highest point in the territory of the municipality is Midžor on Stara Planina (2169 m), which is also the second highest peak in the Republic of Serbia. The lowest point is 176 metres high and is situated in the Knjaževac valley. There are 86 inhabited places in the municipality of which 85 are villages. The town itself is situated at the confluence of the Trgoviški Timok and the Svrljiški Timok which become the Beli Timok. It flows on towards Zaječar, merges with the Crni Timok and becomes simply, Timok. It is this river that gives name to the Timočka Krajina region.
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Koceljeva
Koceljeva (Serbian: Коцељева) is a village and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the village is 4,217, while population of the municipality is 13,155. Coordinates: 44°28′15″N 19°48′25″E / 44.47083°N 19.80694°E / 44.47083; 19.80694
The Municipality of Koceljeva includes the following settlements:
Ethnic groups in the Koceljeva municipality:
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Kopanjane
Kopanjane is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 70 people.
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Korbevac
Korbevac is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 711 people.
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Korbul
Korbul is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 14 people.
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Kosjerić
Kosjerić (Serbian Cyrillic: Косјерић; pronounced [kɔsjɛ̌rit͡ɕ]) is a town and municipality in Western Serbia. The municipality has 12,873 inhabitants, but the town itself has 3,970. The municipality's area is 359 square kilometers, with 26 villages mostly placed in the river valleys, though there are also some settlements in the mountains at altitudes of more than 1000 meters.
The town is situated on the road between Vojvodina and Belgrade on one end and the Adriatic Sea on the other. The town is near the mountain tourist centers: Divčibare and Zlatibor. It lies at the foothill of Drmanovina and Crnokosa mountains.
The exact date of the town's founding is unclear. Near the town archaeologists have found Roman and Serbian medieval relics, but it is believed that mass immigration occurred before the Serbian Revolution at the beginning of the nineteenth century with people from Montenegro, East Bosnia and the Western Serbian mountains Zlatibor and Tara.
This part of Serbia was under the rule of the Nemanjić dynasty until the Ottoman Empire ceased control of the country in 1463. During the next two centuries roads were built and major development began linking the Adriatic Sea to western Serbia and to the east. Wars between Austria-Hungary and the Turks took a toll on the population numbers in Kosjerić.
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Kosovo Polje
Kosovo Polje, literally Blackbird's Field, also often rendered Field of Blackbirds (Serbo-Croatian: Kosovo Polje, Косово Поље; Albanian: Fushë Kosovë or Fushë Kosova) is a town and municipality in the Pristina district of central Kosovo, at 42.63° North, 21.12° East, or approximately eight kilometres south-west of Pristina. In 2011 the Fushë Kosovë Municipality had a total population of 34,718.
Kosovo Polje is the nearest town to the site of the Battle of Kosovo of 1389. In April 1987 it became the scene of a famous incident when Slobodan Milošević–at the time chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia–was sent to Kosovo Polje's Hall of Culture (town hall) to calm a crowd of angry Serbs protesting at what they saw as anti-Serb discrimination by the Albanian-dominated Kosovo administration. When Serb citizens complained they had been beaten by Albanian police, he told them that "No one has the right to beat you.... No one will beat you ever." The incident earned Milošević the support of Serbian people, propelling him to the presidency of Serbia two years later.
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Kosovska Kamenica
Kosovska Kamenica or Kamenica (Albanian: Kamenica or Dardana; Serbian: Косовска Каменица, Kosovska Kamenica) is a town and municipality in the Gnjilane district of eastern Kosovo.
In 2011, Kosovska Kamenica municipality was estimated to have 35,600 citizens.
Kosovska Kamenica is the most eastern of Kosovo's municipalities. Currently the population is approximately 76% Kosovo Albanian and 23% Kosovo Serb with a small number of Roma.
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Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica (Albanian; Mitrovicë or Mitrovica, Serbian: Косовска Митровица, Kosovska Mitrovica; Turkish: Mitroviça), is a city and municipality in northern Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district.
Since the end of the Kosovo War of 1999 it has been divided between an ethnic-Albanian-majority south and an ethnic-Serb-majority north. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Serbian-majority North Kosovo.
The city was named "Civitas Sancti Demetrii" in the 14th century after Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a name that later became "Mitrovica", as happened to other locations in the Balkans named after Saint Demetrius.
After Tito's death, when each of the constituent parts of Yugoslavia had to have one place named with the word 'Tito' (or 'Tito's') included, the city was also known as Titova Mitrovica (Титова Митровица) in Serbian or Mitrovica e Titos in Albanian.
The city is known as Kosovska Mitrovica (Косовска Митровица) in Serbian listen (help·info) and Mitrovica or Mitrovicë in Albanian.
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Kostolac
Kostolac (Serbian: Костолац, Romanian: Caştelu) is a small Serbian town on the Danube river in the Braničevo District. The remains of the Roman capital of the province of Moesia Superior Viminacium are located near Stari Kostolac some 2 km to the east of Kostolac. Kostolac town is center of the municipality of Kostolac, which is one of the two municipalities of the City of Požarevac. Kostolac is also a center of area called Stig and home of thermo-power plants and coal mines.
A 1,5 million year old mammoth skeleton was uncovered in the Viminacium site in June 2009.
The tribes of Autariatae and Scordisci are thought to have merged into one in this area after 313BC, since excavations show that the two groups made burials at the same exact grave field in Pecine, near Kostolac. Nine graves of Autariatae dating to 4th century BC and scattered Autariatae and Celtic graves around these earlier graves show that the two groups mixed rather than made war and this resulted in the lower Morava valley becoming a Celto-Thracio-Illyrian interaction zone.The Celtic Invasions of Greece in 279 BC formed the sub-Celtic group of Scordisci who would according to Strabo, defeat and push the powerful Triballians towards the Getae, the Scordisci self-rule in different regions of Serbia gradually ended with the Roman conquest of the Balkans in the 1st century AD.
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Kovačica
Kovačica (pronounced [kɔ̝v̞ǎt͡ʃit͡sa]) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 6,264, while Kovačica municipality has 25,259 inhabitants. It is widely known for its naïve art.
In Serbian the town is known as Ковачица or Kovačica, in Slovak as Kovačica, in Hungarian as Antalfalva, in Romanian as Covăciţa, and in German as Kowatschitza.
Kovačica municipality includes the town of Kovačica and the following villages:
The municipality is divided into 8 local communities.
The ethnic groups in the Kovačica municipality are:
Communities with Slovak majorities are: Kovačica (Slovak: Kovačica) and Padina (Slovak: Padina). Communities with Serb majorities are: Crepaja, Idvor, Putnikovo and Samoš. There is one community with a Hungarian majority: Debeljača (Hungarian: Torontálvásárhely), and one community with a Romanian majority: Uzdin (Romanian: Uzdin).
The town of Kovačica is located 27 km from Pančevo and 47 km from Belgrade. Kovačica lies in the wide Pannonian plain.
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Kovin
Kovin (Serbian Cyrillic: Ковин) is a town and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 13,499, while the municipality has 33,725 inhabitants.
In Serbian, the town is known as Kovin or Ковин, in Romanian as Cuvin, in Hungarian as Kevevára or (til 1899) Temeskubin, and in German as Kubin or Temeschkubin.
In the past, the town was also known as Donji Kovin ("lower Kovin") in contrast to the town with same name in Hungary that was known in Serbian as Gornji Kovin ("upper Kovin") and in Hungarian as Ráckeve ("the Serb Kovin").
The Dacian tribe of Albocenses dwelled in this area in the 2nd century AD.
There are remains of the ancient Roman fortress called Contra Margum, opposite to the Margum, a fortress on the other side of the Danube. In the 9th and 10th centuries, this area was populated by Slavs and Bulgarian Voivode Glad ruled over the region. Glad was defeated by the Hungarians, and the area was included into the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. In the 11th century, one of the descendants of Glad, Ahtum, ruled over the region but he, too, was defeated by the Hungarians.
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Koćura
Koćura is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 234 people.
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Kragujevac
Kragujevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Крагујевац, pronounced [krǎɡujeʋat͡s] ( listen)) is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the river Lepenica. According to official,results of the 2011 census, the city has a population of 147,281 inhabitants, while municipality has a population of 177,468.
Kragujevac was the first capital of modern Serbia (1818–1839), and the first constitution in the Balkans was proclaimed in this city in 1835. Further on, the first full- fledged university in the newly independent Serbia was founded in 1838, preceded by the first grammar school (Gimnazija), Printworks (both in 1833), professional National theatre (1835) and the Military academy (1837).
Belgrade took the lead by becoming the seat of the throne in 1841. The University of Kragujevac was not reestablished until 1976. Contemporary Kragujevac is known for its weapons, munition, and Zastava Automobiles company.
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Kraljevo
Kraljevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљево [krǎːʎɛʋɔ] ( listen)) is a city and municipality in central Serbia, built beside the river Ibar, 7 km west of its confluence with the Western Morava. It is located in the midst of an upland valley, between the mountains of Kotlenik in the north, and Stolovi in the south.
In 2011 the city has population of 63,030 (municipality: 124,554). It is the administrative center of the Raška District of Serbia. The city proper consists of 16 settlements. In 1991, Kraljevo-proper had 80,559 inhabitants. Because of the enormous number of refugees from Kosovo (around 18,500), the urban population of Kraljevo today is estimated to be close to 100,000.
On November 3, 2010 a 5.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in this city, damaging many buildings and killing two people.
Formerly known as Rudo Polje (Рудо Поље), Karanovac (Карановац) and Rankovićevo (Ранковићево), Kraljevo received its present name, meaning "the King's Town", from King Milan I of Serbia.
By far its most interesting feature is the Coronation church belonging to Žiča monastery. Here seven kings are said to have been crowned (seven crowns on coat of arms represents seven kings). The church is Byzantine in style, and has been partially restored; but the main tower dates from the year 1210, when it was founded by Saint Sava, the patron saint of Serbia.
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Kriva Feja
Kriva Feja is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 870 people.
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Krupanj
Krupanj (Serbian Cyrillic: Крупањ, pronounced [krûːpaɲ]) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. The municipality has a total population of 17,398, while the town has a population of 4,455 (2011 census).
The town lies in western Serbia, at the southern border of the Pannonian plain and Mačva region. It is surrounded by the mountains Jagodnja, Boranja and Sokolska planina, in a picturesque valley intersected by numerous rivers and creeks. In the town itself, the rivers Bogoštica, Čađavica and Kržava conjoin into Likodra, which later empties into Jadar. The town lies at the altitude of 280 m.
The municipality area covers around 242 km2 (93.44 sq mi), and it encompasses 23 villages. It is the center of the region Rađevina, which was named after Rađ, a great knight of Prince Lazar, who defended it from Hungarian and Ottoman conquerors, and who is buried at the monument of Rađev Kamen.
List of settlements in the municipality:
The name 'Krupanj' was first recorded in Ragusan records in 1417. In the Middle Ages, it was a significant silver mining site, frequented by Ragusan merchant caravans. In 1459, it fell under Ottoman rule with the rest of the Serbian Despotate.
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Kruševa Glava
Kruševa Glava is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 135 people.
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Kruševac
Kruševac (Serbian: Крушевац [krûʃɛʋat͡s] ( listen)) is a city and municipality, and the administrative center of the Rasina District, in central Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 127,429, while the town has 57,627.
The city was founded in 1371, by Prince Lazar of Serbia (1371–1389), who used it as his seat.
The etymology is derived from the Serbian word for "pear", kruška.
Kruševac was founded in 1371, as a fortified town in the possession of Lord Lazar Hrebeljanović. The Lazarica Church (or Church of St. Stephen [Nemanja]) was built by Lazar between 1375–1378, in the Morava architectural style, in the village of . It is mentioned in one of Lazar's edicts in 1387, as his seat, when he affirmed the rights of Venetian merchants on Serbian territory. In preparation for the Battle of Kosovo (1389) against the Ottoman Empire, the Serbian army assembled in the city. The site of Lazar's palace is marked by a ruined enclosure containing a fragment of the tower of his spouse Princess Milica, and according to legend, tidings of the defeat were brought to her by crows from the battlefield. After the battle, the city was held by Princess Milica as her seat. The little remains of Lazar's city is the Kruševac Fortress, which was declared a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance in 1979. Several old Ottoman houses were left at the beginning of the 20th century, besides an old Turkish fountain and bath, which was known as Alacahisar (Aladža Hisar) during Ottoman rule between 1427-1833 (nominally to 1867) except Austrian occupations between 1688–1690 and 1717-1739.
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Krševica
Krševica is a village in the municipality of Bujanovac of the Pčinja District, Serbia. According to the 2002 there were 486 people (1991: 549 inhabitants). The archaeological site of Kale-Krševica is located in the village, the remnations of a 5th century BC Ancient Greek Macedon city.
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Kupinince
Kupinince is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 134 people.
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Kuršumlija
Kuršumlija (Serbian Cyrillic: Куршумлија, pronounced [kurʃǔmlija]) is a town and municipality located in the south of Serbia, nearby the rivers Toplica, Kosanica and Banjska, on the southeast of mountain Kopaonik, and northwest of Radan Mountain. According to 2011 census, the town has 12,866 inhabitants, while municipality has 19,011.
Kuršumlija sits on the area of 952 km2 (367.57 sq mi) and administratively is in Toplica District. Its borders the municipalities of Brus, Blace, Prokuplje, Medveđa, Podujevo, and Leposavić. Its southwest border (105 km) is with the disputed province of Kosovo.
A 3rd century AD Roman military base Ad Fines was situated here. There are also remains of churches from the Byzantine period. The Serbian principality of Rascia started to develop in this region. Stefan Nemanja, a Serbian lord (župan), and the founder of Nemanjić dynasty, built his residence here, as well as the two monasteries of St. Nicolas and the Holy Mother of God (before 1168).
There are a lot of historical sights in Kuršumlija from that era: Mara Tower, Ivan Tower, and many medieval churches. The name in that period was Bele Crkve (White Churches) and Toplica. After the invasion by the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century, the Ottomans gave the town its current name, simply by translating the old name, Bele Crkve (White Churches). During Ottoman rule Kuršumlija was part of the Sanjak of Niš. Since 1878, Kuršumlija has been a part of the modern Serbian state.
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Kučevo
Kučevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Кучево, pronounced [kûtʃɛʋɔ]; Romanian: Cuciovă) is a town and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 3,950, while population of the municipality is 15,490.
In 1973, excavations were conducted in the Kraku Lu Jordan metallurgical complex. The remains of the Roman town dates to the 4th century.
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Lajkovac
Lajkovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лајковац) is a small town and municipality in Serbia, close to the town of Lazarevac. It is located in the Kolubara River valley and near to Ibar highway, the main route from Serbia to Montenegro. It has population of 3,203 inhabitants, while the municipality has 15,341 inhabitants.
Jabučje, Bogovađa, Nepričava, Vračević, Donji Lajkovac, Lajkovac, Rubribreza, Markova crkva, Ratkovac, Pridvorica, Mali Borak, Skobalj, Pepeljevac, Slovac, Stepanje, Strmovo, Bajevac, Ćelije.
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Lalince
Lalince is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 150 people.
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Lapovo
Lapovo is a municipality located in the central part of Serbia and in east part of Šumadija district which it belongs to and extends to 5,522 acres. The population of the town is 7,404, according to 2011 census.
The first mention of Lapovo dates from the 12th century when Stefan Nemanja conquered region of Lepenica from Bizanthy. More accurate information about Lapovo's existence came after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 while duke Mihailo or MIhalj was running the estate in today’s region of Lapovo.
The Charter of Princess Milica from 1395 mentiones landed property of Duke Mihajlo in Hlapova plain, Lapovo today, on the basis of which we[who?] can conclude that Lapovo is a village which has a medieval origin.[citation needed] After the liberation from the Turks, a rapid development of Lapovo began , primarily thanks to its favourable geostrategic position. In 1896 Lapovo was declared for the town by decree of King Aleksandar Obrenovic. Municipality of Lapovo is located at Corridor 10, at the intersection of highway Belgrade-Nis. Lapovo also represents one of the most important railway hubs, on the railway line Belgrade-Nis-Athens. Lapovo is currently in a phase of economical development, which is accompanied by the appearance of a large number of national and foreign investors.
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Lazarevac
Lazarevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазаревац, pronounced [lazareʋat͡s]) is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.22° North, 20.15° East. Its name stems from name of medieval Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic. In 2011 the town has total population of 25,526. Lazarevac is one of Belgrade's 17 municipalities and it is a part of the Sumadija region.
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Lebane
Coordinates: 42°55′00″N 21°44′00″E / 42.9166667°N 21.7333333°E / 42.9166667; 21.7333333
Lebane (Serbian: Лебане) is a town and municipality in southern Serbia, a part of the Jablanica District. The municipality is located at 41°45'N and 21°45'E and has a population of 21,802 while the town itself has 9,122 inhabitants (according to 2011 census). The elevation of the town of Lebane is between 275.2 and 420 masl.
The town is located at the confluence of the rivers Jablanica and Šumanska Reka, in the alluvial plain created by the former. Just northeast of the town a larger plain called Leskovačko polje extends toward the town of Leskovac, which is the district seat.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
The most significant historical monument in the vicinity of the town and within the boundaries of the municipality is the 6th century AD late Roman or early Byzantine town Justiniana Prima, locally better known as Caričin Grad, located c. 7 km from Lebane. The town is built by the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I to reputedly mark the location of his birth. The archaeological excavations on this site have been on-going since 1917 and large parts of the ancient settlement have since been uncovered including the impressive fortifications.
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Leposavić
Leposavić (Albanian: Leposaviq or Albaniku; Serbian: Лепосавић, pronounced [lɛ̌pɔsaʋitɕ]) is a town and northernmostmunicipality in the district of Kosovska Mitrovica of northern Kosovo. It is a part of North Kosovo, a region populated with at least 98% ethnic Serbs that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of Kosovo, which is majority ethnic Albanian. According to OSCE and UNHCR estimates, the municipality has a population of approximately 18,600 (2007). The municipality consists of a town and 72 villages with an area of 750+km².
Leposavić municipality includes 72 villages with a total of 18,600 inhabitants, according to the UNHCR and OSCE estimates. Kosovo Serbs constitute the large majority (18,000), while small numbers of other communities are also present. Approximately 200 Kosovo Albanians live in the three southern villages of Košutovo, Šaljska Bistrica, and Ceranje. There are also 240 Kosovo Bosniaks, Romas, Ashkalis, and Egyptians.
According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Leposavić had a population of 16,395 people.[citation needed]
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Lepčince
Lepčince is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 125 people.
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Leskovac
Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, pronounced [lě̞skɔ̝v̞at͡s]) is a city and municipality in southern Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Jablanica District of Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the city has 110,240 inhabitants, while the municipality has 149,962.
Traces of life of the Brnjica culture (8th century BC) is seen at the Hisar Hill that was protected by a deep moat with a palisade on its inner side, a fortification similar to that of another fortification on the Gradac site in Lanište in the Velika Morava basin. A later Iron Age settlement existed at Hisar dating from the 6th century BC until the 4th century BC. Besides Greek fibulae and pottery, Triballi (Thracian) tombs have been excavated in 2005. Archeological findings from the multi-layer sites indicate that the Scordisci and Triballi inhabited the Leskovac valley before the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC. Famous cultural-historic monuments in this area are: the Roman necropolis in Mala Kopasnica originating from 2nd century AD, the Eastern Roman town of Justiniana Prima built in 535 AD. Slavs settled the region in the 6th century, and the town was known as Dubočica.
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Leva Reka
Leva Reka is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 80 people.
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Lipljan
Lipljan (Albanian: Lipjan or Lipjani; Serbian: Липљан, Lipljan) is a city and municipality in the Pristina district of central Kosovo.
In Roman times the city was known as Ulpiana from which the name Lipljan is derived. Ulpiana was named by the Romans in honor of the Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus. The neo-Latin form Lypenion for the city occurs for the first time in a Greek text from 1018 AD.
It is thought[weasel words] to be the birth place of Lekë Dukagjini (1410–1481), who replaced Skanderbeg as leader of the Albanian resistance against the Ottomans following the latter's death in 1468. During the reign of Lekë Dukagjini as Prince of Dukagjini Ulpiana was his second capital city.
The municipality is predominantly agriculture-oriented. After the 1999 conflict, most of the businesses are no longer operational. Many shops and restaurants have opened in the town, but approximately 80% of the population remains unemployed.[when?]
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Coordinates: 42°31′48″N 21°08′19″E / 42.53°N 21.13861°E / 42.53; 21.13861
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Ljig
Ljig (Serbian Cyrillic: Љиг) is a town of 3,219 inhabitants in central Serbia. It is surrounded by a municipality of the same name, which has a total of 12,730 inhabitants.
Ljig is an underdeveloped region of Serbia, surrounded by Mount Rajac and Mount Rudnik. It was striken by an earthquake in 2003 and a drought in 2004.
The town of Ljig is the economic and cultural center of the municipality with a primary school founded in 1907, a high school, a public library with a cinema, a health center and a post office.
The other settlements of Ljig municipality are Ivanovci, Kozelj, Lalinci, Velisevac, Babajic, Ba, Kalanjevci, Kadina Luka, Jajcic, Liplje, Moravci, Stavica, Gukos, Milavac, Brancic, Poljanice, Latkovic, Slavkovica, Paleznica, Belanovica, Bosljanovic, Donji Banjani, Dici, Cvetanovci, Zivkovci and Sutci.
The recorded history of the Ljig settlement begins in 1911, when a railroad was built between Lajkovac and Gornji Milanovac. The ruins of the Vavedenje monastery, however, include impressive sarcophagi dating from the 15th century, believed to belong to the Serbian despots Stefan Brankovic and Djuradj Brankovic. According to legend, Djuradj's wife, Jerina, was buried there as well.
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Ljubovija
Ljubovija (Serbian: Љубовија, [ʎubɔ̌ʋija]) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 3,946 while the population of the municipality is 14,424.
The municipality of Ljubovija includes the following settlements:
Ethnic groups in the Ljubovija municipality:
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Loznica
Loznica (Serbian pronunciation: [lǒznitsa]; Serbian Cyrillic: Лозница) is a city and municipality located in western Serbia, in the Mačva District. It lies on the right bank of the Drina river. In 2011 the town has total population of 18,714, while the municipality had a population of 78,788. During Roman period, the place was called Ad Drinum. In January 2008, according to Serbian law, Loznica received status of a city.
Its name stems from the word "loza" (the Serbian word for vine). Originally, its name was Lozica (Serbian for small vine), but it later became Loznica.
The oldest settlements on the territory of Jadar and Loznica is traced to the prehistoric period of late Neolith; the Starcevo culture that flourished 4500–3000 BC. Illyrian and Celtic tribes inhabited the region prior to the Roman conquest 75 BC.
Roman conquest of the Balkan peninsula brought huge changes: the territory became a Roman province. According to recent classification, Jadar formed a part of Dalmatia. The first settlement located on the place of present Loznica was named in Antique times, while the most important settlement in Jadar was the name Genzis, located approximately on the territory of today's Lešnica. Legend states that Loznica was named after the vinegrape that was grown in this region, starting from the 3rd century B.C. in the time of Roman Emperor Probus. The first reference to Loznica dates back to the Chapter of King Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia, when Katharine, the wife of Milutin's brother Dragutin, set up nearby monastery Tronosa (1317). Loznica was not mentioned at all for a long period of time in the Middle Ages. According to report from 1533, Loznica was populated mainly by Muslim people. Out of 37 houses, as found in Loznica at this census, 26 houses were Muslim and only 11 Christian.
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Lučani
Lučani (Serbian Cyrillic: Лучани) is a town and municipality located in central Serbia. The population of the town is 3,245, while the population of the municipality is 20,855.
Perhaps the most famous village in the municipality is Guča, where the annual trumpet festival is held.
In the town of Lučani there are 3,416 adult inhabitants, while the average age of the population is 38,3 years (37,8 with men and 38,7 with women). There are 1,474 homes in the town and the average number of people living together is 2,92.
The town is largely inhabited by Serbs (according to a census from 2002), and in the last few years, a sharp rise in the number of inhabitants was noted.
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Majdanpek
Majdanpek (Serbian Cyrillic: Мајданпек, Romanian: Maidan) is a town and municipality in Bor District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality of Majdanpek has a population of 18,179 people, while the town of Majdanpek has a population of 7,367.
Eneolithic excavations exist in Kapetanova Pecina, Praurija, Kameni Rog and Roman site of Kamenjar.
The town is famous as a copper mine district, since the early 17th century. The origin of the name is based on words majdan (related to Turkish madän, mine) and river Pek - mine on river Pek. Throughout its history, mining development was held by many foreign owners (Czechs, Belgians, Austrians), and was extensively exploited. The town was industrialized in the mid-20th century, by the industrial program supported by SFR Yugoslavia's Government of that time, and the personal influence of J.B.Tito (marshal and lifetime prime minister since the end of WWII until 1980). Through the late 20th century, the town was in a period of industrial progress and one of the most developed areas in copper mining and metallurgy. The fall of industrial production was a consequence of Slobodan Milošević's rule and his pions in the town during the 1990s.[citation needed] Now, Majdanpek is struggling to renew industrial production.[citation needed]
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Mali Iđoš
Mali Iđoš (Serbian and Montenegrin Cyrillic: Мали Иђош, Hungarian: Kishegyes) is a village and municipality in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality comprises three local communities and has a population of 13,476, of whom 7,546 (55.92%) are ethnic Hungarians. Mali Iđoš has a population of 4,830.
The first part of the name of the village, "mali" ("little" in English), was given in contrast to the village with similar name (Iđoš), which is situated in northern Banat.
Mali Iđoš municipality includes the following villages:
The total population of the Mali Iđoš municipality is 13,494. By ethnic structure:
By language:
By religion:
Local communities with a Hungarian majority are Mali Iđoš and Feketić. There is one local community with a Montenegrin majority: Lovćenac.
The name of Kishegyes was first mentioned in historical documents in 1476. The village became totally destroyed under Turkish occupation in the 16th century. It was repopulated in 1769 by 81 Roman Catholic Hungarian families from Békésszentandrás. The region is extremely well suited for agriculture and the village increased in wealth and population until the 1980s. In the 1990s the local economy was ruined and young people began to emigrate to Hungary. Today the rate of unemployment is appr. 30 percent, and the Agricultural Cooperative and the Commercial Company went bankrupt. After the end of the civil war in Croatia and Bosnia (1995–96) Serbian refugees arrived to Mali Iđoš (Kishegyes). There are no ethnic tensions between native Hungarians and the Serbian refugees.
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Mali Zvornik
Mali Zvornik (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали Зворник, pronounced [mâːliː zʋɔ̌rniːk]) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 4,384, while the population of the municipality is 12,496. It lays opposite of the Drina river from the town of Zvornik, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
There are traces of human life from Bronze Age in this area, as well as traces from the time of Roman Empire. Ancient Roman settlement Ad Drinum existed somewhere at this location. In the Middle Ages, middle Podrinje (that include Mali Zvornik) was one of the main mining centres of the Serbian state. On the Orlovine hill near Mali Zvornik there are remains of the large Medieval fortress that was probably built in the first half of the 15th century, in the time of the Serbian Despotate. During the Ottoman rule, this area was part of the Pashaluk of Bosnia. Until 1878 it was the only Bosnian municipality on the right side of river Drina, when it eventually became part of the independent Kingdom of Serbia. In the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century, population of Mali Zvornik numbered 115 houses. Municipality of Mali Zvornik was officially formed in 1955.
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Mališevo
Mališevo (Albanian Malishevë or Malisheva; Serbian: Малишево, Mališevo) is a town and municipality in the Prizren District of central Kosovo. The town itself has approximately 2,300 inhabitants while the municipality has an estimated 54,664 inhabitants.
The area was once under the Bajrakut of Oštrozubit and had a long history of successful resistance against the Ottomans. The town was a stronghold for the ethnically Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army during the conflict in Kosovo in 1998/1999. The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) formally re-established the municipality of Mališevo in July 2000. During the war, a number of atrocities were committed by both Albanian and Yugoslav forces. One such incident occurred in Mališevo, the execution of no fewer than seven Serbian men, named the Mališevo Massacre. The UN-run Office on Missing Persons and Forensics began the excavations at the site in May 2005.
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Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E / 42.48278; 20.74583
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Malo Crniće
Malo Crniće (Serbian: Мало Црниће) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the village is 719, while population of the municipality is 11,422.
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Mamuša
Mamuša or Mamusha (Albanian: Mamushë or Mamusha; Serbian Cyrillic: Мамуша; Turkish: Mamuşa) is a town in Kosovo. In 2008 it became a municipality. Prior to that it was part of Prizren municipality. Of all municipal units in Kosovo, this one is by far the smallest in terms of area.
The town is located on the northern part of Prizren. It also borders Đakovica and Suva Reka.
The town is a primarily ethnic Turkish. It is the only settlement in Kosovo where Turks from Tokat are a majority.
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Medijana
Medijana (Медијана) is the central, and most populous, municipality of the City of Niš in Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 88,010.
The municipality borders Pantelej municipality in the north, Niška Banja municipality in the east, Palilula municipality in the south, and Crveni Krst municipality in the west.
The neighbourhoods composing Medijana municipality are:
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Medveđa
Medveđa (Serbian Cyrillic: Медвеђа, pronounced [ˈmɛdvɛdʑa]), (Albanian: Medvegjë) is a town and municipality in Jablanica District of Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality of Medveđa has a population of 7,296 people, while the town has a population of 2,841.
Its name is derived from the Serbian word medved (медвед) ("bear" in English), hence the full meaning of the name would be "the place of the bears".
When the territory was part of the Roman Empire, the town had the name of Idimum and the status of mansia.
Architectural debris dating to the 4th century AD lay at various locations of the town, as it was a transitory zone of Upper Moesia, travel and postal stations are among the finds.
Yugoslav Partisans killed approximately 200 people in Medveđa after taking the town in 1944.
The Medveđa municipality includes the town of Medveđa, the spa town of Sijarinska Banja, and the following villages:
One of the least developed municipalities in Serbia. It has many natural advantages for tourism development, because it is near the spa resort with dozens of mineral springs in Sijarinska Spa, and Tulare. On its territory there are mineral resources for mining, semi-precious stones and marble-onyx. The most promising branches of industry is mining, in mine and flotation "Lece", within the Group FARMAKOM, quality products. Great prospects for development in agriculture has, and industries such as livestock (sheep, goats, cows) and fruit (plums, pears, apples, quince) and the timber industry and processing.
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Merošina
Merošina (Serbian Cyrillic: Мерошина) is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, a village has a population of 906 inhabitants, while the municipality has 13,916.
The municipality borders Aleksinac municipality in the north, City of Niš in the east, Doljevac and Žitorađa municipalities in the south, and Prokuplje municipality in the west.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
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Mečkovac
Mečkovac is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 169 people.
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Mijakovce
Mijakovce (Serbian: Мијаковце) is a village in Vranje municipality, Pčinja District, Serbia. In 2002 the village had a population of 37. In 1991, the population was 73.
Coordinates: 42°43′00″N 21°53′00″E / 42.7167°N 21.8833°E / 42.7167; 21.8833
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Mijovce
Mijovce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 67 people.
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Milivojce
Milivojce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 122 people.
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Mionica
Mionica (Serbian Cyrillic: Мионица, [miɔ̌nit͡sa]) is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 1,571, while population of the municipality is 14,263. In Mionica there are one primary school and culture house with movie theater. It is pretty much orientated to neighbor town Valjevo which is center of the region.
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Mladenovac
Mladenovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Младеновац, pronounced [mlâde̞nɔ̝v̞at͡s]) is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.43° North, 20.70° East. Mladenovac is one of Belgrade's 17 municipalities. In 2003 the town had total population of 23,314.
Its name stems from word "youth" in Serbian language. After the legend the emergence of the name is brought in connection with a man named Mladen, who established itself after the battle on the Kosovo in 1389 with his two brothers in this desert area. The brothers separated and the place, where Mladen had established himself, was called Mladenovac.
The first official data over a settlement in this area are mentioned in the Ottoman census of 1528. To the community of the Belgrade urban district Mladenovac belongs since 1971. The day of the urban district is 2 August, when Mladenovac was explained in the year 1893 as the town.
This town, situated about 47 km (29.20 mi) in the south of Belgrade, is a part of the district of the capital city of Serbia. Together with the suburban settlements Kovačevac, Koraćica, Markovac, Jagnjilo, Senaja, Granice, Velika Krsna, Dubona, Šepšin, Velika Ivanča, Rajkovac, Selo Mladenovac, Rabrovac, Amerić, Vrbica the municipality of Mladenovac extends over 339 km2 (130.89 sq mi) and has 53,050 inhabitants.
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Moštanica
Moštanica is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D30 highway.
Coordinates: 45°22′N 16°21′E / 45.367°N 16.35°E / 45.367; 16.35
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Nastavce
Nastavce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 52 people.
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Negotin
Negotin (Serbian Cyrillic: Неготин [nêɡotiːn] ( listen)) is a town and municipality in the Bor District of north-eastern Central Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District. The population of the town is 16,716 while municipality has 36,879.
The etymology of the town's name is unclear, and there are three possibilities as to its background:
Negotin is first mentioned in 1530 as a settlement.
The Thracians dominated the region with the Celtic Scordisci advancing after 279 BC. The Roman conquest in the 1st century BC weakened the Paleo-Balkan tribes. The Moesi, a Thracio-Dacian tribe, were defeated by the Roman army under the Marcus Licinius Crassus who was Roman consul in 30 BC. The region was organized into Moesia Inferior in 87 AD by Emperor Domitian.
Hellenistic religious influence is attested through archeological findings in Rovine and Tamnič where Heracles was worshipped, a relief of Zeus, Herakles and Dionysos found in Bukovo.
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Niš
Niš (Serbian: Ниш, pronounced [nîːʃ] ( listen)) is the largest city of southern Serbia and the third-largest city in Serbia (after Belgrade and Novi Sad). According to the preliminary results of the 2011 census, the city has an urban population of 182,208 inhabitants, while its municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of 597 km², including the urban core, town of Niška Banja and 68 suburbs. Niš is the administrative center of the Nišava District.
It is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans and Europe, and has from ancient times been considered a gateway between the East and the West. The Paleo-Balkan Thracians first inhabited the area in the Iron Age, and Triballians dwelled here prior to the Celtic invasion in 279 BC which established the Scordisci as masters of the region. Modern-day Niš was among the cities taken in the Roman conquest in 75 BC. The Romans built the Via Militaris in the 1st century, with Naissus being one of the key towns. Niš is also notable as the birthplace of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman Emperor and the founder of Constantinople, as well as two other Roman emperors, Constantius III and Justin I. It is home to one of Serbia's oldest churches dating to the 4th century AD in the suburb of Mediana.
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Niška Banja
Coordinates: 43°17′36″N 22°00′22″E / 43.29333°N 22.00611°E / 43.29333; 22.00611
Niška Banja (Serbian Cyrillic: Нишка Бања, meaning Spa of Niš) is a spa town in southern Serbia, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of its third largest city, Niš. The municipality of Niška Banja is one of the five urban municipalities of the City of Niš. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 4,180, while the population of the municipality is 14,098.
Niška Banja is situated 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Niš, just south from the main Niš–Sofia motorway. The municipality borders Palilula and Medijana municipalities in the west, Pantelej municipality in the north-west, Svrljig municipality in the north, Bela Palanka municipality in the east, and Gadžin Han municipality in the south. Niška Banja is situated at the bottom of Suva Planina Mountain. The closest airport is Niš Constantine the Great Airport.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
Niška Banja spa is one of the best known centers of health tourism in Serbia and it is the third most popular spa in Serbia after Vrnjačka Banja and Sokobanja. It is well-known for its hot, radio-active water containing radon. The spa is home of a Summer cultural festival. 33 There are several hotels in Niška Banja: Partizan, Radon, Srbija, Ozren, and Terme. Also, numerous villas are available.
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Nova Brezovica
Nova Brezovica is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 125 people.
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Nova Crnja
Nova Crnja (Serbian: Nova Crnja or Нова Црња, Hungarian: Magyarcsernye, German: Neuzerne) is a village and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,491, while Nova Crnja municipality has 10,222 inhabitants.
Nova Crnja municipality includes the following villages:
Although the village of Nova Crnja is a seat of municipality, the largest of these villages is Srpska Crnja.
Before 1961, there was one more village in the municipality, which was abandoned because of groundwater. The name of the village was Molin.
Population of the village in different censuses:
The population of the Nova Crnja municipality is composed of:
Places with Serb ethnic majority are: Aleksandrovo, Vojvoda Stepa, Radojevo, and Srpska Crnja, while places with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Nova Crnja (Hungarian: Magyarcsernye) and Toba (Hungarian: Tóba).
The population of the Nova Crnja village is composed of:
Coordinates: 45°40′N 20°36′E / 45.667°N 20.6°E / 45.667; 20.6
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Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd or New Belgrade (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Београд, pronounced [nôʋiː beǒɡrad]) is the most populous municipality that constitutes the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is a planned city, built in 1947 on the left bank of the Sava river which was previously an uninhabited area, opposite of the old Belgrade. In recent years it has become the new financial centre of Belgrade and its fastest developing area, with many businesses moving to the new part of the city, due to more modern infrastructure and larger available space. With population of 212,104 people, it is the most populous municipality of Belgrade.
Novi Beograd is located on the left bank of the Sava river, in the easternmost part of the Srem region. Administratively, its northeastern section touches the right bank of the Danube, right before the Sava's confluence. It is generally located west of the 'Old' Belgrade to which it is connected by six bridges (Gazela, Branko's bridge, Old Sava bridge, old, New Railway Bridge and Ada Bridge). European route E75, with five grade separations, including a new double-looped one at the Belgrade Arena, goes right through the middle of the settlement.
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Novi Bečej
Novi Bečej (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Бечеј), is a town and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 13,123, while Novi Bečej municipality has 23,847 inhabitants.
Its name means "new Bečej". In the past it was known simply as "Bečej", while the current town of Bečej, across the river Tisa, was in the past known as "Stari Bečej" ("old Bečej") and today is known as "Bečej".
In Serbian, the town is known as Novi Bečej (Нови Бечеј), in Hungarian as Törökbecse, in Croatian as Novi Bečej, and in German as Neu-Betsche.
Serbian and Hungarian language are officially used by municipal authorities.
12th century BC ornitho-morphic pendants were found in the town. The Dacians inhabited the region before the Roman conquest in the 2nd–1st century BC.
The town was first mentioned in 1091 during the Hungarian Kingdom. In the 15th century, it was a possession of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. During the Ottoman rule (in 1660/6), it was populated by ethnic Serbs. Ottomans managed her as "Beçe" between 1552–1718. Until 1918 its part of the Hungarian Kingdom, after it is part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states except German occupation between 1941–1944.
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Novi Kneževac
Novi Kneževac (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Кнежевац, pronounced [nɔ̂ʋiː knɛ̌ːʒɛʋats]) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 6,943, while the Novi Kneževac municipality has 11,232 inhabitants (2011 census).
The name of the town originates in the Serbian word "knez" ("prince" in English), and the full meaning of the name is "the prince's new place" in English.
The city's name in various languages include Serbian: Novi Kneževac or Нови Кнежевац, Hungarian: Törökkanizsa, Romanian: Noul Cnezat, Croatian: Novi Kneževac, and German: Neu-Kanischa.
The older Serbian names used for the town were Turska Kanjiža (Турска Кањижа), Mala Kanjiža (Мала Кањижа) and Nova Kanjiža (Нова Кањижа).
The Serbian and Hungarian languages are officially used by the municipal authorities.
People inhabited this area as early as the Neolithic era as well. Historically, the region was populated by Sarmatians, Gepids, Huns, Avars and Slavs. The first written record of Novi Kneževac was made in the 9th century, mentioning under the name "Kneža". In the next century, it was mentioned as "Kanjiša". Until the arrival of the Ottomans, it was under the administration of Hungarian feudal landlords. In the 16th century, during the Ottoman administration, it was populated by Serbs, its name became known as "Turska Kanjiža" and there were already 30-40 houses in the settlement at the beginning of the 18th century
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Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar (Serbian: Нови Пазар / Novi Pazar, pronounced [nɔ̂v̞iː pǎzaːr]; Bosnian: Novi Pazar) is a city located in southwest Serbia, in the southwestern parts of Šumadija and Western Serbia and the southern parts of Raška District. It is situated in the historical regions of Raška/Sandžak. According to the 2011 census, the population of the municipal area of Novi Pazar was 92,766, while the city itself had a population of 60,638. Novi Pazar is the cultural center of Bosniaks in Serbia and the biggest city of the Raška/Sandžak region.
