Petrovac ( sr-cyr, Петровац), also known as Petrovac na Mlavi ( sr-cyr, Петровац на Млави, "Petrovac-upon-
Mlava
The Mlava (Serbian Cyrillic: Млава) is a river in Serbia, 158 km long right tributary of the Danube.
Origin
Mlava originates as the ''Tisnica'', from the Kučaj mountains in eastern Serbia, under the ''Veliki Krš'' peak. It flows to ...
"; ) is a town and municipality located in the
Braničevo District
The Braničevo District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 156,367 inhabitants.https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf Braničevo District is named after the vi ...
of
eastern Serbia. In 2022, the population of the town is 6,958, while the population of the municipality is 25,900.
History
From 1929 to 1941, Petrovac was part of the
Morava Banovina of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 to 1929, it was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, but the term "Yugoslavia" () h ...
.
Demographics
Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):
References
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Populated places in Braničevo District
Municipalities and cities of Southern and Eastern Serbia
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