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Skrapež (river)
Skrapež ( sr-cyr, Скрапеж; ), is a river in central Serbia. It is long and it flows into Đetinja river, which some later creates West Morava, along with the Golijska Moravica. Skrapež belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin. The river originates on the southeastern slope of Povlen Povlen ( sr, Повлен) is a mountain in western Serbia, located thirty kilometers west of Valjevo. It has several peaks, the three most important being Small Povlen (), Middle Povlen () and Big Povlen (), which is, ironically, the lowest. Ge ... mountain, at the confluence of two smaller rivers: Sečnica and Godljevača. References Bibliography * * {{Authority control Rivers of Serbia Zlatibor District Kolubara District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosjerić
Kosjeríć ( sr-cyr, Косјерић, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. The municipality has a population of 12,090 inhabitants, but the town itself has 3,992. The municipality's area is , with 26 villages mostly placed in the river valleys, though there are also some settlements in the mountains at altitudes of more than . Geography The town is situated on the road between Požega on one end and Valjevo on the other. The town is near the mountain tourist centres: Divčibare and Zlatibor. It lies at the foothill of Drmanovina and Crnokosa and from south Povlen and Maljen mountains. Climate Kosjerić has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Dfb''), that's very close to an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Cfb''). History 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 immigratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valjevo
Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the administrative area of Valjevo had 90,312 inhabitants, 59,073 of whom were urban dwellers. Valjevo occupies an area of 905 square kilometers; its altitude is 185 meters. The city is situated along the river Kolubara, a tributary of the Sava, Sava river. History In the nearby village of Petnica, scientists found the first complete neolithic habitat in Serbia and dated it at 6,000 years old. In Ancient Rome, Roman times this area was part of the province of Moesia. Valjevo was mentioned for the first time in 1393. It was an important staging post on the trade route that connected Bosnia to Belgrade. Valjevo became significant during the 16th and 17th centuries under stable Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule. According to Matija Nenadović, there were 24 mosques in Valjevo in the late 18th century. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Požega, Serbia
Požega ( sr-cyr, Пожега, ), formerly Užička Požega ( sr-cyr, Ужичка Пожега), is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. The population of the town is 13,153, while the municipality has 29,638 inhabitants. Settlements Aside from the town of Požega, the municipality includes the following settlements: * Bakionica * Velika Ježevica * Visibaba * Vranjani * Glumač * Godovik * Gornja Dobrinja * Gorobilje * Gugalj * Donja Dobrinja * Dražinovići * Duškovci * Zaselje * Zdravčići * Jelen Do * Kalenići * Lopaš * Loret * Ljutice * Mađer * Mala Ježevica * Milićevo Selo * Mršelji * Otanj * Papratište * Pilatovići * Prijanovići * Prilipac * Radovci * Rasna * Rečice * Roge * Rupeljevo * Svračkovo * Srednja Dobrinja * Tabanovići * Tvrdići * Tometino Polje * Tučkovo * Uzići * Čestobrodica Demographics According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Požega has a population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Povlen
Povlen ( sr, Повлен) is a mountain in western Serbia, located thirty kilometers west of Valjevo. It has several peaks, the three most important being Small Povlen (), Middle Povlen () and Big Povlen (), which is, ironically, the lowest. Geography It belongs to the Valjevo mountain range, which form the highland west of Valjevo towards Mačva. The mountains are not very high, their highest point, Small Povlen, reaches to , but they are difficult to cross. Dense forests and deep river canyons hide narrow and winding roads that lead to small hamlets. In the canyon of Trešnjica under Povlen, there is a colony of griffon vultures. Eagles and hawks also live on the mountain. Successful program of brown bears protection was conducted on the Tara mountain in the 21st century, some southwest of the Povlen. As the number of bears grew, by the 2020s they re-appeared on the Povlen, too. History In November 2019 it was announced that the remains of the Byzantine church were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlatibor District
