Raška ( sr-cyr, Рашка, ) is a town and municipality located in the
Raška District
The Raška District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It expands to the southwestern part of the country. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 296,532 inhabitants. The administrative center of the Raška distric ...
of southwestern Serbia. The municipality has a population of 21,498 people, while the town has a population of 6,291 people (2022 census). It covers an area of 670km
2 (259 sq. mi.). The town is situated on the rivers
Raška and
Ibar.
History
The town and municipality bears the name of the historical
Raška region. It was the first
Nemanjić’s independent country and the center of culture and the statehood of Serbs in the middle ages.
Raška as a settlement was first mentioned in 1835 and the first Urban Plan of Raška dates back to 1844.
From 1929 to 1941, Raška was part of the
Zeta 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 ...
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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 2022):
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''
File:Baljevac na Ibru.jpg, '' Baljevac na Ibru town panorama''
File:Brvenik 0052.jpg, '' Brvenik village panorama''
File:Brvenik 0798.jpg, ''Brvenik village panorama''
Notable people
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Branko Jovicic, Serbian and Red Star football player
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Savatije Milošević, Serbian hajduk and Chetnik commander, born in Pavlica
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Serbian Patriarch German
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Goran Bogdanović, Serbian politician
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Milenković family (Svetozar Milenković (1907-1983), Vida Milenković (1912-1992), and Aleksandar Petrović),
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations ( ) is a title used by Yad Vashem to describe people who, for various reasons, made an effort to assist victims, mostly Jews, who were being persecuted and exterminated by Nazi Germany, Fascist Romania, Fascist Italy, ...
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Mihailo Petrović
Mihailo ( sr-cyr, Михаило) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is a variant of the Hebrew name ''Michael'', and its cognates include Mihajlo and Mijailo. Common as a given name among Serbs, it is an uncommon surname.
Notable peopl ...
(1871-1941), Chetnik
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Milunka Savić, Serbian WWI hero
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Saša Knežević-Gurman, Serbian gerila
See also
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Varevo
References
External links
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Tourism Organization of Raška
Municipalities and cities of Šumadija and Western Serbia
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