Nova Varoš ( sr-cyr, Нова Варош, ) is a town and municipality located in the

Zlatibor District The Zlatibor District (, ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It is located in the western, mountainous part of Serbia. The district was named after the mountainous region of Zlatibor. As of the 2022 cen ...

of southwestern

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. The municipality of Nova Varoš has a population of 13,507, while the town of Nova Varoš itself has a population of 7,542 inhabitants.

History

Nova Varoš was founded in the middle of the 16th century. It is associated with the name of Skender Pasha of

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. When Skender-pasha, travelling from

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to the Ottoman capital of

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(1530), stopped with his entourage on the plateau below the mountain Zlatar and was delighted with the beauty of this wooded area and the intoxicating smell of pine, he ordered a town to be built there. Settlements soon sprang up on the site of today's Nova Varoš. It was called Skender-pašina palanka (''Skender-pasha's Palanka''). When it grew to close to 2,000 houses, "a fire broke out and burned the palace to the ground" (

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). Most of the inhabitants stayed there and built a new town which they called Nova Kasaba, which in Serbian means Nova Varoš.

Geography

Nova Varoš is located in southwest Serbia, the main road that connects the north of the country the Montenegrin coast. It is situated at 1000 meters above sea level, and below the northern slopes of mountain Zlatar. Nova Varoš is located in the Dinaric mountain range. North of town is mountain Murtenica, while the south mountain Zlatar.

Climate

Nova Varoš has an

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(

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: ''Cfb'').

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2022, the Municipality of Nova Varoš has 13,507 inhabitants. Population density on the territory of the municipality is 23 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Ethnic groups

In 1991, the population of the municipality was composed of:

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and

Montenegrins Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...

(89.20%), ethnic Muslims (8.51%) and others. In 2002, the population of the municipality was composed of: Serbs (18,001) (90.09%),

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

(1,028) (5.15%), ethnic Muslims (502) (2.51%) and others. Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by

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, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by ethnicity. Ethnic composition of the municipality according to 2011 and 2022 censuses:

Settlements

Aside from the town of Nova Varoš, the municipality includes the following settlements: * Akmačići * Amzići * Bistrica * Božetići * Brdo * Bukovik * Burađa * Vilovi * Vraneša * Gornje Trudovo * Debelja * Draglica * Draževići * Drmanovići * Jasenovo * Komarani * Kućani * Ljepojevići * Miševići *

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* Ojkovica * Radijevići * Radoinja * Rutoši * Seništa * Tisovica * Trudovo * Čelice * Štitkovo

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):

Culture

* Janja Monastery * Dubnica Monastery

Gallery

File:Nova Varos opstina IMG 0045.JPG, ''Town Hall'' File:Nova Varos dom kulture jovan tomic IMG 0073.JPG, ''Nova Varoš Cultural Center'' File:Nova Varos IMG 0085.JPG, ''Town center'' File:Nova Varos IMG 0084.JPG, ''Town buildings'' File:Nova Varos xram svete trojice IMG 0090.JPG, ''Orthodox Church'' File:Nova Varos mosque Dzamija IMG 0046.JPG, ''Nova Varoš Mosque'' File:Uvac nova varos IMG 9995 kokin brod Zlatarso Jezero.JPG, ''Uvac Lake''

Notable people

* Gavrilo I, Serbian Patriarch *

Petar Bojović Petar Bojović (, ; 16 July 1858 – 19 January 1945) was a Serbian and Yugoslav military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War, and World War I. He was briefly th ...

, military commander and

field marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons a ...

* Ljubinko Drulović, former footballer, 2013 European U19 Championship winning manager * Nemanja Nedović, basketball player, silver medalist at the

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* Vladimir Otašević, footballer * Bojana Lečić, 2011 Miss Serbia *

Ivan Šaponjić Ivan Šaponjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Шапоњић; born 2 August 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Fehérvár FC. At international level, Šaponjić won the gold medal for Serbia at the 2015 FIFA ...

, footballer

References

External links

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Zlatar Info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nova Varos Populated places in Zlatibor District Raška District Municipalities and cities of Šumadija and Western Serbia