Raška ( sr-cyr, Рашка, ) is a town and municipality located in the
Raška District
The Raška District ( sr, / , ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It expands to the south-western part of the country. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 309,258 inhabitants. Th ...
of southwestern Serbia. The municipality has a population of 24,680 people, while the town has a population of 6,574 people (2011 census). It covers an area of 670 km
2 (259 sq. mi.). The town is situated on the rivers
Raška and
Ibar Ibar may refer to:
People
* Ibar of Beggerin (died 500), Irish saint
* Íbar of Killibar Beg, Irish saint
* Hilmi Ibar (born 1947), Kosovar academic
* José Ibar (born 1969), Cuban baseball player
Places
* Ibar District, a division of the Serbia ...
.
History
The town and municipality bears the name of the historical
Raška region. From 1929 to 1941, Raška was part of the
Zeta Banovina
The Zeta Banovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Zetska banovina, Зетска бановина), was a province ( banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of all of present-day Montenegro as well as ...
of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 191 ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Raška has 24,678 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):
Gallery
File:Centar Raške2.jpg, ''Town center square''
File:Centar Raške1.jpg, ''Town center square''
File:29.09.13 Raška 711.005 (10101184823).jpg, ''Train station in Raška''
File:Crkva Svetog Arhangela Gavrila, Raška 06.jpg, ''Church of St. Archangel''
File:Park u Jošaničkoj Banji 0099.jpg, ''Park in Jošanička Banja
Jošanička Banja ( sr-cyr, Јошаничка Бања) is a spa town located in the municipality of Raška, southwestern Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 1,036 inhabitants.
Trivia
In 500 BC, Hellenistic pottery including Meg ...
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File:Baljevac na Ibru.jpg, ''Baljevac na Ibru
Baljevac ( sr-cyr, Баљевац), also known as Baljevac na Ibru ( sr-cyr, Баљевац на Ибру), is a town located in the municipality of Raška, southwestern Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Ibar River
The Ibar ( sr-cyrl, ...
town panorama''
File:Brvenik 0052.jpg, ''Brvenik
Brvenik is a village in the municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The ...
village panorama''
File:Brvenik 0798.jpg, ''Brvenik village panorama''
Notable people
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Branko Jovicic Branko (Cyrillic script: Бранко; ) is a South Slavic male given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is related to the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka.
People named Branko include:
* Branko Babi ...
, Serbian and Red Star football player
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Savatije Milošević, Serbian hajduk and Chetnik commander, born in Pavlica
*
Serbian Patriarch German
*
Goran Bogdanović, Serbian politician
*
Milenković family (Svetozar Milenković (1907-1983), Vida Milenković (1912-1992), and Aleksandar Petrović),
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sa ...
*
Zoran Pešić, Serbian footballer
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Mihailo Petrović (1871-1941), Chetnik
*
Lazar Popović, Serbian footballer
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Marko Sočanac, Serbian football player
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Milunka Savić
Milunka Savić CMG ( sr-cyr, Милунка Савић; 28 June 1892 or 10 August 1888 – 5 October 1973) was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I. She is the most-decorated female combatant in the recorded h ...
, Serbian WWI hero
See also
*
Varevo
References
External links
*
Tourism Organization of Raška
Municipalities and cities of Šumadija and Western Serbia
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