Novi Pazar is a Serbian/Bosnian name that means "a new marketplace", which in turn was derived from medieval Trgovište, meaning "marketplace" in Serbian. During the Ottoman Turkish administration, the city was known as Yeni Pazar (meaning "new market" in Turkish).
It is located in the valleys of the Jošanica, Raška, Deževska, and Ljudska rivers at the elevation of 496m, in southeast Sandžak, part of the wider Raška region. The city is surrounded by Golija and Rogozna mountains, and the Pešter plateau. The total area of the municipality is 742 km². It contains over 100 settlements, mostly small and spread over hills and mountains surrounding the city. The largest surrounding village is Mur with over 3000 residents.
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Novi Sad
Novi Sad (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nɔ̝̂v̞iː sâːd] ( listen)) is the second largest city in Serbia, capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District.
According to preliminary results of the latest census in Serbia conducted in October 2011, the urban area of Novi Sad has a population of 221,854, while its municipal area has a population of 335,701. It is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain, on the border of the Bačka and Srem regions, on the banks of the Danube river and Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, facing the northern slopes of Fruška Gora mountain.
The city was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin fortress, a Habsburg strategic military post. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it became an important trading and manufacturing centre, as well as a centre of Serbian culture of that period, earning the nickname Serbian Athens. The city was heavily devastated in the 1848 Revolution, but it was subsequently restored. During the city's long history, it has maintained its multi-cultural identity, with Serbs, Hungarians and Germans being the main ethnic groups. Today, Novi Sad is an industrial and financial centre of the Serbian economy, as well as a major cultural hub.
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Novo Brdo
Novo Brdo (Serbian: Ново Брдо, Novo Brdo; Albanian: Novobërda, Novobërdë, Artana or Artanë) is a town and municipality in the Pristina district of eastern Kosovo. The population of the municipality is estimated at 6,720 people (2011).
Novo Brdo was mentioned with its present name in historical documents as early as 1326. Previously it was known as Novaberd, Novus Mons or Novamonte in Latin and as Nyeuberghe in Saxon texts. The famous Bulgarian Mediaeval writer Vladislav the Grammarian was born there between 1410 and 1415 [1].
Novo Brdo was a metropolis at the time, with a huge medieval fortress built on the top of an extinct volcano cone, the remains of which can be visited today, and residential sections sprawling all around. In the outer wall of the fortress a large cross is visible, built into the stones. The castle, or fortress, was thought at one point to have dated back to the time of the Serbian Empire.
The population at its height was estimated to exceed 6,720 people. There were mines and smelting furnaces for iron, lead, gold and silver ores. Novo Brdo silver is known by its argentum glame (an alloy of silver with 1/6-1/3 gold). In 1450 the mines of Novo Brdo were producing about 6,000 kg of silver per year. Novo Brdo was the last Serbian city to remain standing during the first invasion. In 1439 the capital of Smederevo fell and Serbia resisted until finally Novo Brdo fell in 1441. Novo Brdo was by treaty restored to the Serbs in 1443.
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Obilić
Obilić (Albanian: Obiliq or Kastriot; Serbian: Обилић, Obilić) is a town and municipality in central Kosovo, belonging to the Pristina district. The municipality includes the town of Obilić and 19 villages, with a total population of approximately 21,548.
The municipality is located immediately north-west of Pristina on the main road to Kosovska Mitrovica. It was created in 1989, prior to which it formed part of Pristina municipality.
The name for the town, Obilić, refers to Miloš Obilić who is regarded as a Serbian hero of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, during which he killed the Ottoman Sultan Murad I.
An Albanian version for the name for the town was produced in 2001, Kastriot, refers to George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the national hero of the Albanian people, who lived during the time period of the Second Battle of Kosovo (1448). Skanderbeg was supposed to join the Hungarian-led Catholic coalition under John Hunyadi, but failed to appear on the battlefield.
In 2011, the municipality had a population of 21,548. As of 2008 the municipality has a population of approximately 19,500. The majority -some 15,000- are Kosovo Albanian; the minorities include some 2,200 Kosovo Serbs, 350 Roma, 300 Ashkali, 70 Bosnian Serbs and others.
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Oblička Sena
Oblička Sena is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 52 people.
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Obrenovac
Obrenovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Обреновац, pronounced [ɔbrɛ̌ːnɔv̞at͡s]) is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44°40′ North, 20°13′ East. Its name stems from last name "Obrenović" which in turn stems from name "Obren" in Serbian language. In 2011 the municipality has total population of 71,419. Obrenovac is one of Belgrade's 17 municipalities.
Obrenovac is situated 30 km south-west of Belgrade near bends of the river Sava to the north. The river Kolubara flows to the east of the town on its way to join the Sava.
There is a coal-fired power station on the outskirts of the town; its chimney is widely visible as the surrounding area is generally flat.
There is a green market in the centre of the town, and also flea market (as of August 2006) to the south of the town on the Valjevo road. The most famous football club from Obrenovac is FK Radnički Obrenovac; its stadium is beside the Belgrade road. Some of the housing areas in the town are Topolice, Rojkovac, Dudovi and Stočnjak. The oldest school in the town is found next to Topolice. It carries the name of Jovan Popović. The school was built by Miloš Obrenović.
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Odžaci
Odžaci (Serbian Cyrillic: Оџаци) is a town and municipality in the West Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town of Odžaci has a population of 8,795 people, while the population of the municipality of Odžaci is 30,196 people (2011 census).
The name Odžaci means "chimneys" in Serbian. Formerly, the settlement was also known as Odžak ("chimney"). The Slavic/Serbian word "odžak" (or plural "odžaci") is a modification of the Turkish word "Ocak" (bearing the same pronunciation), meaning "fireplace".
In Croatian, the town is also known as Odžaci, in Hungarian as Hódság, and in German as Hodschag.
The old Hungarian name of the settlement was "Kéménd", first mentioned in 1522, and meaning "with chimney". Derived from the aforementioned Serbian word "Odžak" was the new Hungarian name "Hódság" (also later called "Hódsági Járás" (Hódsági district)), as well as the German name "Hodschag".
While there is speculation about a village named Odos or Hodos being mentioned by Catholic records as early as the 14th century, the first reliable mention of the Hungarian village of Kéménd was in 1522. This village was destroyed during the Ottoman invasion, and the Ottomans founded a new village on the near-by location. This village is mentioned in the Ottoman defters in 1557 under the name Ucsak. It was part of the nahiya of Bač.
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Opovo
Opovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Опово) is a town and municipality in South Banat, in the province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 4,546, while Opovo municipality has 10,475 inhabitants.
In Serbian, the town is known as Opovo (Опово), in German as Opowa, in Hungarian as Ópáva, in Croatian as Opovo, in Romanian as Opovo, in Slovak as Opovo, and in Rusyn as Опово.
There are traces from Neolithic and Roman periods in this area. An older settlement named Želj existed at this locality during medieval Hungarian and later Ottoman administration. During Hungarian administration it was part of the Kovin county and during Ottoman administration part of the Temeşvar Eyalet. Southern part of modern Opovo is still called Želj by local inhabitants. According to historical sources, modern Opovo was mentioned first in 1672-1690 and it was populated by Serbs. They lived in the houses made from mud. During Ottoman administration, settlement had 27 houses and, after Habsburg conquest, in 1717, it had 64 houses.
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Orahovac
Orahovac (Albanian: Arraveci or Rahoveci; Serbian: Ораховац, Orahovac) is a town and municipality in western Kosovo, in the District of Đakovica.
Its Serbian name stems from the Serbian word orah (орах), meaning "walnut".[citation needed] The Albanian name Arraveci also stems from the Albanian word "Arrë", also meaning walnut.
The municipality coveres an area of approximately 276 km2 (107 sq mi) and contains 35 villages. In 2006 the town had a total population of 25.000 and the population of the municipality was 55,053. Besides a small Serbian enclave in the town numbering around 400 residents, in the municipality of Orahovac is another Serbian enclave named Velika Hoča, numbering around 700 residents.
During NATO's bombing campaign, Yugoslav Army units from Niš and Leskovac, Serbian police (MUP) units from Kraljevo and Pirot, Russian volunteers, and others from Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) were stationed in Orahovac[citation needed].
During the mid-March 2004 riots, hundreds of Kosovo Albanians gathered in the center of town protesting, while many of them went to the Upper Part (where the majority of ethnic Serbs reside) and severely assaulted a Kosovo Serb couple. A house was set on fire, a few others were vandalized. On 18 March, the Serbian Orthodox Church in the village of Brnjača was set on fire. 5 Kosovo Serb families left Orahovac during these riots.[citation needed] Since 1999, the Serbian population of Orahovac has left the area for several reasons to find shelter in northern Serbia.
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Osečina
Osečina (Serbian Cyrillic: Осечина, pronounced [ɔsɛ̌tʃina]) is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 2,730, while population of the municipality is 12,571.
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Ostra Glava
Ostra Glava is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 72 people.
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Panevlje
Panevlje is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 209 people.
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Pantelej
Pantelej (Пантелеј) is one of the municipalities in the City of Niš, Serbia. The municipality of Pantelej has a population of 73,290 inhabitants. Pantelej Municipality was formed on June 6, 2002.
The municipality borders Crveni Krst municipality in the west, Svrljig municipality in the north, Niška Banja municipality in the south-east, and Medijana municipality in the south.
Neighborhoods of municipality of Pantelej include:
The new mayor of the municipality, Slaviša Dinić is from Democratic Party.
Coordinates: 42°25′41″N 21°58′38″E / 42.42806°N 21.97722°E / 42.42806; 21.97722
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Pančevo
Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, pronounced [pâːnt͡ʃe̞v̞ɔ̝]) is a city and municipality located in the southern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina, 15 km northeast from Belgrade. In 2011, the city had a total population of 73,992, while municipality of Pančevo had 122,252 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the South Banat District of Serbia. Pančevo is also the most important port on the Tamiš river, which flows near the city.
In Serbian, the town is known as Pančevo (Панчево), in Hungarian as Pancsova, in Turkish as Pançova, in German as Pantschowa, in Romanian as Panciova, in Slovak as Pánčevo, and in Rusyn as Панчево (Pančevo).
8th century BC ornitho-morphic fibulae was found in the town.
The first historical record mentioning the town is from 1153 book of "Idrisia" when it was a mercantile harbour. The city was populated by Serbs and was administered by the Bulgarian Empire in the 9th and 11th century and later by the Kingdom of Hungary, until the 16th century, when it became part of the Ottoman Empire. During the Ottoman rule, the city was part of the Ottoman Province of Temeşvar and was a large settlement mostly populated by ethnic Serbs.
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Paraćin
Paraćin (Serbian Cyrillic: Параћин, pronounced [pâratɕin]) is a town and municipality in Serbia, located in the valley of the Velika Morava river, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac. In 2011 the town has total population of 24,573 and it has a civil airport, also known as Davidovac Airport.
8th century BC Basarabi pottery was found with the depiction of domestic cock. The Roman fort at Momčilov Grad produced a great number of coins of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (525–565).
List of villages in the municipality of Paraćin, along with number of residents (2002 census):
Paraćin is twinned with:
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Parteš
Parteš (Albanian: Partesh, Parteshi; Serbian Cyrillic: Партеш) is a town and one of the new municipalities in Kosovo. It is a Serb enclave. It is located 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Gnjilane. It is not recognized by Serbia.
There are three settlements in the municipality:
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Petrovaradin
Petrovaradin (Serbian Cyrillic: Петроварадин, pronounced [pɛtrɔv̞arǎdiːn]) is a town and municipality in Serbia, part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad. Population of the Petrovaradin town numbered 14,298 people in 2011. Lying across the river Danube from the main part of Novi Sad, it is built near the Petrovaradin Fortress, known as the "Gibraltar of the Danube".
Petrovaradin was founded by Celts, but its original name is not known. During Roman administration it was known as Cusum. After the Romans conquered the region from the Celtic tribe of Scordisci, they built the Cusum fortress where present Petrovaradin Fortress now stands. In addition, the town received its name from the Byzantines, who called it Petrikon (Πετρικον) and who presumably named it after Saint Peter.
In documents from 1237, the town was first mentioned under the name Petrovaradin (Pétervárad). Petrovaradin was known under the name Pétervárad during Hungarian administration, Varadin or Petervaradin during Ottoman administration, and Peterwardein during Habsburg administration.
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Peć
Peć (pronounced [pɛ̂ːt͡ɕ], Serbian: Пећ / Peć) or Pejë (pronounced [ˈpɛjə]) is a city and municipality in north-western Kosovo, and the administrative centre of the homonymous district. The governor of the city is Ali Berisha .
The Serbian name of the city is Peć (Пећ); the Albanian name's definite form is Peja and the indefinite Pejë. Other names of the city include the Latin Pescium and Siparantum, the Greek Episkion (Επισκιον), the Ottoman Turkish ايپك (İpek), the Slavonic Petcha, and the formerly used form Pentza. In Serbian language Peć means furnace or cave and its name is probably connected with nearby caves in Rugova Canyon which served as hermit cells for orthodox monks. In mediaeval Ragusan documents, the Serbian name of the city (Peć, lit. "furnace") is sometimes translated as Forno, meaning furnace in Italian.
The municipality covers an area of 602 km2 (232 sq mi), including the city of Peć and 95 villages; it is divided into 28 territorial communities. As of 2011, the whole municipality has a population of approximately 95,723, of which ca. 60,000 live in the city of Peć.
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Pećinci
Pećinci (Serbian Cyrillic: Пећинци) is a village and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,571, while Pećinci municipality has 19,675 inhabitants.
In Serbian, the village is known as Pećinci (Пећинци), in Croatian as Pećinci, in Hungarian as Pecsince, in German as Petschinzi, in Slovak as Pečinci, and in Rusyn as Печинци. Its name derived from the Serbian word "pećina" ("cave" in English).
The village was first time recorded by the sources in 1416. After that time, there were no other records about this settlement until 1702. The village was under Ottoman administration until the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718), when it passed to Habsburg Monarchy. During Habsburg administration, it was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier. From 1848 to 1849, the village was part of Serbian Vojvodina, but was again included into Military Frontier in 1849. After abolishment of the frontier (in 1882), it was included into Syrmia County of Croatia-Slavonia, which was an autonomous kingdom within the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria-Hungary. According to 1910 census, the village had Serb ethnic majority.
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Pirot
Pirot (Serbian: Пирот) is a town and municipality located in south-eastern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a total population of 38,432, while the population of the municipality is 57,911. The town is the administrative center of the Pirot District.
The municipality has rich geographical features, including the mountains of Stara Planina, Vlaška Planina, Belava, Suva Planina, and rivers which flow through the town, including Nišava, Jerma, Rasnička Reka, Temštica and the Visočica, and four lakes, the Zavoj Lake, Berovacko Lake, Krupac Lake and Sukov Lake.
The town has a rich culture, with notable Orthodox church buildings, including the Church of St. Petka, and the monastery of St. John the Theologian from the late fourteenth century, both of whom display a fine example of medieval Serbian architecture. Pirot is known for its traditional woven carpet, the Pirot Kilim (Pirotski ćilim).
The municipality has over 70 settlements, among Pirot itself. In 2011, the municipality has 57,911 inhabitants.
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Pivara
Pivara (Serbian Cyrillic: Пивара) is one of the municipalities in the city of Kragujevac, Serbia.
The city of Kragujevac is divided into the following municipalities:
The municipality of Pivara comprises a part of urban Kragujevac and 15 villages:
Coordinates: 45°57′07″N 20°06′48″E / 45.95194°N 20.11333°E / 45.95194; 20.11333
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Plandište
Plandište (Serbian Cyrillic: Пландиште) is a village and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 3,832, while Plandište municipality has 11,334 inhabitants. One of municipality's best known landmarks is Kapetanovo Castle, located in Stari Lec.
In Serbian, the village is known as Пландиште or Plandište, in Romanian as Plandişte, in Hungarian as Zichyfalva, and in German as Zichydorf.
The name of the village derived from the word "plandovati" used in the local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian means "odmarati", and in English means "rest".
First data about this settlement is from the second half of the 17th century when it was mentioned under name "Morminta". In this time, settlement was populated by Serbs. After Germans were settled in this area (in 1783), settlement was expanded and named "Zičidorf". In 1805, settlement had population of 2,037 people. After World War I it was named "Mariolana" and after World War II it was named "Plandište". In the end of World War II, Germans left to Germany, while 1,919 colonists from Macedonia, other places of Vojvodina, Slovenia and Croatia settled in Plandište. Before World War I, settlement was part of Banlok municipality, and later it was part of Vršac municipality. During 1950s, Plandište became administrative seat of its own municipality.
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Podujevo
Podujevo or Podujeva (Albanian: Podujevë, Podujeva or Besiana; Serbian: Подујево, Podujevo) is a town and municipality located in the district of Pristina of north-eastern Kosovo.
Podujevo is situated in a strategic position due to a regional motorway and railroad passing through it which links surrounding regions. Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, is located some 35 km (22 mi) to the south. Although there is no official data, the total population of the municipality is estimated at 87,933, including the estimated 35,000 inhabitants of the town.
The Albanian name Besiana dates back at least from the 6th century in the writings of Prokopius, who lists Podujevo's fort as one of the forts of Dardania restaured by Justinian.
The founding member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Zahir Pajaziti, was from the Podujevo region.
During the 1998-99 Kosovo War, the town was the site of the Podujevo massacre, on March 28, in which 14 Kosovo Albanian women and children were executed by Serbian paramilitary forces.
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Požarevac
Požarevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Пожаревац, pronounced [pɔ̂ʒaːrɛʋat͡s]) is a city in eastern Serbia. It is the administrative centre of the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the city had a population of 42,963 and its municipal area 74,070.
In Serbian, the city is known as Požarevac (Пожаревац), in Romanian as Pojarevaţ, in Turkish as Pasarofça, in German as Passarowitz, and in Hungarian as Pozsarevác.
The name means "fire-town" in Serbian (Here "fire" is in the sense of a disaster).
In ancient times, the area was inhabited by Thracians, Dacians, and Celts.[citation needed]There was a city at this locality known as Margus in Latin after the Roman conquest in the first century BC.[citation needed]
In 435, the city of Margus, under the Eastern Roman Empire, was the site of a treaty between the Byzantine Empire and the Hun leaders Attila and Bleda.[citation needed]
One pretext for the Hun invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire in 442 was that the Bishop of Margus had crossed the Danube to ransack and desecrate the royal Hun graves on the north bank of the Danube. When the Romans discussed handing over the Bishop, he slipped away and betrayed the city to the Huns, who then sacked the city and went on to invade as far as the gates of Constantinople itself.[citation needed]
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Preobraženje
Preobraženje is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 69 people.
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Prevalac
Prevalac is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 153 people.
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Preševo
Preševo (Serbian Cyrillic: Прешево, pronounced [prêʃeʋo], Albanian: Presheva) is a town and municipality in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia, bordering Republic of Macedonia. It is the largest town of the region known as the Preševo valley, and the cultural center of Albanians in Central Serbia.
According to the 2011 census, the municipality of Preševo has a population of 3,066 people, but in 2002, the municipality of Preševo had a population of 34,000 people, because mainly Albanians boycotted the census.
From 1929 to 1941 Preševo was part of the Vardar Banovina. During the April War the Kingdom of Yugoslavia capitulated to after 12 days of war against the Axis Powers. On April 20 Bulgaria occupied part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, including Preševo. The fascist regime of Bulgarians occupied the area until September 7, 1944 under great terror, when they handed the area over to the Nazi regime in Germany. The Albanian collaborater to the nazi regime Balli Kombëtar subsequently took over the area. In mid-November Yugoslav partisans forced the retreat of the occupying Albanian forces.
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Priboj
Priboj (Serbian Cyrillic: Прибој, pronounced [prǐːbɔj]) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of Serbia at 43.59° North, 19.54° East. In 2011, the town has a total population of 14,015, while population of the municipality is 27,127.
In 1418 Isak-Beg captured Priboj, a town first mentioned in written documents on this occasion.
The municipality of Priboj is located between municipality of Čajetina in the north, municipality of Nova Varoš in the east, municipality of Prijepolje in the south-east, border with Montenegro in the south-west, and border with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the north-west. A Bosnian-Herzegovinian exclave (Sastavci village) is surrounded by the Priboj municipality. Priboj town is just 5 km away from Uvac, smaller river that is border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
Municipality of Priboj include following settlements:
In 1991, the population of the Priboj municipality numbered 35,951 people, and was composed of:
In 2011, the population of the Priboj municipality numbered 27,127 people, and was composed of:
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Prijepolje
Prijepolje (Serbian Cyrillic: Пријепоље, pronounced [pri̞jě̞ːpɔ̝ʎe̞]) is a town and municipality in the Zlatibor District of Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality of Prijepolje has a population of 36,713 people, while the town itself has a population of 13,068. It is located in the Raška oblast geographic region.
One possible meaning of the name Prijepolje is "Prija's field"; according to this theory Prija was the owner of the land before the town was built and polje ("field" in English). More probable theory is that the name originates from the location of Prijepolje. When caravans were passing through Prijepolje, the side from which they arrived was before the fields (in today's Prijepolje, the neighborhoods of Ivanje and Velika Župa) and hence the name would mean "before the fields" (prije=before; polje=field). The Coat of arms of Prijepolje also tells a lot about the town.
Prijepolje is located at the confluence of the fast-flowing Lim and Mileševka rivers, along the road from Belgrade to the Adriatic sea and on the Belgrade – Bar railway. The Belgrade – Adriatic road is intersected here with the regional road Pljevlja - Prijepolje - Sjenica. This road runs along roughly the same route as the ancient Roman and Ottoman road, known as the Dubrovnik road. At Bistrica, north of Prijepolje, there is a road leading towards Priboj, Višegrad and Sarajevo. The town itself is surrounded by hills, like Pušina, Srijeteži, Gradina and Sokolica, which was making a special climate, for Prijepolje, but it lasted until the hydro plant "Potpeć" near Nova Varoš was built, and change it into a climate, regular for this cold part of Serbia.
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Pristina
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina listen (help·info) and Priština (Albanian: Prishtinë or Prishtina, Serbian: Приштина or Priština; Turkish: Priştine) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district.
Preliminary results of the 2011 census put the population of Pristina at 198,000. The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities including Bosniaks, Roma and others. It is the administrative, educational, and cultural centre of Kosovo. The city is home to the University of Pristina and is served by the Pristina International Airport.
The name of the city is derived from a Slavic form *Prišьčь, a possessive adjective from the personal name *Prišьkъ, (preserved in the Kajkavian surname Prišek, in the Old Polish personal name Przyszek, and in the Polish surname Przyszek) and the derivational suffix -ina 'belonging to X and his kin'.[citation needed] The name is most likely a patronymic of the personal name *Prišь, preserved as a surname in Polish Przysz and Sorbian Priš, a hypocoristic of the Slavic personal name Pribyslavъ. A false etymology[citation needed] connects the name Priština with Serbo-Croatian prišt (пришт), meaning 'ulcer' or 'tumour', referring to its 'boiling'. However, this explanation cannot be correct, as Slavic place names ending in -ina corresponding to an adjective and/or name of an inhabitant lacking this suffix are built from personal names or denote a person and never derive, in these conditions, from common nouns (SNOJ 2007: loc. cit.). The inhabitants of this city call themselves Prishtinali in local Gheg Albanian or Prištevci (Приштевци) in the local Serbian dialect.
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Prizren
Prizren (Albanian: Prizren or Prizreni; Serbian: Призрен, Prizren, pronounced [prîzrɛn]; Turkish: Prizren, Pürzeyn, Perzerrin) is a historical city located in Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district. The city has a population of around 178,000 (2011 census preliminary results), mostly Albanians. Prizren is located on the slopes of the Šar Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit) in the southern part of Kosovo. The municipality has a border with Albania and the Republic of Macedonia.
The Roman town of Theranda in Ptolemy's Geography is mentioned in the 2nd century AD. In the 5th century, it is mentioned as being restored in Dardania with the name of Petrizên by Procopius of Caesarea in De aedificiis (Book IV, Chapter 4). Sometimes it is mentioned even in relation to the Justiniana Prima.[citation needed] It is thought that its modern name comes from old Slavic Призрѣнь, from при-зрѣти, indicating fortress which could be seen from afar (compare with Czech Přízřenice or mount Ozren).
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Prokuplje
Prokuplje (Serbian Cyrillic: Прокупље) is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 43.24° North, 21.59° East. According to 2011 census, the town has a total population of 27,163 inhabitants, while population of municipality is 43,631. It is the administrative center of the Toplica District of Serbia. It is one of the Roman sites of Serbia. It was a kaza center in Niş sanjak as "Ürgüp" during Ottoman rule and was incorporated in Kingdom of Serbia in 1878.
The Prokuplje municipality is located between municipalities of Blace, Kuršumlija, Bojnik, Žitorađa, Merošina, Aleksinac, and Kruševac.
The traces of early settlements can be found on neolithic localities such as: Macina (near Zitni Potok), Kavolak 6 km. on the west from Prokuplje (village Donja Trnava) and settlements on south slopes of Jastrebac mountain in Donja Bresnica village. Vinca period is preserved in Plocnik locality (22 km. from Prokuplje), on the left side of Prokuplje –Kursumlija road. The earliest known metalworking in Europe was found in Pločnik in 2007 dating to 5500 BC making the Copper Age several centuries older than previously thought. Those agricultural settlements were replaced by the emerging Thracians and then the invading Celtic Scordisci in 279 BC. Pieces of ceramics found by the Latin church are traces of those tribes movement on their way to Greece.
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Prvonek
Prvonek is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 203 people.
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Pčinja District
The Pčinja District (Serbian: Пчињски округ, Pčinjski okrug) covers the southern part of Serbia, bordering Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. Its seat is in the city of Vranje.
It has a population of 158,717, according to the 2011 census. It is possible that the actual population is greater than is stated in the official statistics, because most Albanians boycotted the census; an estimate is that between 20,000–50,000 more people than recorded live in the district.
The Vranjska Banja spa plays a particular part in this region, with its multi-medicinal thermal mineral waters.
It encompasses the municipalities of:
The ancient Paeonian tribe of Agrianians (Agrianes) ruled the region of present Pčinja District.
The cultural-historic monuments date back over five centuries ago. The earliest military fortification: Marko's Fortress, originates from the thirteenth century. Also famous are the ancient Turkish Public Bath from the sixteenth century, and the Pasha's House from 1765, in which a Grammar School was opened in 1881.
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Ranilug
Ranilug (Serbian Cyrillic: Ранилуг) is a town and Serb enclave in Kosovo. It is set to become a municipality.[when?]
In 2011, Ranilug was part of a group of 17 villages with a population of 3,785 Serbs surrounded by Albanian-populated areas. The municipality has parts of Gnjilane and Kosovska Kamenica.
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Coordinates: 42°29′32″N 21°35′56″E / 42.49222°N 21.59889°E / 42.49222; 21.59889
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Ranutovac
Ranutovac is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 Serbia census, the village has a population of 490 people.
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Rača
Rača (Serbian Cyrillic: Рача) is a town and municipality located in the Šumadija District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 2,595, while population of the municipality is 11,475.
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Ražanj
Ražanj (Serbian Cyrillic: Ражањ) is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of Serbia. The municipality of Razanj is located in the south east of Central Serbia, 55 km north of Nis, the third largest city of Serbia. It is a small municipality consisting of 23 settlements having a total population of 9,137 inhabitants (1,241 in the town itself). The Municipality covers an area of 289 km2 and belongs to the administrative district of Nišava. Neighboring municipalities are Krusevac, Aleksinac, Soko Banja, Boljevac, Paracin and Cicevac.
In Serbian, "ražanj" means "stake". In the Roman times it was called Cametas.
62 companies are currently present in the municipality of Razanj. The majority of these are small firms, employing between 1-5 workers, while the rest are companies with 5-50 workers employed. The level of unemployment is higher in the municipality of Razanj than in the other municipalities of the Nišava District. In addition, net earnings are about 26% lower than the national average of the Republic of Serbia. These numbers are partly explained by the fact that the municipality of Razanj has a relatively old population (about 32% of the rural population are older than 60 years). According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2007, 1,008 people were employed by state owned companies and institutions, 812 were employed by other organizations and 196 were self employed. Agriculture is the biggest industry in the municipality and currently 5,594 people (49% of the total population) work in agriculture.
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Rekovac
Rekovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Рековац) is a village and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the village is 1,587, while population of the municipality is 10,971.
The village has a river called Dulenka, named after one of the settlements in the municipality. There are two schools in Rekovac: a primary school called Svetozar Marković, and a highschool called Poljoprivredno-veterinarska škola.
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Ribnice
Ribnice is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 471 people.
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Ristovac
Ristovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Ристовац) is a small town in the Municipality of Vranje located in the Pčinja District of south-east Serbia. Ristovac has 342 according to the 2002 census.
Coordinates: 42°28′07″N 21°50′34″E / 42.46861°N 21.84278°E / 42.46861; 21.84278
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Roždace
Roždace is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 47 people.
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Ruma
Ruma (Serbian Cyrillic: Рума) is a town and municipality located in Vojvodina, Serbia at 45°00′N 19°50′E / 45.00°N 19.83°E / 45.00; 19.83. In 2011 the town had a total population of 29,969, while Ruma municipality had a population of 54,141.
Traces of organized human life on the territory of Ruma municipality date back as far as the prehistory. The most important archaeological locality in the municipality is Bronze Age Gomolava near Hrtkovci, with two exclusive tombs of Bosut culture dating to 9th century BC and 3000BC Vučedol culture pottery. First known inhabitants of this area were various peoples of Illyrian and Celtic origin, such as the Amantini, Breuci, Scordisci, etc. During Roman rule, local inhabitants lost their ethnic character and adopted Roman culture. There were no larger Roman settlements on the territory of Ruma, but a certain number of agricultural estates known as "villae rusticae" were located there.
Migrations of Huns, Germanic peoples, Avars and Slavs destroyed the Roman culture in this area. During the following centuries, the region was ruled by Frankish Empire, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire and Kingdom of Hungary.
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Savski Venac
Savski Venac (Serbian Cyrillic: Савски Венац, pronounced [sâːv̞skiː v̞ě̞ːnat͡s]) is one of 17 urban municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Savski Venac is one of the three municipalities that constitute the very center of the city (together with Stari Grad and Vračar).
Savski Venac is located on the right bank of the Sava river. It stretches in the north-south direction for 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) (from downtown Belgrade, just 200 meters (660 ft) from Terazije, to Banjica) and east-west direction for 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) (from Senjak and the Sava bank to Autokomanda). It borders the municipalities of Stari Grad to the north, Vračar to the north-east, Voždovac to the east, Rakovica to the south and Čukarica to the west.
With an area of 14 square kilometers (5.4 sq mi), Savski Venac is the third smallest municipality of Belgrade after Vračar and Stari Grad. Despite being small in area, it includes several diverse geographical features:
According to the census of 2011, Savski Venac has a population of 38,660. As all the other central city municipalities, it has been depopulating for decades, however, it still remains one of the most densely populated: 2,416 /km2 (6,260 /sq mi) (4,686/km² or 12,136/sq mi back in 1961). Population of Savski Venac:
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Sebevranje
Sebevranje is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 136 people.
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Senta
Senta (Serbian Cyrillic: Сента (pronounced [sɛ̌ːnta]); Hungarian: Zenta (pronounced [ˈzɛntɒ]); Romanian: Zenta; German: Senta or formerly Zenta; Turkish: Zenta) is a town and municipality on the bank of the Tisa river in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. Although geographically located in Bačka, it is part of the North Banat District. The town has a population of 18,397, whilst the Senta municipality has 22,961 inhabitants (2011 census).
Archaeological finds indicate that the area around the modern settlement was populated from the prehistoric times. Neolithic and eneolithic societies settled in the vicinity of modern Senta thousands of years ago leaving credible traces of their presence. A Neolithic Tiszapolgár–Bodrogkeresztúr culture necropolis was found in Senta. The first historic population that might have lived in the area were most likely the Agathyrsi (6. century BC). With certainty we can claim that the inhabitants of the early "Senta" were Sarmatians, Slavs alike and Avars. Hungarian people invaded the area during the great breakthrough of the Magyars.
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Serbia
Serbia
i/ˈsɜrbiə/, officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija, pronounced [rɛpǔblika sř̩bija]), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; additionally, it borders Albania through Kosovo, whose status as part of Serbia is disputed. Serbia covers an area of 88,361 km2 and has a population of just over 7.1 million, while the capital and largest city is Belgrade.
The arrival of the Serbs to the Balkans in the 7th century, established several states, eventually forming the Serbian Empire in the 14th century. By the 16th century, Serbia was conquered and occupied by the Ottoman Empire, at times interrupted by the Habsburgs. In the early 19th century the Serbian revolution re-established the country as the region's first constitutional monarchy, which subsequently expanded its territory and pioneered the abolition of feudalism in the Balkans. The former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina united with Serbia in 1918. Following World War I, Serbia formed Yugoslavia with other South Slavic peoples which existed in several forms up until 2006, when the National Assembly of Serbia declared independence and the legal succession to the former State Union. In February 2008 the parliament of UNMIK-governed Kosovo, Serbia's southern province, declared independence, with mixed responses from international governments.
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Sečanj
Sečanj (Serbian Cyrillic: Сечањ) is a village and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,104, while the Sečanj municipality has 13,282 inhabitants.
"Sečanj" is a Slavic name for the first month in the calendar year. The Serbian Ekavian variant of this name was eventually replaced with the new word "Januar" (corresponding to the common months as known in Western European cultures), while the Croatian Ijekavian variant "Siječanj" remains in use in Croatia.
In Serbian, the village is known as Сечањ or Sečanj, in Hungarian as Szécsány or Torontálszécsány, in German as Setschan or Petersheim, in Croatian as Sečanj, and in Romanian as Seceani.
Serbian, Hungarian, and Romanian language are officially used by municipal authorities.
The Sečanj municipality includes the town of Jaša Tomić and the following villages:
The population of the Sečanj municipality:
The settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Sečanj, Banatska Dubica, Boka, Jarkovac, Jaša Tomić, Krajišnik, and Sutjeska. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Busenje. Ethnically mixed settlements with relative Serb majority are: Konak, Neuzina and Šurjan.
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Sikirje
Sikirje is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 153 people.
Coordinates: 42°38′45″N 21°54′15″E / 42.64583°N 21.90417°E / 42.64583; 21.90417
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Sjenica
Sjenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Сјеница; pronounced [sjɛ̌nitsa]), is a town and municipality in the Zlatibor District of Serbia. The population of the town, according to 2011 census, is 13,056 inhabitants, while the municipality has 25,448.
It's an old town firstly mentioned in 1253 as a place where many merchants rested and paid taxes while going to Dubrovnik.[clarification needed]Voivode Stefan Vasoje, the son of King Stefan Konstantin (r. 1321-1322), received Sjenica as an appanage by Emperor Dušan the Mighty. In the years of Ottoman Empire reign, the town was used as a fortified site. On a nearby hill the Ottomans built a fortress which was demolished later. Next to the fortress, there was a merchants' quarter and some wooden residence houses. Because of its strategical, political and military significance in 19th century, Sjenica was considered as a high priority spot and therefore many military campaigns during the First Serbian Uprising were led its way. Soon afterwards, a new turmoil came to the region with resistance movement against Sultan Mahmud II's reforms.
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Smederevo
Smederevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Смедерево, pronounced [smêderevo]) is a city and municipality in Serbia, on the right bank of the Danube, about 40 km downstream of the capital Belgrade. According to official results of the 2011 census, the city has a population of 107,528. It is the administrative center of the Podunavlje District.
Its history starts in the 1st century BC, with the conquerings of the Roman Empire, when there existed a town called Vinceia. The modern city traces its roots back to the late Middle Ages when it was the capital (1430–1439 and 1444–1459) of the last independent Serbian state before the Ottoman conquest.
In Serbian, the city is known as Smederevo (Смедерево), in Latin, Romanian and Greek as Semendria, in Hungarian as Szendrő or Vég-Szendrő, in Turkish as Semendire.
In the 7th millennium BC, the Starčevo culture existed for a millennia, succeeded by the 6th millennium BC Vinča culture that prospered in the region.
The Paleo-Balkan tribes of Dacians and Thracians emerged in the area in the 2nd millennia BC, with the Celtic Scordisci raiding the Balkans in the 3rd century BC.
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Smederevska Palanka
Smederevska Palanka (Serbian Cyrillic: Смедеревска Паланка, pronounced [smɛ̂dɛrɛʋska pǎlaːŋka]) is a town and municipality located in Eastern Serbia. According to the preliminary results of the 2011 census, the municipality had a total population of 50,078, while the town proper has 23,152 inhabitants.
Smederevska Palanka lies in Pan-European Corridor X (Belgrade-Niš connection), just south of E75 highway and at the route of the Belgrade-Niš railway. The town's attractive railway station was built in 1884.
Apart from the town, municipality of Smederevska Palanka consists of the following villages:
Smederevska Palanka has a natural mineral water spring which has allegedly been used since the times of the Romans, and has been used by the surrounding peoples since at least 1719. On the 22nd of April 1907, the water from the mineral springs was awarded the golden medal for quality at the London 'Balkan Fair'. The town's mineral water was taken to London by Mr. Marco T. Leko.
According to some researchers, the town's mineral water is the 3rd best in Europe, primarily due to the natural selenium it contains.
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Smiljević
Smiljević is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 83 people.
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Soderce
Soderce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 326 people.
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Sombor
Sombor (Serbian Cyrillic: Сомбор, pronounced [sɔ̂mbɔr]) is a city and municipality located in northwest part of Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina. The city has a total population of 47,485 (as of 2011), while the Sombor municipality has 85,569 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the West Bačka District of Serbia.
In Serbian, the city is known as Sombor (Сомбор), in Hungarian as Zombor, in Croatian as Sombor, in Bunjevac as Sombor, in Rusyn as Zombor (Зомбор), in German as Zombor, and in Turkish as Sonbor.
The older Hungarian name for the city was Czoborszentmihály. The name originates from the Czobor family, who were the owners of this area in the 14th century (The family name came from the Slavic name "Cibor"). The Serbian name for the city (Sombor) also came from the family name Czobor, and was first recorded in 1543, although the city was mentioned in historical documents under several more names, such as Samobor, Sambor, Sambir, Sonbor, Sanbur, Zibor, and Zombar.
An unofficial Serbian name used for the city is Ravangrad (Раванград), which means Flat Town in English.
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Srbica
Srbica (Albanian: Skënderaj; Serbian: Србица, Srbica) is a city and municipality in the Kosovska Mitrovica district of northern Kosovo. It is the largest city in the Drenica region of Kosovo.
Because the territory of kosovo was occupied from the serbians the Serbs named it Srbica referring to Rep. of 'Serbia' . The Albanians use "Skënderaj", referring to Scanderbeg.
It is populated mainly by Albanians (98%). It is claimed to be the poorest city in Kosovo. It is the place where the Kosovo War began in 1998, and to which the most damage was done.
Skënderaj has historically been the poorest municipality in Kosovo, with little investment having been made since the time of the former Yugoslavia. It suffers from low economic activity and continuous high unemployment. Agriculture is the major local industry but the municipality has not fully developed existing arable land. Today, the local economy consists of small enterprises such as family-run shops and restaurants while two privatized factories, a brick and a flour mill, employ a few hundred people. The other major sector of employment is the municipality’s civil service.
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Srbobran
Srbobran (Serbian Cyrillic: Србобран, IPA: [sr̩̂bɔbraːn]) is a town and municipality in South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town is located on the north bank of the Danube-Tisa-Danube channel. Srbobran town has a population of 11,968, and Srbobran municipality 16,252.
In Serbian, the town is known as Srbobran (Србобран); in Hungarian as Szenttamás or Szrbobran; in Rusyn (a Cyrillic-only language) as /Србобран/; in Croatian as Sveti Tomo[citation needed], Senttomaš[citation needed] or Srbobran; in Slovak as Srbobran; and in German as Thomasberg. The name Srbobran means "Serbs's defender" in Serbian. Older Serbian name used for the town was Sentomaš (Сентомаш).
According to archeology, there was human settlement in the territory of present-day Srbobran in the prehistoric times. The first written record about the settlement is from 1338, in which the Srbobran is mentioned under name Sentomas, which means Saint Thomas, i.e. the apostle Thomas, who was the patron saint of a monastery and of the village around it in the Middle Ages. During this time, the area was under administration of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary and was part of the Bacsensis County. This village, together with the monastery, became destroyed during the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century. Its former population left the region and fled towards North to Habsburg Royal Hungary. During the Ottoman administration, the settlement of Sentomaš was rebuilt and was populated by ethnic Serbs. It was part of the Ottoman Sanjak of Segedin.
