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Sjenica
Sjenica ( sr-cyr, Сјеница, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia, on the vast Sjenica- Pešter plateau and geographically located in the central part of Sandžak. The population of the municipality, according to 2022 census, is 24,083, while the town has a population of 12,989. In terms of area (1,059 km2), Sjenica is 11th largest municipality in Serbia. A multi-ethnic environment where Bosniaks, Serbs, Albanians, Montenegrins, Turks, Romani and others live in it. According to the level of development of local self-government units for the year 2014, the municipality of Sjenica belongs to the fourth group consisting of 44 extremely underdeveloped local self-government units whose level of development is below 60% of the national average. History The Sjenica area was inhabited since prehistoric times. The remains of a prehistoric fortification were found on the edge of the Sjenica field, on the Zarudina hill, near Sjenica, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandžak
Sandžak (Serbian Cyrillic: ; ) is a historical and geo-political region in the Balkans, located in the southwestern part of Serbia and the eastern part of Montenegro. The Bosnian/ Serbian term ''Sandžak'' derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative district founded in 1865. Sandžak is inhabited by a plurality of ethnic Bosniaks. Various empires and kingdoms have ruled over the region. In the 12th century, Sandžak was part of the region of Raška under the medieval Serbian Kingdom. During the Ottoman territorial expansion into the western Balkans in a series of wars, the region became an important administrative district, with Novi Pazar as its administrative center. Sandžak was under Austro-Hungarian occupation between 1878 and 1909 as a garrison, until an agreement between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire resulted in the withdrawal of Austro-Hungarian troops from Sandžak in exchange for full control over Bosnia. In 1912, it was divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pešter Plateau
The Pešter Plateau (), or simply Pešter ( sr-Cyrl, Пештер, ) is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Raška (or Sandžak) region. It lies at an altitude of , with the highest point (''Kuljarski vrh'') at 1,492 meters. The territory of the plateau is mostly located in the municipality of Sjenica, with parts belonging to Novi Pazar and Tutin. Name The name of the region comes from the common Slavic word , meaning "cave". In the speech of people native to the area, the original feminine gender of the word is preserved despite the loss of the ''-a'' ending (nominative ''Pešter'', genitive and locative ''Pešteri''), but in standard Serbian the gender is masculine (nominative ''Pešter'', genitive ''Peštera'', locative ''Pešteru''). Geography The plateau is actually a large field (''Peštersko polje'') surrounded by the mountains of Jadovnik (1734 m), Zlatar (1627 m), Ozren (1693 m), Giljeva (1617 m), Javor (1519 m), Golija (183 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvac
The Uvac ( sr-cyrl, Увац) is an international trans-boundary river, rising under Golija mountain and Pešter plateau, then flowing through southwestern Serbia and cross into eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina where, after 115 km, it finally meets the Lim river from the right. However, before it empties into the Lim, the Uvac forms the border between the two countries for a 10 kilometers. Also, while meandering through Serbia, the Uvac also loosely makes the northern border of the Raška region. Upper course The Uvac originates at the Pešter plateau from the Ozren and Ninaja mountains, as ''Rasanska reka'' (Cyrillic: ''Расанска река''). The stream curves around the Ninaja and Pometenik mountains, next to the villages of Tuzinje, Rasno, Dragojloviće and Gradac, where it meets ''Brnjička reka'' (Cyrillic: ''Брњичка река''), enters the Sjenica depression and continues on the western border of the plain while receiving the right tributary Vapa (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities And Cities Of Serbia
The municipalities and cities ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, општине и градови, opštine i gradovi, separator=" / ") are the first-level Administrative divisions of Serbia, administrative division and the basic level of local government of Serbia. The country is divided into 145 Municipality, municipalities (42 in Šumadija and Western Serbia, 38 in Southern and Eastern Serbia, 37 in Vojvodina and 28 in Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, Kosovo and Metohija) and 29 city, cities (9 in Southern and Eastern Serbia, 10 in Šumadija and Western Serbia, 8 in Vojvodina, 1 in Kosovo and Metohija and the City of Belgrade). Municipalities and cities form 29 List of districts of Serbia, administrative districts in groups, except the City of Belgrade which is not part of any district. Municipalities Like in many other countries, municipalities ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, општине, opštine, separator=" / ") are the basic entities of local government in Serbia. The head of the municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone Numbers In Serbia