The Zlatibor District ( sr, / , ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It is located in the western, mountainous part of Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of Zlatibor. According to the 2011 census results, the Zlatibor District has a population of 286,549 people. The administrative center of the Zlatibor district is Užice. Municipalities The district encompasses the municipalities of: * Bajina Bašta * Kosjerić * Užice * Požega * Čajetina * Arilje * Nova Varoš * Prijepolje * Sjenica * Priboj Demographics According to the last official census done in 2011, the Zlatibor Distri ct has 286,549 inhabitants. 51.2% of the population lives in the urban areas. Ethnic composition of the district: Society and culture Culture In the vicinity of Bajina Bašta stands the Rača monastery, built in the 13th century. Over its history, this monastery was destroyed several times and then reconstructed. Rača Monastery' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đetinja
Đetinja ( sr-Cyrl, Ђетиња; ) is a river in western Serbia, a long natural but shorter headstream of the Zapadna Morava River. The Đetinja river valley serves as a route for the Belgrade-Bar railway. Name According to the legend which describes how the Đetinja River got its name, the Ottoman Turks in the times when they ruled these lands, once punished the local Užican people by taking their children and brutally throwing them into the river. Thus the river was named ''Đetinja rijeka'', which in Užican dialect means ''the children's river''. Later ''rijeka'' (''river'') was just dropped out of the river name, leaving only ''Đetinja'' (meaning ''children's''). However, the name probably originates from the old name Cetina, which meant "Horse river" and even today, one of the streams which form Đetinja is called Konjska reka (Serbian for Horse river). Zlatibor section The Đetinja River, as the Matijaševića reka, originates from the southeastern slopes of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gradnja (river)
Gradnja is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 247 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. References {{coord, 42, 42, N, 21, 52, E, source:nlwiki_type:city_region:RS, display=title Populated places in Pčinja District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobrinja River
Dobrinja ( sr-cyrl, Добриња) is a neighbourhood in the western outskirts of Sarajevo, part of the municipality of Novi Grad. It is estimated to have a population of 25,063 inhabitants. Its name comes from the short river ''Dobrinjka'' that flows through it. It is today organised in four local communities (MZ Dobrinja A, B, C, and D). Dobrinja lies just north of Sarajevo International Airport. The first phase of settlement construction was completed in 1983 with the settlement areas of Dobrinja I and Dobrinja II, used as olympic villages for the accommodation of sportspeople and foreign journalists in Sarajevo for the 1984 Winter Olympics. They included two residential neighbourhood, one school, and a trolleybus line to link it with the city centre. Dobrinja III, with its primary school, was the next phase in the second half of the 1980s. By the early 1990s Dobrinja IV and V were built and occupied. The newest blocks. These newest settlements suffered most damage during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lužnica (river)
Lužnica may refer to: * Lužnica, Croatia, a village in Croatia, in Zaprešić Municipality * Lužnica, Visoko, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Visoko Municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina * , a village in Montenegro, in Podgorica Municipality * , a village in Kosovo, in Suva Reka Municipality * Lužnica (region) Lužnica ( sr-Cyrl, Лужница) is a region in southeastern Serbia, comprising the Lužnica river basin. It includes parts of the Babušnica Municipality and two villages in Bela Palanka (Pirot District). __NOTOC__ Geography The region occ ..., region in Serbia * , river in Serbia, tributary of Vlasina * , river in Serbia, tributary of Skrapež {{DEFAULTSORT:Luznica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Serbia
Central Serbia ( sr, централна Србија / centralna Srbija), also referred to as Serbia proper ( sr, link=no, ужа Србија / uža Srbija), is the region of Serbia lying outside the autonomous province of Vojvodina to the north and the disputed territory of Kosovo to the south. Central Serbia is a term of convenience, not an administrative division of Serbia as such, and does not have any form of separate administration. Broadly speaking, Central Serbia is the historical core of modern Serbia, which emerged from the Serbian Revolution (1804–17) and subsequent wars against the Ottoman Empire. In the following century, Serbia gradually expanded south, acquiring South Serbia, Kosovo, Sandžak and Vardar Macedonia, and in 1918 – following the unification and annexation of Montenegro and unification of Austro-Hungarian areas left of the Danube and Sava (Vojvodina) – it merged with other South Slavic territories into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The current b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