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Srednji Del
Srednji Del is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 90 people.
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Sremska Mitrovica
Coordinates: 44°59′N 19°37′E / 44.983°N 19.617°E / 44.983; 19.617
Sremska Mitrovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Сремска Митровица, pronounced [srêːmskaː mîtroʋitsa]) is a city and municipality located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia, on the left bank of the Sava river. As of 2011 the town had a total population of 37,586, while Sremska Mitrovica municipality had a population of 79,773. It is the administrative centre of the Srem District of Serbia.
Once a capital of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy, the city was referred to as the glorious mother of cities. Likewise, ten Roman Emperors were born in or near this city, Emperors Herennius Etruscus (251), Hostilian (251), Decius Traian (249-251), Claudius II (268-270), Quintillus (270), Aurelian (270-275), Probus (276-282), Maximianus Herculius (285-310), Constantius II (337-361) and Gratian (367-383).
In Serbian, the town is known as Сремска Митровица or Sremska Mitrovica, in Rusyn as Сримска Митровица, in Croatian as Srijemska Mitrovica, in Hungarian as Szávaszentdemeter or Mitrovica, in German as Syrmisch Mitrowitz, in Latin as Sirmium, and in Turkish as Dimitrofça.
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Sremski Karlovci
Sremski Karlovci (Serbian Cyrillic: Сремски Карловци, pronounced [srɛ̂ːmskiː kâːrlɔːv̞t͡si]) is a town and municipality in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, situated on the bank of the river Danube, 8 km from Novi Sad. The population in 2011 was 8,722. The town has traditionally been known as the seat of Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy, as well as political and cultural capital of Serbian Vojvodina after the May Assembly and during the Revolution in 1848.
In Serbian, the town is known as Sremski Karlovci (Сремски Карловци), in Croatian as Srijemski Karlovci, in German as Karlowitz or Carlowitz, in Hungarian as Karlóca, in Polish as Karłowice, and in Turkish as Karlofça. The former Serbian name used for the town was Karlovci (Карловци) - it is used today as well, but unofficially.
The town is situated in the geographical region of Srem, but it is part of South Bačka District.
In ancient times, a small Roman fortress existed at this location. The town was first mentioned in historical documents in 1308 with the name Karom. The fortress of Karom was built on the ruins of the ancient Roman one. Until 1521, the Karom was a possession of the Hungarian noble families, of which the most well known were Báthory and Morović.
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Stanovo
Stanovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Станово) is one of the municipalities in the city of Kragujevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, 39,252 residents live in the municipality, while part of the urban Kragujevac included in municipality has 32,965 residents. Stanovo Municipality was formed in 2002, and covers the area of about 155 square kilometres.
The city of Kragujevac is divided into the following municipalities:
Stanovo municipality is composed of Kragujevac city and following suburbs:
Coordinates: 44°00′16″N 20°52′29″E / 44.00444°N 20.87472°E / 44.00444; 20.87472
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Stara Brezovica
Stara Brezovica is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 89 people.
Coordinates: 42°29′11″N 22°04′33″E / 42.48639°N 22.07583°E / 42.48639; 22.07583
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Stara Pazova
Stara Pazova (Serbian Cyrillic: Стара Пазова, pronounced [stâːraː pâzɔv̞a]) is a town and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 18,429, while Stara Pazova municipality has 65,508 inhabitants.
In Serbian, the town is known as Stara Pazova (Стара Пазова), formerly also Pazova (Пазова); in Slovak as Stará Pazova; in German as Alt-Pasua, Alt-Pazua or Pazua; and in Hungarian as Ópazova.
During the Ottoman administration (16th-18th century), Pazova was populated by ethnic Serbs. In the 18th century (after 1760) Evangelic Slovaks settled in Pazova, and in 1791 Germans arrived here as well. Germans lived in separate settlement known as Nova Pazova ("New Pazova"), thus the old settlement was named Stara Pazova ("Old Pazova"). Until the second half of the 20th century, Slovaks were largest ethnic group in the town of Stara Pazova, while largest ethnic group in the surrounding municipality were Serbs. According to the 1910 census, population of the Stara Pazova municipality numbered 46,430 inhabitants, of whom 24,262 spoke Serbian language, 9,348 German language, 5,779 Slovak language, and 5,670 Croatian language. [1] According to the 1971 census, 56% of population of the town of Stara Pazova were Slovaks. Today, largest ethnic group in both, town and municipality, are Serbs.
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Stari Glog
Stari Glog is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 44 people.
Coordinates: 42°28′N 22°08′E / 42.467°N 22.133°E / 42.467; 22.133
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Stragari
Stragari (Serbian Cyrillic: Страгари) is a village and municipality situated in the central part of Šumadija District in Serbia. The municipality of Stragari is one of the five municipalities of Kragujevac city.
Located at 44°9′N 20°40′E / 44.15°N 20.667°E / 44.15; 20.667Coordinates: 44°9′N 20°40′E / 44.15°N 20.667°E / 44.15; 20.667 and at 250 m above sea level, it lies 30 km northwest of Kragujevac and about 120 km south of state capital, Belgrade.
It lies on the outfall of Srebrnica river intо Jasenica River, on the northeastern side of the Rudnik Mountain (highest peak - Cvijić's peak, 1,132 m).
Stragari with 10 surrounding villages forms one of five municipalities of city of Kragujevac. Estimated population of the municipality is 4,500.
In Stragari is one of the biggest asbestos mines in Europe.
In 1425 Stefan Lazarević held a major meeting in Srebrnice because of the question on who would succeed him to the Serb throne (he had no children), he chose Đurađ Branković. Stragari is mentioned for the first time in Turkish census documentation in 1476 as Strgar. At that time, Stragari had only 39 households. From 1717 to 1739 the town saw a large influx of Austrians. It received the status of town in 1922.
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Strešak
Strešak is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 119 people.
Coordinates: 42°42′03″N 21°54′49″E / 42.70083°N 21.91361°E / 42.70083; 21.91361
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Stropsko
Stropsko is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 186 people.
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Struganica
Struganica is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 21 people.
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Subotica
Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic: Суботица [sǔbɔtit͡sa] ( listen), Hungarian: Szabadka, Bunjevac: Subotica, Croatian: Subotica) is a city in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. It is located at 46.07° North, 19.68° East, about 10 km from the border with Hungary.
Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Subotica is now the second largest city in the province, following Novi Sad. It is also the fifth largest city in Serbia (discounting Kosovo) after Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, and Kragujevac. It is a multiethnic city, with Hungarians (34.99%), Serbs (27.85%), Bunjevci (10.87%) and Croats (10.43%) as largest ethnic groups. The city's population numbers 96,483 inhabitants. Linguistically the city has a South Slavic-speaking majority as Serbs, Croats, Bunjevci and Yugoslavs collectively compose 55.94% of the population. The municipality of Subotica numbers 140,358 people. It is the administrative centre of the North Bačka District.
There have been almost two hundred different forms of the name of this city in history. This is because the city has welcomed so many different peoples since the Middle Ages. They all wrote about it, naming it in their own languages, which, for some, did not fix their spelling until modern times.
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Surdul
Surdul is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 44 people.
Coordinates: 42°27′16″N 21°59′32″E / 42.45444°N 21.99222°E / 42.45444; 21.99222
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Surdulica
Surdulica (Serbian: Сурдулица) is a town and municipality situated in the southeast of Serbia (approx. 42°41'30"N, 22°10'E). In 2011, the population of the town is 10,915, while population of the municipality is 20,265.
The town stands at 480 m above sea level; it is surrounded by mountains to the north by Čemernik and to the south by Vardenik; the highest peak Strešer stands at 1875 meters high. Some twenty kilometres along the river Vrla and up the mountains there is a highland called Vlasina. In the 1950s, a man made dam created a lake called Vlasinsko Jezero (Vlasina Lake) which is famous for its peat floating islands which were harvested by local farmers. The highland of Vlasina is unique natural reserve with rich wildlife in particular the many rare species of migrating birds that use this unique place as a stop on their migrating way north or south. The lake is rich with fish and is one of largest reservoirs of clean water in that part of the country. The surrounding soil is lush and green resembling the Devon Downs or Argentine pampas. It presents great potential for cattle breeding and dairy production. It has distinct four seasons with long snowy winters and brief hot summers. There are also two streams running from the mountains and joining at the town of Surdulica. This is where the Romanovce River joins the Vrla River on their way to South Morava and thence to the Danube and the Black Sea.
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Surčin
Surčin (Serbian Cyrillic: Сурчин, pronounced [sǔrt͡ʃiːn]) is a neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is the youngest of Belgrade's 17 municipalities, as it split from the municipality of Zemun in 2003. Surčin municipality has 42,012 residents while Surčin town itself has 17,356. The most important feature is the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, located just a few kilometers west of the town.
Surčin is located in the eastern Syrmia region, 20 kilometers west of downtown Belgrade. It borders the municipalities of Zemun (north) and Novi Beograd (east). Entire western border of the municipality is the administrative border of the province of Vojvodina while the Sava river formes the border to the municipalities of Čukarica (south-east) and Obrenovac (south).
The area of the municipality is flat and marshy as the entire southern section belongs to the floodplain of the Sava. Numerous smaller streams (mostly channeled) flow through the municipality, most notably the Galovica and Jarčina.
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Suva Reka
Suva Reka (Albanian: Suhareka, or Theranda; Serbian: Сува Река, Suva Reka) is a town and municipality in the Prizren district of southern Kosovo.
It is located 18 km from Prizren, and 57 km from Pristina.
The name of the town means "dry river" in the Serbian language. After the 1999 Kosovo War, Albanians referred to the town as Theranda, the name of the ancient fortress of Theranda, located near Prizren.
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Coordinates: 42°22′48″N 20°49′19″E / 42.38°N 20.82194°E / 42.38; 20.82194
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Suvi Dol
Suvi Dol is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 576 people.
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Svilajnac
Svilajnac ( pronounced /sviːlaɪnʌt͡s/; Serbian Cyrillic: Свилајнац, Romanian: Svilaina) is a town and municipality located in central Serbia at 44.13° North, 21.12° East, 100 km (62 mi) south-east of Belgrade, on the banks of the river Resava, and bordering the river Morava. Its name stems from the word for silk in Serbian. It is the de facto administrative center of the Resava region. The population of the town is 9,131 while municipality has 23,391.
Svilajnac was first mentioned in Turkish records in 1467 as a village of a hundred households. The village, and later town, gained prominence through its silk (Serbian:svila) production, from which it derives its name. Location at the crossroads between north-east, south-east and western Serbia helped it flourish as a trading center, where silk, wool and livestock were traded.
Svilajnac and the area around it have been the birthplace of one of the most important and famous people in Serbian history, one of the leaders of the First Serbian Uprising, Stevan Sinđelić. A statue in his honor was raised in the central square of Svilajnac.
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Svrljig
Svrljig (Serbian: Сврљиг) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,543 inhabitants, while the municipality has 14,224.
Svrljig is situated on the river Svrljiški Timok, 30 km east from Niš, the biggest city in south Serbia. Nearby villages include Crnoljevica and Prekonoga.
In the Middle Ages Svrljig (Bulgarian: Свърлиг) and the surrounding region was part of the Bulgarian Empire. In 10-11th century it grew into a center of the southern Timok area. In 1279 the Svarlig Gospel was written there, it is the only source showing the real name of Emperor Ivailo. After the fall of Branicevo under the Hungarian vassal Stefan Milutin in 1290s Svrljig became a border region. With the process of feudal disintegration of Bulgaria in the mid 14th century it was part of the Vidin Tsardom and was later conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
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Temerin
Temerin (Serbian Cyrillic: Темерин) is a town and municipality in South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Temerin town has a population of 19,613, and Temerin municipality 28,227.
In Serbian, the town is known as Temerin (Темерин), in Hungarian as Temerin, in German as Temeri, and in Croatian as Temerin.
Territory of Municipality of Temerin is in the southeast part of Bačka plain. On its east side it borders on Municipality of Žabalj, on the north side on Municipality of Srbobran, Municipality of Vrbas is on the west and Novi Sad borders on its south side.
The most influential factor in the development of Temerin is the vicinity of the most developed business center in Vojvodina – Novi Sad. The territory of the Municipality of Temerin covers the area of around 170 km² (66 mi²), and has a shape of irregular trapezoid, spreading in the northwest – southeast direction. The longer axis, covering the direction Sirig–Temerin, is 14 km long and the shorter axis in Bački Jarak–Temerin direction is 11 km long.
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Tesovište
Tesovište is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 61 people.
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Tibužde
Tibužde is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1243 people.
Coordinates: 42°30′33″N 21°57′59″E / 42.50917°N 21.96639°E / 42.50917; 21.96639
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Titel
Titel (Serbian Cyrillic: Тител) is a town and municipality in the South Bačka District of the Vojvodina, Serbia. The town of Titel has a population of 5,247, while the population of the municipality of Titel is 15,554. It is located in southeastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška.
In Serbian, the town is known as Titel (Тител), in Hungarian as Titel, in German as Titel (and sometimes Theisshügel), and in Latin as Titulium.
Titel is very old settlement, but its old name is not known. During the Roman rule, it was a Roman fortress.
In the 9th century, Bulgarian duke Salan ruled in the territory of Bačka and his residence was in Titel.
In the 10th century, the area was conquered by the Kingdom of Hungary, which ruled over it until 1526. The town was first mentioned under name Titel in 1077. Between 1077 and 1095 the Catholic monastery was founded in the town.
Since 1526, the town was part of the Ottoman Empire. According to the first Ottoman census from 1546, the town had 87 houses, of which most were Serb, three were Croat, one Hungarian, and one Vlach. The duke of the town was Vuk Radić. That census recorded that five of the citizens were immigrants, meaning that others lived there before Ottomans conquered the town.
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Toplac
Toplac is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 519 people.
Coordinates: 42°32′18″N 21°58′02″E / 42.53833°N 21.96722°E / 42.53833; 21.96722
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Topola
Topola (Serbian Cyrillic: Топола, [tɔpɔ̌la]) is a town and municipality situated in the Šumadija region of Serbia. It was the place where Karađorđe, a Serbian revolutionary, was chosen as the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804. The local St. George Church is the burial place of the Ducal and Royal Family of Serbia and Yugoslavia (the Karađorđevićes).
The name Topola means poplar.
Topola is famous for its yearly Oplenac vintage festival, attended by several thousand visitors each year.
Settlements in Topola according to 2002 census, population in brackets:
Belosavci (1182) • Blaznava (591) • Božurnja (672) • Donja Šatornja (800) • Donja Trešnjevica (304) • Donja Trnava (921) • Gornja Šatornja (558) • Gornja Trnava (1736) • Gorovič (319) • Guriševci (153) • Jarmenovci (563) • Jelenac (375) • Junkovac (945) • Kloka (1146) • Krćevac (775) • Lipovac (558) • Manojlovci (144) • Maskar (236) • Natalinci (834) • Ovsište (630) • Pavlovac, Topola (70) • Plaskovac (559) • Rajkovac (189) • Šume (595) • Svetlić (417) • Topola (5422) • Topola (1363) • Vinča (1176) • Vojkovci (278) • Žabare (1016) • Zagorica (765)
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Trgovište
Trgovište (Serbian Cyrillic: Трговиште) is a small town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 1,785, while population of the municipality is 5,145.
The municipality of Trgovište include following settlements:
Ethnic groups in the Trgovište municipality:
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Trstenik
Trstenik (Serbian Cyrillic: Трстеник, pronounced [tr̩stěniːk]) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 15,329, while population of the municipality was 42,989. It lies on the West Morava. The town is known for its industry of hydraulics and pneumatics company, Prva Petoletka. There is also the small Trstenik Airport near the town.
A kneaded pot of Slavic craftsmanship was accidentally discovered near Trstenik that could be dated to the 500s AD
Ljubostinja Monastery was built between 1389 and 1403 and is dedicated to the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. It is located 4 km north of Trstenik. Veluce Monastery which was dedicated to the Entrance of the Holy Mother of God is located in Veluce village, 7 km south of the main road Pojate-Kraljevo. According to the fresco depicting its endower, the monastery is the endowment of a feudal family, built by the end of the 14th century.
The town is the birthplace of the Serbian actor Voja Mirić.
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Urmanica
Urmanica is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 32 people.
Coordinates: 42°40′48″N 21°54′36″E / 42.68°N 21.91°E / 42.68; 21.91
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Uroševac
Uroševac (Albanian: Ferizaj or Ferizaji; Serbian Cyrillic: Урошевац) is a city and municipality in southern Kosovo, located some 38 kilometers (24 mi) south of the capital Pristina. Uroševac is the third most populous city in Kosovo, after Pristina and Prizren. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district. The central city postal codes include 70000, 70010, 70030 and 70040.
The municipality covers an area of 345 km2 (133 sq mi), including the city of Uroševac and 45 villages. It is largely an agricultural plain. Its population is estimated at 108,690.
Ferizoviç was little more than a village until 1873, when the Belgrade-Thessaloniki railway was opened, passing through the town. Its Turkish name derives from a pre-1873 hotel owned by a local Kosovo Albanian named Feriz Shashivari; thus Serbs and Bosnians called the community Ferizovići ("Feriz's village") while Albanians called it Ferizaj.[citation needed] The town was known as Ferizovich or Ferizovo in Bulgarian. It is still known informally as "Tasjan", from a Turkish form of the French word station, referring to its status as a main station on the railway line.
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Uševce
Uševce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 184 people.
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Užice
Užice (Serbian Cyrillic: Ужице, pronounced [ûʒit͡se̞] ( listen)) is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District. The municipality has a total population of 78,018, while the city itself has a population of 52,199, while including the suburban settlements of Buar and Sevojno, brings the population to 102,463 inhabitants (2002 census).[not in citation given]
The region surrounding Užice was first settled by Illyrians, specifically the Parthini and Autariatae tribes. Their tombs are found throughout the region. In the 3rd century BC, Scordisci were formed here after the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. The region was conquered by the Roman Empire in 168 BC, being organized into the Illyricum province in 32-27 BC, and after 10 AD, the province of Dalmatia. The town municipium Capedunum existed here during Roman times, its name point at Celtic origin, (dun, fortress), similarly to Singidunum, the founding of Belgrade.
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Valjevo
Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, pronounced [v̞âːʎɛv̞ɔ]) is a city and municipality located in western Serbia. It is the center of the Kolubara District, which includes five other smaller municipalities with a total population of almost 180,000 people. According to the census in 2011, the municipality of Valjevo has 90,301 inhabitants, of which 58,184 were urban and suburban, and 32,117 is rural.
Valjevo occupies an area of 905 square kilometers, and is at an altitude of 185 meters. The city is situated along the river Kolubara, a tributary of the Sava river.
Valjevo lies 100 km away from the national capital, Belgrade, and in the close vicinity of one of the most important republic traffic arteries - Ibar highway, which connects the north and the south of Serbia. Arterial highways leading to the Adriatic Sea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the fertile soil of Mačva, and further towards the breadbasket of Vojvodina, also pass through Valjevo, and they connect Valjevo with other important centres of West Serbia – Šabac, Užice, Loznica and Bajina Bašta. Also passing through Valjevo is the Belgrade - Bar railway, which connects the capital of Serbia with Montenegro and the Adriatic Sea.
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Varvarin
Varvarin (Serbian Cyrillic: Варварин, pronounced [ʋarʋǎriːn]) is a small town and municipality in the Šumadija region of central Serbia. Population of the town is 2,133, and population of the municipality is 17,772. It is part of the Rasina District of Serbia.
The town is notable as being the site of an 1810 battle between the Turks and a combined Russian and Serbian army. A statue to the Russian commander, Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke, was erected in 1910.
On a clear Sunday, 30 May 1999, shortly after 1 p.m., a bridge crossing the Velika Morava river in Varvarin was struck by laser-guided bombs fired by one or two low-flying NATO F-16 warplanes conducting attack operations in the Kosovo war. The area around the bridge was filled with hundreds of people celebrating an Orthodox holiday in and around the nearby church, a market place and a fairground. No precautions against air attacks had been taken, as the town is far from Kosovo (approx. 200 km), the aged and narrow bridge was considered insignificant and no military installations were to be found within a radius of 20 km. Ten civilians were killed and 17 severely injured, some with permanent disabilities, in two attack waves a few minutes apart. Most of the casualties occurred in the second wave, when people had rushed to the bridge to help those wounded in the initial wave.
