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Pčinja District
The Pčinja District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It occupies the southernmost part of Serbia, bordering Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the .... According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 193,802 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of Vranje. History The present-day administrative districts (including Pčinja District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia. Municipalities The district encompasses one city and 7 municipalities: * Vranje (city) * Bosilegrad (municipality) * Bujanovac (municipality) * Preševo (municipality) * Surdulica (municipality) * Trgovište (municipality) * Vladičin Han (municipality) * Vranjska Banja (munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Districts Of Serbia
The administrative districts () of Serbia are the country's first-level administrative division. The term '' okrug'' (pl. ''okruzi'') means "circuit" and corresponds (in literal meaning) to in the German language. It can be translated as "county", though it is generally rendered by the government as "district". Prior to a 2006 decree, the administrative districts were named simply districts. The local government reforms of 1992 created 29 districts, with the City of Belgrade having similar status. Following the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, the districts created by the UNMIK-Administration were adopted by Kosovo. The Serbian government does not recognize these districts. The administrative districts are generally named after historical and geographical regions, though some, such as the Pčinja District and the Nišava District, are named after local rivers. Their areas and populations vary, ranging from the relatively-small Podunavlje District to the much larger Zl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surdulica
Surdulica ( sr-cyr, Сурдулица) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of 2022, the population of the town is 9,242, while the municipality has 16,991 inhabitants. History Massacre during World War I During World War I, 2,000–3,000 men were Surdulica massacre, massacred by Bulgarian forces in the town from 1915 to 1916. 1999 NATO bombings Over the course of the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, Surdulica was subject to NATO bombings on multiple occasions. By the end of the bombing campaign, approximately fifty homes were destroyed and around 600 more were damaged in Surdulica alone. On April 27, 1999, NATO missiles struck several houses in the southern town of Surdulica. A CNN journalist named Alessio Vinci subsequently visited the local morgue, where he reported 16 civilians killed as a result of the attack. One of Serbia's Public broadcasting, public broadcasters, Radio Television of Serbia, RTS, reported that 20 civilians we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pčinja District
The Pčinja District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It occupies the southernmost part of Serbia, bordering Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the .... According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 193,802 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of Vranje. History The present-day administrative districts (including Pčinja District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia. Municipalities The district encompasses one city and 7 municipalities: * Vranje (city) * Bosilegrad (municipality) * Bujanovac (municipality) * Preševo (municipality) * Surdulica (municipality) * Trgovište (municipality) * Vladičin Han (municipality) * Vranjska Banja (munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jablanica District
The Jablanica District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the southeastern parts of the country. According to the 2022 census, the district has a population of 184,502 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of Leskovac. History The present-day administrative districts (including Jablanica District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia. Municipalities The Jablanica District encompasses the territories of one city and 5 municipalities: * Leskovac (city) * Bojnik (municipality) * Crna Trava (municipality) * Lebane (municipality) * Medveđa (municipality) * Vlasotince (municipality) Demographics Towns There are two towns with over 10,000 inhabitants. * Leskovac Leskovac ( sr-Cyrl, Лесковац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in Southern Serbia (Geographical Region), southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Serbia
The administrative divisions of Serbia are regulated by the Government decree of 29 January 1992, and by the Law on Territorial Organization adopted by the National Assembly on 29 December 2007.Government of SerbiaDistricts In Serbia/ref>Law on Territorial Organization and Local Self-Government Parliament of Serbia There are two types of administrative divisions in : political (regional and local self-government - ''autonomous provinces'' and ''cities and municipalities'') and administrative (''administrative districts'' for decentralized services of the state and ''statistical regions'' for statistical purposes). Political divisions < ...
