Majdanpek ( sr-cyr, Мајданпек; ro, Maidan) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia, and is not far from the border of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. According to 2011 census, the municipality of Majdanpek had a population of 18,686 people, while the town of Majdanpek had a population of 7,699.

Name

The name "Majdanpek" is derived from the words ''majdan'' meaning "

quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their envir ...

" (from Arabic ''maydān'') and '' pek'' meaning "much, big, very" in Turkish. In

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania ** Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...

, the town is known as .

History

There is an archaeological site in Majdanpek, from the time of the

Vinča culture The Vinča culture (), also known as Turdaș culture or Turdaș–Vinča culture, is a Neolithic archaeological culture of Southeast Europe, dated to the period 5700–4500 BC or 5300–4700/4500 BC.. Named for its type site, Vinča-Belo Brdo, ...

, which provides one of the earliest known examples of copper metallurgy, dated to

5th millennium BC The 5th millennium BC spanned the years 5000 BC to 4001 BC (c. 7 ka to c. 6 ka). It is impossible to precisely date events that happened around the time of this millennium and all dates mentioned here are estimates mostly based on geological an ...

Chalcolithic The Copper Age, also called the Chalcolithic (; from grc-gre, χαλκός ''khalkós'', "copper" and ''líthos'', "Rock (geology), stone") or (A)eneolithic (from Latin ''wikt:aeneus, aeneus'' "of copper"), is an list of archaeologi ...

excavations exist in Kapetanova Pecina, Praurija, Kameni Rog and Roman site of

Kamenjar Kamenjar ( sr-cyr, Камењар) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located between river Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 Eur ...

. The town is famous as a copper mine district, since the early 17th century. The origin of the name is based on words ''majdan'' (related to Turkish ''madän'', mine) and river Pek - mine on river Pek. Throughout its history, mining development was held by many foreign owners (Czechs, Belgians, Austrians), and was extensively exploited. The town was industrialized in the mid-20th century, by the industrial program supported by SFR Yugoslavia's Government of that time, and the personal influence of J.B.Tito (marshal and lifetime prime minister since the end of World War II until 1980). Through the late 20th century, the town was in a period of industrial progress and one of the most developed areas in copper mining and metallurgy.

Geography

Climate

Majdanpek has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

: ''Dfb'').

Settlements

The municipality includes the following settlements: ;Towns * Majdanpek *

Donji Milanovac Donji Milanovac ( sr-cyrl, Доњи Милановац, ) is a town in eastern Serbia. It is situated in the Majdanpek municipality, in the Bor District. It is located on the right bank of Lake Đerdap on the Danube. The population of the town ...

;Villages *

Boljetin Boljetin is a village in the municipality of Majdanpek, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of th ...

* Vlaole * Golubinje * Debeli Lug * Jasikovo * Klokočevac * Leskovo * Miroč * Mosna *

Rudna Glava Rudna Glava () is a mining site in present-day eastern Serbia that demonstrates one of the earliest evidences of European copper mining and metallurgy, dating to the 5th millennium BC. Shafts were cut into the hillside, with scaffolding constructed ...

* Topolnica * Crnajka

Demographics

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Majdanpek has a population of 18,686 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

Most of the settlements in the Majdanpek municipality have Serb ethnic majority. The settlement with a

ethnic majority is Vlaole. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Romanian majority is Jasikovo. The ethnic composition of the municipality:

Tourism

One of the most notable tourist attractions in Majdanpek is Rajkova Pećina (

Rajko's Cave Rajko's Cave ( sr, Рајкова пећина, Rajkova pećina) is a cave near the copper and gold mines of Majdanpek in eastern Serbia. See also * List of caves in Serbia List of caves in Serbia. See also * List of caves * Speleology ...

Economy

Majdanpek mine The Majdanpek mine is a large copper mine located in the east of Serbia in Bor District. Majdanpek represents one of the largest porphyry copper reserves in Serbia and in the world having estimated reserves of 619.5 million tonnes of ore grading ...

, owned by

RTB Bor Serbia Zijin Bor Copper, formerly known as RTB Bor, is a copper mining and smelting complex located in Bor, Serbia. History Formation and expansion The first geological explorations of copper ore in Bor area were conducted in 1897 and cov ...

, dominates the industrial landscape of the city. 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:Majdanpek sa partizanskog puta.jpg, Majdanpek Downtown File:Majdanpek - panoramio.jpg, Majdanpek Mines File:Прераст Ваља у заласку сунца.jpg, Majdanpek Nature File:DM Spomenik1.jpg, Donji Milanovac Monument File:Djerdapska klisura- Kazan.jpg,

Đerdap national park The Iron Gates ( ro, Porțile de Fier; sr, / or / ; Hungarian: ''Vaskapu-szoros'') is a gorge on the river Danube. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia (to the south) and Romania (north). In the broad sense it encompasses a rout ...

File:Đerdap National park.jpg, Đerdap national park File:Panorama Donjeg Milanovca.jpg, Donji Milanovac panorama

Notable people

* Dejan Petkovic (born 1972), Serbian football player

References

External links

Radio television Bor
{{Authority control Populated places in Bor District Timok Valley Municipalities and cities of Southern and Eastern Serbia Socialist planned cities