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Velika Plana
Velika Plana (Serbian: Велика Плана, pronounced [ʋelika plana]), is a town and municipality located in the Podunavlje District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the municipality is 40,578 (i.e. in the town proper, 16,078 inhabitants). It is estimated that about 5,500-6,500 IDP's from Kosovo & Metohija also live in Velika Plana but are unregistered. It lies on the left bank of Velika Morava, at a distance of 4 km from the town center.
The main Serbian motorway from Subotica to Niš goes by the town. The town is also a important railroad junction. Twin tracks go south toward Niš, a track goes west to Belgrade, and a track goes north to Mala Krsna junction, where it splits towards Belgrade, Smederevo and Požarevac. This, in combination with the fact that many bus lines form southern Serbia to Belgrade and Vojvodina make a stop at the town bus station, makes Velika Plana an important transportation hub of central Serbia.
Velika Plana has three elementary schools: "Sveti Sava", "Мiloš Mitrović", and "Nadežda Petrović" in the town itself, and 11 in the surrounding suburbs and villages.
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Veliko Gradište
Veliko Gradište (Serbian: Велико Градиште, pronounced [ʋělikoː ɡrâdiːʃte], Romanian: Gradiştea Mare) is a town and municipality located in Serbia, in north-east Serbia (Braničevo District), on the right bank of the Danube river and left bank of the Pek river. In 2011, the town has total population of 5,868, while the municipality has 17,559.
Thracians and Dacians lived in the region prior to the Roman conquering of the Balkans in the 1st century BC, when the town was known as "Pincum", in the province of Upper Moesia. The Pincum relief of the Trojan Cycle depicting Achilles and Hector was found in Ritopek.
Its name stems from the phrase "big building site" in Serbian.
Municipality of Veliko Gradište include following settlements:
Ethnic groups in the Veliko Gradište municipality (2002 census):
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Vitina
Vitina (Albanian: Viti, Vitia, Serbian: Витина) is a town and municipality in the Gnjilane district of south-eastern Kosovo.
Towns in the Vitina municipality include Klokot and Kabaš.
Following the 1999 Kosovo War, it was the home of A Company, 2/505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, the first KFOR troops to begin stabilization efforts in the municipality. After the initial unit left, Vitina was the site of a subsequent international scandal when a soldier from the U.S. Army different follow on unit raped and killed a local girl. The subsequent investigation uncovered serious training and leadership deficiencies in the 3/504 Parachute Infantry Regiment, and catalyzed a tremendous change in the training of units deploying for peacekeeping operations.[citation needed]
The municipality of Vitina is economically depressed. However, it should also be noted that this area is rural and agrarian and hence the current unemployment rates might not accurately reflect true employment levels. Most private businesses are owned and operated by Kosovo Albanians, as are a majority of the public services. Both private businesses and public services are small in terms of number of employees.
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Viševce
Viševce is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 92 people.
Coordinates: 42°28′21″N 22°01′01″E / 42.4725°N 22.01694°E / 42.4725; 22.01694
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Vladimirci
Vladimirci (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимирци) is a village and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the village is 1,658, while population of the municipality is 17,291.
King Aleksandar Karadjordjevic declared Vladimirci a municipality on 11 December 1924.
Municipality of Vladimirci include following settlements:
Ethnic groups in the Vladimirci municipality:
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Vladičin Han
Vladičin Han (Serbian Cyrillic: Владичин Хан, pronounced [ʋlǎditʃin xâːn]) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 8,053, while population of the municipality is 20,938. This picturesque town is situated along the main express route linking Belgrade and Niš with Skopje and ultimately Greece via the Republic of Macedonia.
The municipality of Vladičin Han include following settlements:
Ethnic groups in the municipality of Vladičin Han:
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Vlasotince
Vlasotince (Serbian: Власотинце) is town and municipality in south-east Serbia. The municipality has 29,669 inhabitants, while the town itself has a population of 15,830 (2011 census).
According to Turkish records, the town existed in the 15th century as a Turkish administrative center. After the Turks were forced out of Serbia, locals started growing winegrapes as a kind of complementary business to their building activities. They made Vlasotince number one wine region in former Yugoslavia and furthermore the biggest wine exporter in the Balkans. The craftmenship and building skills of workers and builders from this region were very much appreciated in former Yugoslavia and its surrounding neighbours until the recent Balkan Wars.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
Vlasotince municipality consists of Vlasotince (town) and the following villages surrounding it:
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Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина / Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina [ʋǒjʋodina] ( listen) (see Name for other languages)), is an autonomous province of Serbia, located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian Plain of Central Europe. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad.
Vojvodina has a population of about 2 million (approximately 27% of Serbia's total). It has a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural identity, with a number of mechanisms for the promotion of minority rights; there are more than 26 ethnic groups in the province, which has six official languages.
The name "Vojvodina" in Serbian language means a type of duchy – more specifically, a voivodeship. It derives from the word "vojvoda" (See: voivode) which stems from the Proto-Slavic language word "voevoda". Those words are etymologically connected with modern-day words "vojnik" (soldier) and "voditi" (to lead). Its original name (from 1848) was the "Serbian Voivodeship" (Srpska Vojvodina).
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Voždovac
Voždovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Вождовац, pronounced [v̞ɔ̝̌ːʒdɔ̝v̞at͡s]) is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
The neighborhood of Voždovac is located 4–5 km south of downtown Belgrade, on a hill in the northern part of the municipality. Three long, more or less parallel streets shape the neighborhood into an elongated form in the north-west to south-east direction: western border is marked by the Boulevard of Liberation, which also makes the border to the municipality of Savski Venac, eastern by the Kumodraška street, while the Vojvode Stepe street goes in between. Due to its shape, Voždovac borders many other neighborhoods: Autokomanda on the north, Diplomatska Kolonija on the north-west, Banjica (and Banjica Forest) on the west, Trošarina and Banjica II on the south-west, Kumodraž (it's sub-neighborhoods of Kumodraž II and Torlak) on the south, Braće Jerković II and Mitrovo Brdo on the south-east, Braće Jerković on the east and Dušanovac on the north-east.
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Vranje
Vranje (Serbian: Врање, Vranje, pronounced [ʋrâɲɛ]) is a city located in southern Serbia. In 2011 the city has total population of 82,782, while the urban area has 54,456. It is the administrative center of the Pčinja District of Serbia.
In ancient times, various Thracian tribes inhabited present-day Vranje, as well as the Agrianes (a Paeonian tribe) inhabiting the whole of Pčinja District.
The Romans conquered the region in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. The Roman fortresses in the Vranje region were abandoned during the Hun attacks in 539-544 AD, these include the localities of Kale at Vranjska Banja and Gradište in Korbevac and Gradište in Prvonek.
Its name stems from the old word for "black" ("vran") in the Serbian language and first appears in the Alexiad (9, 4) by Byzantine princess and scholar Anna Comnena (1083–1153).In period of Austrian occupation from 1688 to 1692, Vranje was managed by Von Lahmm family.
During Ottoman rule Vranje was part of the Sanjak of Niš.
The front between the Serbian and Bulgarian forces at the time of the 1915 Battle of Ovche Pole in the Serbian Campaign (World War I) stretched near to Vranje.
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Vranjska Banja
Vranjska Banja (Serbian Cyrillic: Врањска Бања) is a town, municipality and spa resort in Serbia. Municipality of Vranjska Banja is one of the two municipalities of the City of Vranje, in the Pčinja District. The town of Vranjska Banja is located 12 km (7 mi) northeast from the city of Vranje. The population of the town is 5,882 people (2002 census). This small town is surrounded by forests and rolling hills which offer nice scenery, and a good restaurant by the old clinic is situated at the end of the town.
There are many excavations of early Byzantine fortresses in the region, all abandoned in the 6th and 7th century when the Slavs permanently settled in the area.
The municipality of Vranjska Banja includes following settlements:
The Vranjska Banja resort thermal spring, with discharge temperatures of 96°C (205°F), are the hottest geothermal spring in Serbia. The spa water contains high levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and has positive effects on illnesses related to rheumatism, skin conditions, neurological problems and others. Vranjska Banja offers short tours to nearby cities like Vranje, Vladicin Han, Surdulica and the Vlasina Lake. It is well-situated close to the main railroad, connecting Belgrade and Athens.
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Vračar
Vračar (Serbian Cyrillic: Врачар, pronounced [v̞rǎt͡ʃaːr]) is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade. With an area of only 297 hectares (734 acres), it is the smallest of all Belgrade's (and Serbian) municipalities, but also the most densely populated. Vračar is one of the three municipalities that constitute the central area of the city (together with Savski Venac and Stari Grad). One of the most famous Belgrade landmarks, Saint Sava Temple is located in Vračar.
The neighborhood of Vračar is located on the top of the Vračar plateau, partially in the easternmost section of the municipality of Savski Venac as a result of a series of administrative changes of municipal boundaries after the World War II. Despite its small area, being located less than a kilometer away from downtown (Terazije) it borders many other Belgrade neighborhoods: the square and neighborhood of Slavija to the north, Palilula to the northeast, Čubura and Gradić Pejton to the east, Neimar to the south and the park and neighborhood of Karađorđev Park to the southwest. Vračar plateau is one of the highest points in downtown Belgrade
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Vrnjačka Banja
Vrnjačka Banja (Serbian Cyrillic: Врњачка Бања) is a town, municipality, and a resort, mineral spa located in Raška District of Serbia. It contains the world's only hot spring with a temperature measuring exactly that of the human body (36.5 degrees Celsius).
The population of the town is, according to 2011 census, 10,004, while population of the entire municipality was 27,332.
Vrnjačka Banja is the most celebrated and most popular spa town of Serbia and at same time, a very attractive recreative centre. Situated in a great park full of trees with particularly charming houses, the town has a promsing future. Surrounding Vrnjačka Banja are UNESCO protected medieval buildings, which serve as a reminder to early European civilisation. Other nearby landmarks include the first court of the Serbian Archbishop, the Žiča Monastery and the beautifully frescoed Sopoćani Monastery which both date back to the thirteenth century and the twelfth century Studenica Monastery all of which are nestled in the colourful Ibar River Valley.
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Vrtogoš
Vrtogoš is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1355 people.
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Vršac
Vršac (Serbian Cyrillic: Вршац, pronounced [ʋr̩̂ʃat͡s]) is a town and municipality located in Serbia. In 2011 the town's total population was 35,701, while Vršac municipality had 51,217 inhabitants. Vršac is located in the Banat region, in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. It is part of the South Banat District.
The name Vršac is of Serbian origin. It derived from the Slavic word vrh, meaning "summit". [2]
In Serbian, the town is known as Вршац or Vršac, in Romanian as Vârşeţ, in Hungarian as Versec or Versecz, in German as Werschetz, and in Turkish as Virşac.
There are traces of human settlement in this area from paleolithic and neolithic times. Remains from two types of neolithic cultures have been discovered in the area: an older one, known as the Starčevo culture, and a newer one, known as the Vinča culture. From the Bronze Age, there are traces of the Vatin culture and Vršac culture, while from the Iron Age, there are traces of the Hallstatt culture and La Tène culture (which is largely associated with the Celts).
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Vučitrn
Vučitrn or Vushtrri (Albanian: Vushtrri or Vushtrria; Serbian: Вучитрн, Vučitrn; Turkish: Vıçıtırın; English: Wolf thorn; Latin: Vicianum) is a city and municipality in north-eastern Kosovo. It is the seat of the Kosovska Mitrovica District. The name of the city means "wolf's thorn", the name of the spiny restharrow plant in Serbian.
Although there is no official data, the total population of the municipality is estimated at 69,881. It is also the home of the Kosovo Police Service training school where from 1999 members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) trained the new multiethnic police service following the departure of the Serbs in 1999. The staff at the training school were made up of serving and retired police officers from the member states of the OSCE.
Vicianum ("Area of Calves") is the Roman name of the town. At the end of the first century B.C., Viciana was conquered by the Romans. During this occupation, Viciana developed a considerable economy and a thriving culture. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Viciana was transferred to Byzantine rule. After the Great Schism of the Church in 1054, the majority of Vicianum's population remained Orthodox.[citation needed]
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White Bridge
White Bridge or Bridge of love (Serbian: Бели Мост, Beli most), is a bridge in Vranje, Serbia. The bridge was built over the Vranje river, in the Devet Jugovića Street, in the old quarters of the city.
It was constructed with white stone and dates from 1844, during the Turkish occupation, and is one of the main symbols of Vranje. The bridge is also featured on the Vranje coat of arms.
The legend says that this bridge was built by the mother of Turkish girl Aisha, in memory of the unhappy love between her daughter and Stojan, a Serbian shepherd. Aisha's last wish was to build this bridge with the money that was prepared for her wedding.
In the legend, after the birth of his daughter Aisha, the prophets predicted to Selim Pasha of Vranje that she would fall in love with а Serb. So Selim built a tower and kept Aisha locked there. The tower was near this bridge and only had a small window through which Aisha could see the outside world. Every day, the shepherd Stojan would cross the bridge with his sheep flock. Aisha fell in love with Stojan, and her love was reciprocated by him. One day, while Aisha was attempting to meet with Stojan, his father found them and tried to kill Stojan. But he accidentally killed his own daughter when she tried to protect the young man whom she loved with her own body. After that, Stojan took his knife and took his own life.
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Zaječar
Zaječar (pronounced [zâjɛtʃar]) is a city and municipality in the eastern part of Serbia. According to the 2011 census the town has a population of 36,830, and its coordinates are 43.91° North, 22.30° East. Zaječar has a number of primary and secondary schools as well as the first private college established in Serbia, the Faculty of Management Megatrend University. Zaječar is widely known for its rock music festival Gitarijada which has existed for more than 40 years and for the festival dedicated to contemporary art, ZALET. It is the administrative center of the Zaječar District and a main town in the Timočka Krajina region.
In Serbian, the town is known as Zaječar (Зајечар); in Vlach/Romanian as Zăiicer (archaic name), Zăiceri, Zăicear or Zăiceari; and in Bulgarian as Зайчар (Zaychar).
The origin of the name is from the Torlak dialect name for "hare" = zajec / зајец (in all other Serbian dialects it is zec / зец, while in Bulgarian it is "zaek"). It means "the man who breeds and keeps hares".
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Zemun
Zemun (Serbian Cyrillic: Земун, pronounced [zɛ̂,mun]) is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. For most of its history, it developed separately from Belgrade, which lies across the Sava river, but the development of New Belgrade in the late 20th century joined them together in a continuous urban area.
In ancient times, the Celtic and Roman settlement was known as Taurunum. The Frankish chroniclers of the Crusades mentioned it as Mallevila, a toponym from the 9th century. This was also a period when a Slavic name Zemln was recorded for the first time. Believed to be derived from the word zemlja, meaning earth, it was a basis for all other future names of the city: modern Serbian Земун (Cyrillic) or Zemun (Latin), Hungarian Zimony and German Semlin.
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Zlatokop
Zlatokop is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 795 people.
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Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Зрењанин, pronounced [zrɛ̌ɲanin]) is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia. In 2011, the city's population was 75,743, while the Zrenjanin municipality had 122,714 inhabitants.
Zrenjanin is the largest city in the Serbian Banat, the third largest city in Vojvodina (after Novi Sad and Subotica) and the sixth largest city of Serbia.
The city was named after Žarko Zrenjanin Uča (1902–1942) in honour and remembrance of his name in 1946. He was one of the leaders of the Vojvodinian Communists and Partisans. During World War II, he was imprisoned and released[citation needed] after being tortured by the Nazis for months.[citation needed] Later he was killed while trying to escape from being recaptured. The former Serbian name of the city was Bečkerek (Бечкерек) or Veliki Bečkerek (Велики Бечкерек). In 1935 the city was renamed to Petrovgrad (Петровград) in honor of king Peter I of Serbia.
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Zubin Potok
Zubin Potok (Serbian: Зубин Поток , Zubin Potok; Albanian: Zubin Potok or Zubin Potoku) is a town and municipality in the Kosovska Mitrovica district of northern Kosovo. It is a part of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the ethnic-Albanian-majority Kosovo. According to 1991 census, the municipality had a population of 8,479 people.
Zubin Potok is an agricultural community, yet the level of agricultural production has been in decrease due to the lack of investment. Local factories have been also strongly affected by the lack of consumers in the Albanian parts of Kosovo. Since most factories were established as branches of main Serbian factory chains to serve the Kosovo market, their workers are still employed but work and get paid irregularly. A majority of products sold in the municipality are imported from Serbia.
List of the inhabited places in municipality:
Serbian name first, Albanian one second:
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Zvezdara
Zvezdara (Serbian Cyrillic: Звездара, pronounced [zv̞ě̞zdara]) is a hill, forest, urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
The Zvezdara neighborhood (44°48′00″N 20°30′29″E / 44.8°N 20.508°E / 44.8; 20.508) is located south-east of downtown Belgrade. In its original sense, the neighborhood of Zvezdara comprises areas around the Zvezdara Forest, including the neighborhood of Zvezdara II. It borders the neighborhoods of Bogoslovija and Karaburma on the north, Ćalije on the north-east (all in the municipality of Palilula), Mirijevo on the east, Mali Mokri Lug on the south-east, Cvetkova Pijaca and Konjarnik on the south, Lion on the south-west and Bulbuder on the west. The area had a population of 10,095 by the 2002 census of population. However, after the creation of the municipality in 1955, the entire section west and south-west of Zvezdara is today considered as part of it in a narrow sense (Lion, Bulbuder, Lipov Lad, Cvetkova Pijaca, etc.).
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Zvečan
Zvečan (Serbian: Звечан, Zvečan; Albanian: Zveçan or Zveçani) is a town and municipality in the Kosovska Mitrovica district of Kosovo. It is a part of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the ethnic-Albanian-majority Kosovo and Metohija. The municipality covers an area of 104 km2 (40 sq mi), and consists of 35 villages. As of 2008, the municipality has a population of approximately 17,000.
In November 2005, it was estimated that the municipality was 95% Serb, with only 4 Albanian families in the area.[citation needed]
According to 2006 estimates, the municipality of Zvečan had a population of 16,600 people.[citation needed] As of 2008, the municipality has a population of approximately 17,000 inhabitants, of which ca. 16,050 (ca. 94 %) are Serbs. Some 350 Albanians are concentrated in the villages of Boljetin, Lipa and Žaža, with 80 Kosovo Albanian families having returned to the municipality since 2000. A small number of other minorities also reside in the munnicipality. About 4,000 Kosovo Serbs are located in the municipality as Internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as 250 refugees from Croatia.
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Ćićevac
Ćićevac (Serbian: Ћићевац, pronounced [tɕîtɕeʋats]) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 4,681, while the population of the municipality is 9,446.
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Ćuprija
Ćuprija (Serbian Cyrillic: Ћуприја, pronounced [tɕǔprija], Romanian: Ciupria or Podu Nou, Greek: Κυπριαι, Kypriai, Bulgarian: Равън, Ravan, or Кюприя, Kyupriya) is a town and administrative district in Serbia, at 43.93° North, 21.38° East. Ćuprija is part of Pomoravlje District (Serbian Cyrillic: Поморавски округ) in Serbia. The population of the town is 19,380, while municipality has 30,020 inhabitants.
The Romans founded the town as a fort Horreum Margi (Horreum: Granary, Margi: Morava) on the road from Constantinople to Rome, where it crosses the river now known as Velika Morava. It served as a Roman military base, had a shield factory and gained the status of municipium before 224AD. In 505, the Romans were defeated by Goths and Huns under Mundo, a descendant of Attila the Hun.
Under Slavic rule, it became known as Ravno (literal translation to English would be "flat"), since it is in a flat river valley. Some local names (of the villages Paljane and Isakovo, of the river Mirosava) recall the major clash in autumn 1191 between the Serbs (under Stefan Nemanja) and the Byzantines (under Emperor Isaac II Angelos).
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Čajetina
Čajetina (Serbian Cyrillic: Чајетина) is a town and municipality in western Serbia, residing in the Zlatibor District. In 2011, the town has a total population of 3,342, while municipality has 14,762 inhabitants. Its coordinates are 43.75°N and 19.72°E. Čajetina town is the administrative centre of the Čajetina municipality, which covers the most of the Mount Zlatibor area.
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Čačak
Čačak (Serbian Cyrillic: Чачак, pronounced [t͡ʃǎːt͡ʃak]) is a city in central Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Moravica District of Serbia. Čačak is also the main industrial, cultural and sport center of the district. The population of the city is 72,148, while the population of the municipality is 114,809.
