The Jablanica District ( sr, Јабланички округ, Jablanički okrug, ) is one of nine administrative districts of
Southern and Eastern Serbia
The Southern and Eastern Serbia ( sr, Јужна и источна Србија, Južna i istočna Srbija) is one of five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a level-2 statistical region according to the European NUTS. It was formed in 201 ...
. It expands in the south-eastern parts of
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 2011 census results, it has a population of 215,463 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of
Leskovac
Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, City of Leskovac has a 124,889 inhabitants.
Etymology
Leskovac was historicall ...
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Municipalities
The district encompasses the municipalities of:
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Leskovac
Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, City of Leskovac has a 124,889 inhabitants.
Etymology
Leskovac was historicall ...
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Bojnik
Bojnik ( sr-cyr, Бојник) is a town and municipality located in the Jablanica District of southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 6,688 and population of the municipality was 11,073.
History
Much of the popul ...
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Lebane
Lebane ( sr-cyr, Лебане) is a town and municipality located in Jablanica District of southern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 10,062 inhabitants, while the municipality has 20,000 inhabitants.
Geography
The ...
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Medveđa
Medveđa ( sr-cyr, Медвеђа, ; sq, Medvegja, ) is a town and municipality located in the Jablanica District of southern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 2,848 inhabitants, while the municipality has 7,438 ...
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Vlasotince
Vlasotince ( sr-cyr, Власотинце) is a town and municipality located in Jablanica District of southern Serbia. As of 2011, the municipality has 29,669 inhabitants, while the town itself has a population of 15,830 inhabitants.
History
Acc ...
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Crna Trava
Crna Trava ( sr-Cyr, Црна Трава, ) is a village and municipality located in the Jablanica District of southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the village is 434 inhabitants, while population of the municipality is 1,6 ...
Demographics
According to the 2011 census results, the Jablanica District has a total population of 216,304 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
Ethnic composition of the Jablanica District:
History and culture
Famous cultural-historic monuments in this District are: the
Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
The term usually im ...
in
Mala Kopasnica originating from 2nd century AD, a late
Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
-early
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
(6th century AD) town of
Caričin Grad or
Iustiniana Prima, the ''Jasunjski'' Monasteries dedicated to the
Virgin of Transfiguration and
St. John the Baptist, built in 1499 as the endowment of monastery sister Ksenija, as well as the church of
St. John the Baptist from 16th century, being a true pearl among monuments.
See also
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Administrative divisions of Serbia
The administrative divisions of Serbia ( sr, административна подела Србије, аdministrativna podela Srbije) are regulated by the Government of Serbia ''Enactment'' of 29 January 1992,Government of SerbiaDistricts In Se ...
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Districts of Serbia
An ''okrug'' is one of the first-level administrative divisions of Serbia, corresponding to a "district" in many other countries (Serbia also has two autonomous provinces at a higher level than districts). The term ''okrug'' (pl. ''okruzi)'' ...
Notes
References
''Note: All official material made by the Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from th
official website''
External links
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{{Okruzi
Districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia