Glibovac () is a village located in the municipality of

Smederevska Palanka Smederevska Palanka ( sr-cyr, Смедеревска Паланка, ) is a town and municipality located in the Podunavlje District and the geographical region of Šumadija. According to the 2011 census, the town has 23,601, while the municipality ...

in the

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district of

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. According to the census of 2002, Glibovac has 2269 inhabitants.Књига 9, ''Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима'', Републички завод за статистику, Београд, мај 2004,

History

The name of Glibovac originates from the Serbian word for mud. The first written mention of Glibovac was in 1784 by an Austrian spy crossing the area. Though it likely that there was a settlement there before that time as some medieval remains were found in the vicinity. In 1919 archaeologists from the Art History Archive in Belgrade discovered remains of an ancient Roman town on the site of the current village. In a field near the hamlet of Bubanj 375 were found coins dating from the reigns of

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(193-211AD) and Volusianus (251-253AD). A primary school was first opened in 1891

Geography

Glibovac is situated about 4 km from the centre of Smederevska Palanka along the railway going north towards

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and Belgrade. The village is divided into two parts Gornji Glibovac (Upper) and Donji Glibovac (lower). It is also sometimes called Salevac, the name of the small area between in the rivers that form the Mali Lug and

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Demography

The adult population living in Glibovac in 1829, and the average age of the population is 40.7 years (40.0 for men and 41.4 for women). The village has 639 households. The average number of members per household is 3.55. According to the 2002 census, this village is mainly populated Serbs. :''Graph of population changes during the 20th century''

Ethnic make up according to the census of (2002)

Famous residents

The most well known of the villager is probably Stanoje Glavaš (1763–1815), a Serbian

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, who was a hero of the first and second Serbian uprising against the

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, and was killed by the Turks in 1815 in the village of Baničina near Glibovac. Konstrakta, who represented Serbia in

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in Turin. Her fathers side of the family has origin from Glibovac.

Culture

Every early August since 2005, Glibovac has organized a cultural and sporting event known as Dani Stanoja Glavaša, the "Days of Stanoje Glavaš. There is a competition and the winner is crowned ''harambaše'' (outlaw leader).

References

External links

History of Glibovac in Serbian

Satellite view of Glibovac
{{Podunavlje District Populated places in Podunavlje District