Bobova is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

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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, 59,07 ...

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 Bas ...

. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 391 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. File:Bobova - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 1.jpg, Bobova – panorama File:Bobova - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 12.jpg, Bobova – panorama File:Bobova - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 13.jpg, Bobova – panorama File:Bobova - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 15.jpg, Bobova – panorama File:Bobova - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 17.jpg, Bobova – panorama File:Bobova - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 2.jpg, Bobova – panorama File:Bobova - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 4.jpg, Bobova – panorama File:Bobova - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 5.jpg, Bobova – panorama

History

The prince

Jovan Simić Bobovac Jovan Simić Bobovac (17. August 177526 July 1832) was a Serbian politician, who began his career as '' knez'' during the Ottoman period, participated in the Serbian Revolution (1804–17), and served as the President of the Serbian Supreme Court. ...

was born in Bobova on 17. August 1775 (died on 26 July 1832). He was a

Knyaz , or ( Old Church Slavonic: Кнѧзь) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands. It is usually translated into English as prince or duke, dependi ...

(prince), firstly appointed president of the Serbian Supreme Court, politician and participant of the

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(1804) and

Second Serbian Uprising The Second Serbian Uprising ( sr, Други српски устанак / ''Drugi srpski ustanak'', tr, İkinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was the second phase of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which erupted shortly after the re ...

(1815) against the Turks in the occupied Serbia. One of the closest collaborators of the souvereign prince of Serbia –

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References

Populated places in Kolubara District {{KolubaraRS-geo-stub