Municipality of Čačak is in the central Serbia, 150 km south from the capital city, Belgrade. Within the Moravicki region, this municipality has all the characteristics of the main center. Situated mostly in the western area of the Morava river, this municipality is the connection between the wavy hills of Sumadija in the north and higher regions in the interior in the south. The central part is the valley, situated among mountain Jelica in the south, Ovcar and Kablar in the west, Vujan in the north and the Kraljevo valley in the east. These mountains incline in a gentle and wavy way towards the Cacak valley, the town and the Morava River.
The region has several archaeological sites, dating from prehistory to present, the oldest from the 15th century BC.
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Čestelin
Čestelin is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 22 people.
Coordinates: 42°34′52″N 21°49′30″E / 42.58111°N 21.825°E / 42.58111; 21.825
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Čoka
Čoka (Serbian: Čoka or Чока, pronounced [tʃôka], Hungarian: Csóka, German: Tschoka, Slovak: Čoka) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 4,019, while Čoka municipality has 11,388 inhabitants.
The first written record about Čoka was made in 1247. It was part of a feudal tenure of which landowners were often changed. Later the settlement was abandoned due to the dense Cuman incursions at the end of the 13th century, but it was rebuilt again in the 14th century. In 1552, it was under Ottoman administration. At that time, it had a sparse population of 13 people, and at the end of the 16th century, the hamlet dwellers numbered 4 Serb families.
In the first half of the 18th century, the Ottoman administration was replaced by the Habsburg one and according to 1717 data, there were 40 Serb houses in the village of which number increased to 192 until the middle of the 18th century, and in 1787, the number of population increased to 1,191 people. In 1796, the tenure owner Lőrinc Marcibányi had Hungarians settled here that Slovaks followed then., which resulted in a rapid population growth and as early as the middle of the 19th century, the population numbered 2,739 people which increased to 4,239 until 1910. According to 1910 census, Hungarians were the dominant ethnic group in the village, while there existed a sizable ethnic Serb community as well.
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Čukarica
Čukarica (Serbian Cyrillic: Чукарица, pronounced [t͡ʃukǎrit͡sa]) is an urban neighborhood and one of the 17 municipalities than constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
Municipality of Čukarica covers an area of 155 square kilometers (60 sq mi) and it is divided in the urban and suburban part.
Urban part of the municipality is completely within the Belgrade City proper, comprising many neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods, some of which used to be separate towns until the 1970s before Belgrade expanded that much to make urban connection to them (Žarkovo, Železnik):
The suburban part comprises seven suburban settlements, four of them classified as urban and three as rural settlements:
Municipality has a population of 179,031 (Census 2011). That makes Čukarica the second most populous municipality of Belgrade (after Novi Beograd), but it is also the fastest growing one in terms of absolute growth of population (in relative, about 1,05% annually). Despite having also a rural part, the municipality is very densely populated— 1,155 /km2 (2,990 /sq mi).
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Đakovica
Đakovica or Gjakova (Albanian: Gjakova or Gjakovë, Albanian pronunciation: [ɟaˈkɔva] or [ɟaˈkɔvə]; Serbian: Ђаковица, Đakovica, pronounced [d͡ʑâkɔʋit͡sa]; Turkish: Yakova) is a city and municipality in western Kosovo. It is also the administrative centre of the homonymous district. The municipality's population is estimated at 94,158(2011). The city is located at 42°23′N 20°26′E / 42.39°N 20.43°E / 42.39; 20.43.
There are a number of theories concerning the name of the town: that it derives from the Serbian word đak (pupil) from earlier d(i)jak; or that it derives from the Albanian word for "blood" (gjak). In that period, the end of the sixteenth century, namely in 1594/95, Hadum Suleiman Aga Hadum Efendia-built mosque, which also bears the name of the donor-sponsors of the facility in town. Hadum Mosque, according to tradition, was built in property of Jakë Vula, hence the name would become the city – Jakovë. It is also plausible to conclude that the Albanian name for the town, 'Gjakova' may in fact represent an Albanized version[citation needed] of otherwise south slavic(Serbian) genitive case 'Jakova', as in "(zemlja) Jakova", meaning "(the land) of Jakov", Jakov being a landlord and vassal of Vuk Branković, Serbian medieval nobleman. The extensive Turkish list of the 1485. Đakovica was mentioned as a village with 67 households and rural priest. All personal names in this list are Serbian, except two who may have been of Albanian origin.[citation needed]
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Đeneral Janković
Hani i Elezit (Albanian: Hani i Elezit; is a town and municipality in southern Kosovo, near the border with the Republic of Macedonia. It is one of the new formed municipalities formed in September 2005. It was previously part of the Kačanik municipality.Hani i Elezit is located in the south-eastern part of Kosovo. The municipality covers an area of 82.9 km2 (32 sq mi). It borders the Kačanik municipality to the north and Skopje municipality of the Republic of Macedonia to the south. It was named after Serbian general Božidar Janković.
In 2011, the population was 9,389. Apart from 30 Kosovo Bosniaks, the municipal unit is ethnically homogeneous (Kosovo Albanian). Hani i Elezit has ten villages, two of which are uninhabited.
The municipality has a total of 250 family shops and small businesses registered. The economy f Hani i Elezit is mainly based on three companies/enterprises: Sharr-Çimentorja (cement factory), Kosovaplast (plastic factory), and Salonit (roof covers factory). All the aforementioned were part of the Sharr Combinate before 1989. Sharr-Çimentorja employs 770 people, Salonit employs 280 employees, and Kosovaplast has 100 employees.
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Šid
Šid (Serbian: Шид, pronounced [ʃîːd]) is a town and municipality in the Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Šid town has a population of 14,839, and Šid municipality 34,035.
In Serbian, the town is known as Šid (Шид), in Croatian as Šid, in Hungarian as Sid, in German as Schid, in Slovak as Šíd, and in Rusyn as Шид.
Šid was firstly mentioned in 1702. At first, settlement was part of Danubian Military Frontier, but since the middle of the 18th century, it was part of the Syrmia County of the Habsburg Kingdom of Slavonia. In 1848-1849, Šid was part of Serbian Vojvodina, and in 1849-1860 part of Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. After the abolishment of the voivodeship in 1860, Šid was again incorporated into Syrmia County of the Kingdom of Slavonia. In 1868, Kingdom of Slavonia was joined with the Kingdom of Croatia into the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria-Hungary. Šid was a district center within Syrmia County. In 1910, ethnic Serbs were in absolute majority in the town, while other sizable ethnic groups included Rusyns, Slovaks and Croats.
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Štimlje
Štimlje or Shtime is a town and municipality in the Uroševac district of southern Kosovo. The town is the seat of the Štimlje municipality.
The territory of the municipality covers 134 square kilometers, and it has over 27,288 inhabitants.
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Štrpce
Štrpce (Serbian: Штрпце/Štrpce, Albanian: Shtërpcë or Shtërpca) is a town and municipality in the District of Uroševac, Kosovo.
According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Štrpce had a population of around 12,800 people. As of 2006, Štrpce had an ethnic two third Serbian majority, making it a Serb enclave in Kosovo.
The municipality is situated near the Šar Mountains. It encompasses an area of 247.36 square kilometers (95.51 sq mi) on the northeast part of the Šar Mountains, and the upper part of the Lepenac river valley, which is well known as Sirinić Valley. Its municipal borders almost overlap with the borders of Sirinić Valley. Border lines are made of the mountain massive of the north-east part of the Šar Mountains and its branches: Ošljak, Kodža Balkan, Žar and Jezerska Mountain. The municipality of Štrpce is a mainly mountainous area, comprising regions from 900 meters (3,000 ft) above sea level in the Lepenac river valley up to 2,500 meters (8,200 ft) above sea level at its highest peak, Ljuboten. Dominant mountain massifs create a natural isolation for this municipality towards north and south, meanwhile by Brod canyon the municipality is open towards Kosovo Valley, and through Prevalac toward Prizren Valley. In the immediate neighborhood are the municipalities of Uroševac, Kačanik, Suva Reka and Prizren, and on one side the municipality is bordered by the Republic of Macedonia.
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Žabalj
Žabalj (Serbian Cyrillic: Жабаљ) pronounced [ʒǎːbaʎ] is a town and municipality in South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Žabalj town has a population of 9,107, and Žabalj municipality 25,777. It is located in southeastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška.
Its name came from the Serbian word "žaba" ("frog" in English). In Serbian, the town is known as Žabalj (Жабаљ), in Hungarian as Zsablya or Józseffalva (between 1886 and 1919), in German as Josefdorf, and in Croatian as Žabalj.
Žabalj was first mentioned in 1514 as a fortress captured by Doža Đerđ. During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), it was populated by ethnic Serbs. In the 18th and 19th century, Žabalj was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier (Šajkaš Battalion). First church in Žabalj was mentioned in 1720, but it was later razed. Present-day church dedicated to Saint Nikolaj was built in 1835. In 1901, the Catholic church was built as well.
Since 1918, Žabalj was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states. During the Hungarian Axis occupation, in 1942 raid, 666 inhabitants of the town were murdered, of whom 355 were men, 141 women, 101 children, and 69 old people. By nationality, victims included 614 Serbs, 28 Jews, 23 Roma, and 1 Hungarian.
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Žabari
Žabari (Serbian Cyrillic: Жабари) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the village is 1,163, while the population of the municipality is 10,969.
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Žagubica
Žagubica (Serbian Cyrillic: Жагубица, pronounced [ʒǎɡubitsa]; Romanian: Jăgobiţa or Iaguba) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the village is 2,584, while population of the municipality is 12,484.
In Serbian, the village is known as Žagubica or Жагубица, and in Vlach/Romanian as Jagubiţa.
The municipality of Žagubica is located between municipalities of Kučevo and Majdanpek in the north, municipality of Bor in the east, municipality of Despotovac in the south, and municipality of Petrovac in the west.
Žagubica municipality includes the village (small town) of Žagubica, and the following villages:
Ethnic groups in the Žagubica municipality include (2002 census):
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Žitište
Žitište (Serbian Cyrillic: Житиште) is a town and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 2,898, while Žitište municipality has 16,786 inhabitants.
In Serbian, the town is known as Žitište (Cyrillic: Житиште), in Romanian as Jitişte or Zitişte, in German as Sankt Georgen an der Bega, and in Hungarian as Bégaszentgyörgy or Begaszentgyörgy.
The Serbian name of the town derived from the Serbian word "žito" ("wheat" in English). Its old names used in Serbian were Begej Sveti Đurađ and Senđurađ.
The Hungarian name of the town derived from the Hungarian family name Szentgyörgyi.
It was founded in the 14th century during the Hungarian Kingdom, under Zenthgyurgh (Szentgyörgyi) name. In 1660/1666, Senđurađ was recorded as settlement repopulated by ethnic Serbs during Ottoman rule. In the beginning of the 18th century, settlement was completelly abandoned and in 1723 it was recorded as an uninhabited heath.
It was settled again in 1724 by Serb and Romanian settlers. In 1736/37, settlement had 27 houses. Because of the Austro-Turkish war (1736–1739) and pestilence, number of inhabitants decreased and in 1740 the population of the settlement numbered 18 houses. In 1753, Begej Sveti Đurađ was settled by 1,000 Serb frontiersmen from Pomorišje, Potisje and Veliki Bečkerek, and in the same year it was recorded on map as "Serb-inhabited settlement"[citation needed]. In 1758, Begej Sveti Đurađ had 45 houses, and in 1773 it had 182 houses. Church was built in 1758, and it was also used as a school. In 1781, Begej Sveti Đurađ became a property of Isak Kiš (Kis Izsák), who was a trader of Armenian origin.
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Žitorađa
Žitorađa (Serbian Cyrillic: Житорађа, pronounced [ʒîtoradʑa]) is a village and municipality in the Toplica District of Serbia. The municipality includes 30 settlements. According to the 2011 census, the population of the municipality is 16,272, while that of the village is 3,365.
Žitorađa is 35 km to the south-west from Niš. It lies 10 km from Corridor 10, which connects Serbia with R. Macedonia, Greece and further east.
• Badnjevac (836) • Đakus (904) • Debeli Lug (34) • Donje Crnatovo (519) • Donji Drenovac (450) • Držanovac (947) • Dubovo (608) • Glašince (427) • Gornje Crnatovo (391) • Gornji Drenovac (420) • Grudaš (280) • Jasenica (989) • Kare (54) • Konjarnik (104) • Lukomir (960) • Novo Momčilovo (85) • Pejkovac (1276) • Podina (798) • Rečica (773) • Samarinovac (756) • Smrdić (381) • Stara Božurna (358) • Staro Momčilovo (216) • Studenac (241) • Toponica (329) • Vlahovo (506) • Voljčince (937) • Žitorađa (3543) • Zladovac (20)
The village has its origins in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) town "Ad Herculum" (Ad Hercules), which existed in the 4th century. The archaeological site of the Byzantine town is known as Žitoradsko kale, located on the Pasjača mountain, while a "Latin church" dating to the period is located in Glašince. Slavs conquered the area in the 6th century.
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Borisav Stanković
Borisav "Bora" Stanković (writer) (Борисав Бора Станковић) (born in Vranje 31 March 1876, died in Belgrade October 22, 1927) was a Serbian writer belonging to the school of realism. His novels and short stories depict the life of people from South Serbia. He belongs to an exceptional group of storytellers that suddenly appeared at the turn of the century, Ivo Čipiko, Petar Kočić, Milutin Uskoković, and others.
He completed the primary and secondary school in Vranje, and graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School. It is said that he received some Western education -- Paris -- but returned unaffected to his native soil and subsequently immortalized it in his work. He worked as a clerk (first customs official then tax official) in Belgrade. During World War I he resided in Niš, then in Montenegro where he was taken captive by the Austrians and incarcerated in a PoW camp in Derventa in Bosnia. After the war he worked in the Department of Arts of the Ministry of Education. He died at Belgrade in 1927.
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Justin Popović
Saint Iustin Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Iустин Поповић) (6 April 1894, Vranje - 7 April 1979, Ćelije Monastery, Lelić) was an Eastern Orthodox theologian, archimandrite of the Ćelije Monastery, Dostoyevski scholar, a champion of anti-communism, a writer, and a critic of the pragmatic church (ecclesiastical) life. He was formally canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church on May 2, 2010.
Archimandrite Iustin was born to pious parents, Prota (Priest) Spiridon and Protinica (Presbytera) Anastasija Popović, in Vranje, South Serbia, on the Feast of Annunciation, March 25, 1894. At baptism, he was given the name Blagoje, after the Feast of the Annunciation (Blagovest means Annunciation or Good News). He was born into a priestly family, as seven previous generations of the Popovićs (Popović in Serbian actually means "family or a son of a priest") were headed by priests.
Blagoje Popović completed the nine-years' studies at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Theology in 1914. In the early twentieth century the School of St. Sava in Belgrade was renowned throughout the Orthodox world as a holy place of extreme asceticism as well as of a high quality of scholarship. Some of the well-known professors were the rector, Fr. Domentian; Professor Fr. Dositheus, later a bishop; Athanas Popović; and the great ecclesiastical composer, Stevan Mokranjac. Still, one professor stood head and shoulders above the rest: the then hieromonk Nikolaj Velimirović, Ph.D., the single most influential person in his life.
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Romani people
The Romani are an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to the Indian Subcontinent. Romani are widely known in the English-speaking world by the exonym Gypsies (or Gipsies).
They are known collectively in the Romani language as Romane or Rromane (depending on the dialect concerned) and also as Romany, Romanies, Romanis, Roma or Roms.
Romani are widely dispersed, with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe and Anatolia, followed by the Kale of Iberia and Southern France.
The Americas are also home to large numbers of Romani. There are an estimated one million Roma in the United States; 800,000 in Brazil, to which Kale were deported by the government of Portugal during the colonial era; and in more recent migrations, Romani have also moved to other parts of the New World.
The Romani language is divided into several dialects, which add up to an estimated number of speakers larger than two million. The total number of Romani people is at least twice as large (several times as large according to high estimates). Many Romani are native speakers of the language current in their country of residence, or of mixed languages combining the two.
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Serbia: Juzna Morava river valley north of Vranje
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Northbound on E75/Hw1 in the valley of the Juzna Morava river in southern Serbia. Map: goo.gl
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Northbound on E75/Hw1 in the valley of the Juzna Morava river in southern Serbia. Map: goo.gl
- published: 06 Oct 2011
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- author: erka001
acko tv017 vranje
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- Updated: 28 Dec 2012
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KUD D.Koturovic - Vranje
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- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Vranjanska svita
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Balkans: Depleted Uranium in NATO Bombs Remains Deadly
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- Duration: 5:51
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
See the original video, by Ljubica Vujadinovic, here: www.vjmovement.com
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- published: 06 Apr 2010
- views: 4802
- author: TheVJMovement
Macor u snegu.Vranje.
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- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Smeh do suza
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Bijav Vranje Dragi & Saska 6
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- Updated: 12 Nov 2012
Najsuzo Bijav ki Vranja 2012
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Vranje Srbija
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- Updated: 12 Oct 2012
Grad Vranje www.tt-group.net u Srbiji! Uzivajte sa pesmom Stanise Tosica, Zbog tebe mome ubava!
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Grad Vranje www.tt-group.net u Srbiji! Uzivajte sa pesmom Stanise Tosica, Zbog tebe mome ubava!
- published: 12 Jan 2011
- views: 7238
- author: SerbiaVisit
Jovanka Fabijan Cestito Vranje 1 Deo
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- Updated: 23 Nov 2012
Energy Bend Sunaj Vranje Mosa Orhan Plave Zvezde Mladi Kristali Univerzal Bend Gazoza Stanislav Selistarevic 2012
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Energy Bend Sunaj Vranje Mosa Orhan Plave Zvezde Mladi Kristali Univerzal Bend Gazoza Stanislav Selistarevic 2012
- published: 21 Aug 2012
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- author: stefanvranjskocavo
Vranje nekada
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- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Vranje nekada.
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Vranje: Hapšenja zbog paljenja kola
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- Duration: 4:42
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Posle dve godine podmetanja požara i paljenja automobila po Vranju, jutros su počela masovna hapšenja u ovom gradu.
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Posle dve godine podmetanja požara i paljenja automobila po Vranju, jutros su počela masovna hapšenja u ovom gradu.
- published: 28 Dec 2012
- views: 1127
- author: b92rtv
Bijav Vranje Dragi & Saska Ork. Nenad Mladenovic i Stanislav
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- Duration: 13:57
- Updated: 15 Nov 2012
Najsuzo Bijav ki Vranja 2012
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STUDIO ROMA LESKOVAC,, svadba 2012,, martin i sabina ,,hotel 4. deo
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PROFESIONALNO SNIMANJE SA DIGITALNOM OPREMOM SAMO ZA VAS,,,,, STUDIO ROMA LESKOVAC 060/676 99 48---065/82 42 494
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PROFESIONALNO SNIMANJE SA DIGITALNOM OPREMOM SAMO ZA VAS,,,,, STUDIO ROMA LESKOVAC 060/676 99 48---065/82 42 494
- published: 09 Sep 2012
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- author: ivica917
ekrem mamutovic sabaluko vase behara vranje ( 2012 deo 5 )
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ekrem mamutovic sabaluko vase behara vranje
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ekrem mamutovic sabaluko vase behara vranje
- published: 09 Jun 2012
- views: 8284
- author: vasilije jasarevic
Folk dance from south Serbia / Vranje
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- Duration: 3:16
- Updated: 11 Nov 2012
This folk dance was perfomed by folklore ensemble IGALO from Igalo,Boka Bay, Montenegro, Europe.
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This folk dance was perfomed by folklore ensemble IGALO from Igalo,Boka Bay, Montenegro, Europe.
- published: 06 Mar 2007
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- author: bokabay333
Vranje Bijav 2011 Boro
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- Updated: 08 Sep 2011
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EKREM MAMUTOVIC - 2011 Studio Cura Vranje 2011 FACEBOOK
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Duvacki Orkestar Bakije Bakica pod Upravom Ekrema Mamutovica. Tel:063 7630 277.Vranje E-mail ekremvr@yahoo.com facebook www.facebook.com PROGLASEN ZA MAJSTORA TRUBE U GUCI 2010 GUCA Duvacki Orkestar Bakije Bakica pod Upravom Ekrema Mamutovica. Tel:063 7630 277.Vranje E-mail ekremvr@yahoo.com PROGLASEN ZA MAJSTORA TRUBE U GUCI 2010 GUCA GUCA PRVA TRUBA SVETA 2012 NAJBOLJI ORKESTAR SVETA 2010 GUCA NAJBOLJI 3 ORKESTAR 2011 PRVA TRUBA GUCA 2010 NAJBOLJI ORKESTAR 2009 GUCA ZLATNA JABUKA 2008 GUCA DRUGI ORKESTAR 2008 GUCA PRVA TRUBA 2007 GUCA Vlasinsko leto PRVA TRUBA 2002 NAJBOLJI ORKESTAR 2007 PRVA TRUBA 2010 TRUBA PUBLIKE 2012 Bio Brass "Bakija Bakic" - Ekrem Mamutović from Vranje, Southern Serbia. I grew up with the trumpet in my hands and its unrestrained sound has since then always been with me. I started to take this instrument and to play softly and quietly so that my knowledge, skills, technique and soul grew up in Shutka where the legendary trumpet festival Bakija Bakic was celebrated. As a child I loved the sound of the trumpets and from an early age I learned that trumpet carries out the family's soul and tradition from generation to generation. I was born in 1982, in Vranje (South Serbia) and graduated in Musical High School. When I entered the orchestra in 1993, I was only 11 years old. At that time I practiced so much that every day I learned at least two new songs and later I was always asked to play something new in the orchestra. Although I was very young I ...
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Duvacki Orkestar Bakije Bakica pod Upravom Ekrema Mamutovica. Tel:063 7630 277.Vranje E-mail ekremvr@yahoo.com facebook www.facebook.com PROGLASEN ZA MAJSTORA TRUBE U GUCI 2010 GUCA Duvacki Orkestar Bakije Bakica pod Upravom Ekrema Mamutovica. Tel:063 7630 277.Vranje E-mail ekremvr@yahoo.com PROGLASEN ZA MAJSTORA TRUBE U GUCI 2010 GUCA GUCA PRVA TRUBA SVETA 2012 NAJBOLJI ORKESTAR SVETA 2010 GUCA NAJBOLJI 3 ORKESTAR 2011 PRVA TRUBA GUCA 2010 NAJBOLJI ORKESTAR 2009 GUCA ZLATNA JABUKA 2008 GUCA DRUGI ORKESTAR 2008 GUCA PRVA TRUBA 2007 GUCA Vlasinsko leto PRVA TRUBA 2002 NAJBOLJI ORKESTAR 2007 PRVA TRUBA 2010 TRUBA PUBLIKE 2012 Bio Brass "Bakija Bakic" - Ekrem Mamutović from Vranje, Southern Serbia. I grew up with the trumpet in my hands and its unrestrained sound has since then always been with me. I started to take this instrument and to play softly and quietly so that my knowledge, skills, technique and soul grew up in Shutka where the legendary trumpet festival Bakija Bakic was celebrated. As a child I loved the sound of the trumpets and from an early age I learned that trumpet carries out the family's soul and tradition from generation to generation. I was born in 1982, in Vranje (South Serbia) and graduated in Musical High School. When I entered the orchestra in 1993, I was only 11 years old. At that time I practiced so much that every day I learned at least two new songs and later I was always asked to play something new in the orchestra. Although I was very young I ...
- published: 12 May 2011
- views: 17828
- author: EkremMamutovicVranje
ROMA PARTY - Live: Tarkan & Europa Band Teil 1
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ROMA PARTY - Live: Tarkan & Europa Band Teil 1 DZAFER DJAFER TESKO ORO PHARO ORO ORK DEMIRALI NOVO 2012 2013 ERDJAN BERNAT Energy band erol vranje bijav STANISLAV SILISTAREVIC PLAVE ZVEZDE DZAFER DAVID MAMUT VRANJE VRANJA Hüsnü, senlendirici, spiros, kottis, berhan, melodi, demirali, kani, baba, amza Orkestar Universal Bend, Ork Universal, Orkestar Univerzal Bend, Universal bend, Aliosha aliosa SASHO,SASKO,SASHKO,AMZA,amza tairov, JULIJA BIKOV,SOFIA MARINOVA, sevcet keyboard guitar saz baglama music violin keman ismail tunçbilek hüsnü orfei peter ralchev Zlato Diamanti amet korg triton studio extreme m3 pa800 pa1x pro Sevcet Gio Style, Nemacka, Svedska, Sveska, Muharemi Ahmeti, Kristal, Kristali, Kristalija, Ork kristali, Orkestar, Kristal, Vesko, Necko, Caki, Erdjan, Erdan, Erdzan, Erzan,Sali, Vassilis Saleas, KENAN, Fadilj, Sacipi, Sejdo, Feruz, Ogni Momci, Momce,Veselni Momci, Plava Zvezde, Plave Zvezde,Bujanovac,Djemail, Dzemail,Demail,Boni, Bony, Aziz,Azis, VESELINA, OKKA,Hakki, Ibrahim, Hamza,Mladi Italenti, Mladi Kistali, Chalga, Folkmusik,Gipsy Musik, Romane Hitija, Romano Kapako, Romani Merako, RADIO GILANA, ROMANI FAMILIJA, Gipsy Family, BIJAV, Francuska, Italija, jugoslavija, SUTKA, GURBET, CERGARIJA, Djambazija, CIGANI, JASA, MASHALLA, BULGARIA, makedonia, sutko, djemo, Sultan, Cita, Ajgara Bend, NOVO 2008, INDISKO HORO, ROMANO KAPAKO bijav, jugoslavija,makedonija, makedonia, sveska, gipsy family, kadafi, erdjan, erdzan, erdan, novo,isa pini cita,deno vinica ...
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ROMA PARTY - Live: Tarkan & Europa Band Teil 1 DZAFER DJAFER TESKO ORO PHARO ORO ORK DEMIRALI NOVO 2012 2013 ERDJAN BERNAT Energy band erol vranje bijav STANISLAV SILISTAREVIC PLAVE ZVEZDE DZAFER DAVID MAMUT VRANJE VRANJA Hüsnü, senlendirici, spiros, kottis, berhan, melodi, demirali, kani, baba, amza Orkestar Universal Bend, Ork Universal, Orkestar Univerzal Bend, Universal bend, Aliosha aliosa SASHO,SASKO,SASHKO,AMZA,amza tairov, JULIJA BIKOV,SOFIA MARINOVA, sevcet keyboard guitar saz baglama music violin keman ismail tunçbilek hüsnü orfei peter ralchev Zlato Diamanti amet korg triton studio extreme m3 pa800 pa1x pro Sevcet Gio Style, Nemacka, Svedska, Sveska, Muharemi Ahmeti, Kristal, Kristali, Kristalija, Ork kristali, Orkestar, Kristal, Vesko, Necko, Caki, Erdjan, Erdan, Erdzan, Erzan,Sali, Vassilis Saleas, KENAN, Fadilj, Sacipi, Sejdo, Feruz, Ogni Momci, Momce,Veselni Momci, Plava Zvezde, Plave Zvezde,Bujanovac,Djemail, Dzemail,Demail,Boni, Bony, Aziz,Azis, VESELINA, OKKA,Hakki, Ibrahim, Hamza,Mladi Italenti, Mladi Kistali, Chalga, Folkmusik,Gipsy Musik, Romane Hitija, Romano Kapako, Romani Merako, RADIO GILANA, ROMANI FAMILIJA, Gipsy Family, BIJAV, Francuska, Italija, jugoslavija, SUTKA, GURBET, CERGARIJA, Djambazija, CIGANI, JASA, MASHALLA, BULGARIA, makedonia, sutko, djemo, Sultan, Cita, Ajgara Bend, NOVO 2008, INDISKO HORO, ROMANO KAPAKO bijav, jugoslavija,makedonija, makedonia, sveska, gipsy family, kadafi, erdjan, erdzan, erdan, novo,isa pini cita,deno vinica ...
- published: 04 Nov 2012
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RTV Vranje - Psi lutalice 10 05 2012.flv
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Psi lutalice uneli strah u zitelje Neradovca
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YouTube Pigeons- Srdjan Trajkovic kelenko vranje Serbian pipa.be
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PISMONOSE SRDJANA TRAJKOVICA KELENKA VRANJE 1-1 (1)
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- published: 22 Nov 2010
- views: 27227
- author: Dragan Petrovic
Zurka Vranje 8.Mart 2012 (Organizator SENADA) 4
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Vranje Zurka 2012 8 MART DAN ZENA
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29 Dec 2012
Police in India have sealed off much of the capital, Delhi, and issued an appeal for calm after the death of a woman who was gang-raped in the city. The 23-year old woman, who has not been identified, died early on Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, where she had been taken for specialist treatment. Her body is to be flown back to India for burial ... Gatherings of more than five people have been banned in the city centre ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
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27 Dec 2012
Imperial adventures are nothing new in the Middle East. Neither is their glorification, as Peter O’Toole’s pained Lawrence of Arabia eternally reminds us. But for a decade or so now, things have been heating up, as if to coincide with climate change and fears of declining petroleum reserves ... The Belly for Belligerence? ... The question loomed over beltway intelligentsia like an ephemeral Gordian knot ... We’re All Hawks Now ... While George W ... ....(size: 9.3Kb)
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28 Dec 2012
The president of Central African Republic (CAR) has urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital. Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Francois Bozize on Thursday pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could. He pointed in particular to France, Central African Republic's former colonial ruler ... 516 Share ... News ... ....(size: 19.5Kb)
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29 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. A millennium before the English statesmen Edmund Burke, regarded as the father of Western Conservatism and who wrote, "good order is the foundation of all things," Japan's Seventeen-Article Constitution began with this conservative principle. "Harmony is to be cherished, and opposition for opposition's sake must be avoided as a matter of principle." ... militarism, those protesting U.S....(size: 9.7Kb)
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28 Dec 2012
Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5. Do The Companies Have Their Game Plans Right?. Posted by Jay099 on December 28, 2012 02.15 pm 0. via. Mountain View at California seems to be a busy center now. Google is stepping up the gas on the march towards a holistic environment and experience for the consumers ... My Blog . My FB Page ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
noodls
25 Dec 2012
... Center for Children and Youth "Duško Radović" at Niš, the Residential Center for Children and Youth "Jefimija" at Kruševac, the Residential Center for Children and Youth "Olivera Verica Đorđević" at Vranje, the Residential Center for Children and Youth without Parental Care "Hristina Markišić" at Aleksinac, Valjevo Residential Department "Dr....(size: 6.6Kb)
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14 Dec 2012
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28 Nov 2012
MATCH FACTS. Barça Intersport, 33. Reale Ademar Lleó, 19. Barça Intersport (20+13) ... Reale Ademar Lleó (10+9). Malumbres (Asanin, m.10 a 30); Vrazalic (1), Goñi (2), Carou (2), Vranjes (4), Castro (2), Carrillo, Golibovic, Borges (4), Cabanas (1), Tatarintsev (3,1p) and Jadim. Referees. Casado Fernández and Vera Avila. Score at five minute intervals ... distributed by ... (noodl. 16757949) ....(size: 2.5Kb)
Scoop
03 Nov 2012
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1.37 pm. Press Release. SEEMO. ****. SEEMO/IPI Press Release. SEEMO urges Serbian authorities to investigate attacks against journalists ... In the latest episode, someone placed an explosive device, which did not explode, near the family house of Tanja Jankovic, a journalist with TV B92, in Vranje, in southern Serbia ... Jankovic was hit in the head. Other family members were injured ... . {parsetags ... . ....(size: 2.7Kb)
noodls
02 Nov 2012
Friday, 02 November 2012 Third Serbian journalist targeted by explosive device in less than two weeks ... Following an incident on Oct ... In the latest episode, someone placed an explosive device, which did not explode, near the family house of Tanja Jankovic, a journalist with TV B92, in Vranje, in southern Serbia ... On Oct ... Vujovic, who was awake at the time, was able to react quickly and to extinguish a fire that started spreading ... (noodl....(size: 3.0Kb)
noodls
22 Oct 2012
Scoop
03 Oct 2012
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 2.46 pm. Press Release. SEEMO. SEEMO/IPI Press Release. SEEMO urges Serbian police to investigate latest attacks against journalists ... Mijatovic had previously received verbal threats and had been physically assaulted. The latest assault occurred in August 2011. On 22 September 2012, a wedding in Vranje, southern Serbia, degenerated into a massive fist fight ... ENDS ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
The Times of India
01 Oct 2012
SARAJEVO. Bosnia midfielder Miralem Pjanic could miss the soccer World Cup qualifier away to Greece on Oct. 12 because of a groin injury, coach Safet Susic said on Monday. Susic included uncapped central defender Ervin Zukanovic in his 22-man squad as Bosnia, who also face Lithuania on Oct ... "We'll see ... Ervin Zukanovic (Kortrijk), Emir Spahic (Sevilla), Toni Sunjic (Zorya Lugansk), Mensur Mujdza (Freiburg), Ognjen Vranjes (Krasnodar) ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
Novosti
16 Sep 2012
I think we played well,” he said. Shatov opened the scoring after just 38 seconds, picking up the ball on the left flank and cutting inside past defender Ognjen Vranjes before sending a hard shot past the motionless Nukri Revishvili in goal ... It was then Anzhi’s turn to display defensive frailty as Vranjes ghosted in at the far post on 52 minutes to make it 4-2 with his left foot, leaving Samba angry with the defense....(size: 3.3Kb)
noodls
16 Sep 2012
(Source. FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association) ... Petersburg on Friday night ... Mbark Boussoufa made it 4-1 after 46 minutes before Ognjen Vranjes again saw the visitors trim the lead to two, but Anzhi had the final say three minutes from full-time when Eto'o bagged his second ... distributed by ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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02 Sep 2012
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| Vranje Врање |
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| Coordinates: 42°33′N 21°54′E / 42.55°N 21.9°E / 42.55; 21.9 | |||
| Country |  Serbia |
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| District | Pčinja | ||
| Settlements | 105 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Miroljub Stojčić (SPS) | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Municipality | 860 km2 (330 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011 census)[2] | |||
| • Town | 54,456 | ||
| • Municipality | 82,782 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 17500 | ||
| Area code | +381 17 | ||
| Car plates | VR | ||
| Website | www.vranje.org.rs | ||
Vranje (Serbian: Врање, Vranje, pronounced [ʋrâɲɛ]) is a city located in southern Serbia. In 2011 the city has total population of 82,782, while the urban area has 54,456. It is the administrative center of the Pčinja District of Serbia.
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Name and history[link]
In ancient times, various Thracian tribes inhabited present-day Vranje, as well as the Agrianes (a Paeonian tribe) inhabiting the whole of Pčinja District.
The Romans conquered the region in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. The Roman fortresses in the Vranje region were abandoned during the Hun attacks in 539-544 AD, these include the localities of Kale at Vranjska Banja and Gradište in Korbevac and Gradište in Prvonek.[3]
Its name stems from the old word for "black" ("vran") in the Serbian language and first appears in the Alexiad (9, 4) by Byzantine princess and scholar Anna Comnena (1083–1153).In period of Austrian occupation from 1688 to 1692, Vranje was managed by Von Lahmm family.
During Ottoman rule Vranje was part of the Sanjak of Niš.[4]
The front between the Serbian and Bulgarian forces at the time of the 1915 Battle of Ovche Pole in the Serbian Campaign (World War I) stretched near to Vranje.
Geography[link]
Municipality of Vranje is located between municipalities of Bujanovac, Trgovište, Bosilegrad, Surdulica, Vladičin Han, Leskovac, and Kosovska Kamenica (which is in Kosovo).
Culture[link]
Vranje was an important Ottoman trading site. The White bridge is a symbol of the city and is called "most ljubavi" (Lovers bridge) after the tale about the forbidden love between the Muslim girl Ajša and Christian Stojan that resulted in the father killing the couple. After that, he built the bridge where he had killed her and had the story in-scripted in Ottoman Arabic. The 11th century Markova kula fortress is in the north of the city. The city has traditional Balkan architecture as well as Ottoman. The well-known theater play “Koštana” by Bora Stanković is placed in Vranje.
Vranje is famous for its popular, old music, lively and melancholic at the same time. The best known music is from the theater piece with music “Koštana”, by Bora Stanković. This original music style has been renewed recently by taking quite different and quite specific, and more oriental form, with rich brass instruments contribution. It is played particularly by the Vranje Roma, who are often referred to as Gypsies (a derogatory term which wrongly implies their Egyptian origin).
Institutions[link]
- National Museum, built in 1765
- Youth Cultural Centre
- National Library
- Centre for Talents
Famous or notable citizens[link]
- Borisav (Bora) Stanković (* March 31, 1875, Vranje; † October 22, 1927, Belgrade), a Serbian writer.
- Miroslav-Cera Mihajlović, contemporary poet.
- Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević, (1866–1946), historian.
- Djordje Tasić, (1892–1943), one of the most notable Serbian jurists.
- Justin Popović (1894–1979), theologian and philosopher.
- Physicians: Dr. Franjo Kopsa († 1898); Dr. Dragoljub Mihajlović († 1980).
- Scientists: Dejan Stojkovic (Ph.D. physics, professor in USA), Marjan Bosković, (MD), anatomy professor; Dragan Pavlović, (MD); Dragoslav Mitrinović, mathematician.
- Painters: Jovica Dejanovic, Miodrag Stankovic-Dage, Zoran Petrusijević-Zop, Suzana Stojanović.
- Musicians: Bakija Bakić († 1989), Stanisa Stosić († 2008).
- Curators: Jelena Veljkovic, Marko Stamenković.
- Architects: Milan Stamenkovic (Moscow Architectural Institute State Academy), Nebojsa Nikolic, Atelje BS
Demographics[link]
Population of Vranje has been permanently refreshed by the newcomers from its surroundings as well by the Serb refugees who emigrated from Kosovo and Metohija during the last 2 decades. The last wave of emigration was one in 1999, following the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
Population of the city in history:
- 1093: 3,900 ( first appears in the Alexiad by Byzantine princess and scholar Anna Comnena)
- 1386: 5,800 (Vranje was capital of Caesar Ugljesa′s country)
- 1800: 10,654
- 1878: 15,875
- 1900: 27,586
- 1905: 34,110
- 1910: 39,487
- 1921: 43,221
- 1931: 48,817
- 1941: 53,000 (estimate)
- 1948: 32,472
- 1953: 49,690
- 1961: 54,261
- 1971: 65,959
- 1981: 76,094
- 1991: 85,122
- 2002: 94,052
- 2011: 82,782
Municipalities[link]
City of Vranje includes two municipalities: Vranje and Vranjska Banja.[5]
Municipal area of two municipalities of Vranje includes the following settlements:
Ethnic groups (2002 census)[link]
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Ethnic groups in the Vranje municipal area (including both municipalities):
- Serbs = 97,198
- Roma = 1,678
- others
See also[link]
External links[link]
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References[link]
- ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/en/Zip/OG2006webE.zip. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in The Republic of Serbia: First Results". Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2011. ISSN 0354-3641. http://media.popis2011.stat.rs/2011/prvi-rezultati.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ^ http://www.rastko.rs/arheologija/delo/13047
- ^ Godišnjak grada Beograda. Museum of the Belgrade. 1977. p. 116. http://books.google.com/books?id=OE_jAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%22&dq=%22%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%22&hl=en&ei=6MgaTq6QF8_2sgbnv_S4Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwADgK. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ http://media.popis2011.stat.rs/2011/prvi_rezultati.pdf
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Vranje (Serbian: Врање, Vranje, pronounced [ʋrâɲɛ]) is a city located in southern Serbia. In 2011 the city has total population of 82,782, while the urban area has 54,456. It is the administrative center of the Pčinja District of Serbia.
In ancient times, various Thracian tribes inhabited present-day Vranje, as well as the Agrianes (a Paeonian tribe) inhabiting the whole of Pčinja District.
The Romans conquered the region in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. The Roman fortresses in the Vranje region were abandoned during the Hun attacks in 539-544 AD, these include the localities of Kale at Vranjska Banja and Gradište in Korbevac and Gradište in Prvonek.
Its name stems from the old word for "black" ("vran") in the Serbian language and first appears in the Alexiad (9, 4) by Byzantine princess and scholar Anna Comnena (1083–1153).In period of Austrian occupation from 1688 to 1692, Vranje was managed by Von Lahmm family.
During Ottoman rule Vranje was part of the Sanjak of Niš.
The front between the Serbian and Bulgarian forces at the time of the 1915 Battle of Ovche Pole in the Serbian Campaign (World War I) stretched near to Vranje.