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Bulgarians In Serbia
Bulgarians in Serbia (; ) are a recognized national minority in Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the population of ethnic Bulgarians in Serbia is 12,918, constituting 0.2% of the total population. The vast majority of them live in the southeastern part of the country that borders Bulgaria and North Macedonia. History The regional names once used by many people in the Torlakian-speaking region was '' Torlaci'' and '' Šopi'' speaking a transitional speech between Bulgarian and Serbian. Before the Ottoman conquest, the borders of the region frequently shifted between Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian rulers. According to some authors during the Ottoman rule, the majority of native Torlakian Slavic population did not have a distinct national consciousness in the ethnic sense. The first known literary monument, influenced by Torlakian dialects is the Manuscript from Temska Monastery from 1762, in which its author, the Monk Kiril Zhivkovich from Pirot, considered his lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romani People In Serbia
Romani people, or Roma (), are the fourth largest ethnic group in Serbia, numbering 131,936 (1.98%) according to the 2022 census. However, due to a legacy of poor birth registration and some other factors, this official number is likely underestimated. Anywhere between 46,000 to 97,000 Roma are internally displaced from Kosovo after 1999. Another name used for the community is ''Cigani'' ( sr-Cyrl, Цигани), although the term is today considered pejorative and is not officially used in public documents. They are divided into numerous subgroups, with different, although related, Romani dialects and history. Subgroups As there are difficulties with the data collection, historization, and with the questionable familiarity of the Serbian scholars with Roma lives and culture and significant demographic changes and migrations of Roma population, it is difficult to establish one definite division within Roma community. According to the study of scholar Tihomir Đorđević (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanians In Serbia
Albanians in Serbia (; ) are a recognized national minority in Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the population of ethnic Albanians in Serbia is 61,687, constituting 0.93% of the total population. The vast majority of them live in the southern part of the country that borders Kosovo and North Macedonia, called the Preševo Valley. Their cultural center is located in Preševo. Geography In the municipalities of Serbia, municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac Albanians form the majority of population (93.7% in Preševo and 62% in Bujanovac according to the 2022 census). In the municipality of Medveđa, Albanians are second largest ethnic group (after Serbs), and their participation in this municipality was 32% in 1981 census, 28.67% in 1991 and 26.17% in 2002. The region of Bujanovac and Preševo is known as the Preševo Valley (Serbian: Прешевска Долина, ''Preševska Dolina'', Albanian: ''Lugina e Preshevës''). History Late antiquity In late antiquity, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian language, language. They primarily live in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro as well as in North Macedonia, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania. The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language, Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro. Ethnology The identity of Serbs is rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy and traditions. In the 19th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vranjska Banja
The City municipality of Vranjska Banja ( sr-cyrl, Градска општина Врањска Бања, Gradska opština Vranjska Banja) is a town and one of two city municipalities which constitute the City of Vranje. It is also one of the spa resorts in Serbia. Located northeast from the city of Vranje, it is surrounded by forests and rolling hills. A restaurant by the old clinic is situated at the end of the town. The municipality has a population of 9,580 inhabitants, while the urban area has 5,347 inhabitants. History There are many excavations of early Byzantine fortresses in the region, all abandoned in the 6th and 7th century when the Slavs permanently settled in the area. Demographics Spa The Vranjska Banja resort thermal spring, with discharge temperatures of 96°C (205°F), are the hottest geothermal spring in Serbia. The spa water contains high levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and has positive effects on illnesses related to rheumatism, skin conditions, neurol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladičin Han
Vladičin Han ( sr-cyrl, Владичин Хан, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District in southern Serbia. The town is located along the road from the Serbian capital Belgrade to the Greek city of Thessalonica. It is located close to the Serbian border with Bulgaria and North Macedonia. As of 2022, the population of the town was 7,343, while the population of the municipality is 17,532. History In the 17th century, a house ("Han") was built by Stefan Grk, which was later bought by Bishop Pajsije of Janjevo. A small settlement was established in 1887 around the house, and was given the name of Vladicin Han. In 1888, the first school was established, and a temple of Saint Nikola was built in 1905. In 1910, an iron bridge was built to replace the old wooden bridges. With the development of railways, it became an established town in the 1920s with flourishing trade and economy. Geography The town is located in the Pčinja District in southern Serbia, ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trgovište
Trgovište ( sr-cyr, Трговиште) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. According to 2022 census, the population of the town is 1,711, while population of the municipality is 4,316. Settlements Aside from the town of Trgovište, the municipality includes the following settlements: * Babina Poljana * Barbace * Vladovce * Goločevac * Gornovac * Gornja Trnica * Gornji Kozji Dol * Gornji Stajevac * Dejance * Donja Trnica * Donji Kozji Dol * Donji Stajevac * Dumbija * Đerekarce * Zladovce * Kalovo * Lesnica * Mala Reka * Margance * Mezdraja * Novi Glog * Novo Selo * Petrovac * Prolesje * Radovnica * Rajčevce * Surlica * Crveni Grad * Crna Reka * Crnovce * Šajince * Šaprance * Široka Planina * Šumata Trnica Demographics The ethnic composition of the municipality: Notable people * Mojsije I * Krsta Kovačević, Chetnik soldier * Stojan Koruba, Chetnik soldier * Čakr-paša, Hajduk soldier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