Telephone numbers in Serbia are administered by Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RATEL), an independent regulatory authority. The telephone country code of Serbia is 381. The country has an open telephone numbering plan, with most numbers consisting of a two- or three-digit area codes and six to seven digits for the subscriber number. Overview The telephone country code of Serbia is 381. Serbia and Montenegro received this country code following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, which used country code 38. Montenegro switched to 382 after its independence in 2006. An example for calling telephones in Belgrade, Serbia is as follows: *xxx xx xx (telephone number in Serbia) *011 xxx xx xx (house number in Belgrade) *+381 xx xxx xx xx (outside Serbia) For domestic calls (within the country), 0 must be dialled before the area code. For calls from Serbia, the prefix for international calls was 99, but was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vehicle Registration Plates Of Serbia
Vehicle registration plates of Serbia display black alphanumeric characters on a white background with blue field placed along the left side edge. Issuance of current registration plates started on 1 January 2011 and they were used alongside the old ones during the transitional period until the end of 2011. Standard plates The two-letter regional code is followed by three or four-digit numeric code separated by the Serbian cross, Serbian cross shield and a Cyrillic letter combination for the region below, and then followed by a two-letter alpha code, separated by a hyphen. A blue field is placed along the left side edge, as in European Union countries, bearing SRB (the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Serbia). Numeric code contains combination of three or four digits (0-9), while two letter alpha code is made of combination of letters using Serbian Latin alphabet, with addition of letter X (e.g., BG 123-AA or BG 1234-AA). Since 2017 plates with the special "hooked" letters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Serbia
This is the list of cities and towns in Serbia, according to the criteria used by Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, which classifies the settlements into ''urban'' and ''other'', depending not only on size, but also on other administrative and legal criteria. Also villages with the municipal rights have been added to the list. Organization ;Cities ''City, Cities'' in administrative sense are defined by the Law on Territorial Organization. The territory with the ''city'' status usually has more than 100,000 inhabitants, but is otherwise very similar to a municipality. They enjoy a special status of autonomy and self-government, as they have their own civic parliaments and executive branches, as well as mayor (, plural: ) is elected through popular vote, elected by their citizens in local elections. Also, the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage. There are 28 cities (, singular: ), each having an assembly and budget of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 census, the district has a population of 254,659 inhabitants. The administrative center of the Zlatibor district is Užice. It is Serbia's largest district, with an area of 6,140 km². Municipalities The district encompasses the municipalities of: * Bajina Bašta * Kosjerić * Užice * Požega * Čajetina * Arilje * Nova Varoš * Prijepolje * Sjenica * Priboj Demographics As of the 2022 census, the district has a population of 254,659 inhabitants. Ethnic groups The ethnic composition of the district: Society and culture Culture In the vicinity of Bajina Bašta stands the Rača monastery, built in the 13th century. Over its history, this monastery was destroyed several times, and then reconstructed. Rača Monastery's final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of Serbia
The administrative districts () of Serbia are the country's first-level administrative divisions of Serbia, 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 of Kosovo, 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 rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Catholics, Muslims and irreligious people. The Montenegrin language is the official language of Montenegro. Historically, the Montenegrin nation comprised many tribes. Most tribes formed in the 15th and 16th centuries, about the time when the Ottoman Empire established its control of the medieval state of Zeta. Today, the tribes are mainly studied within the frameworks of social anthropology and family history, as they have not been used in official structures since the time (1852-1910) of the Principality of Montenegro; however, some tribal regions overlap with contemporary municipal areas. The kinship groups give a sense of shared identity and descent. Outside of Montenegro and Europe, Montenegrins form diaspora groups in (for exam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahiyah
A nāḥiyah ( , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiyeh, nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division while in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Xinjiang, and the former administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Empire, where it was also called a ''bucak (administrative unit), bucak'', it is a third-level or lower division. It can constitute a division of a ''qadaa'', ''mintaqah'' or other such district-type division and is sometimes translated as "subdistrict". Ottoman Empire The nahiye () was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire, smaller than a . The head was a (governor) who was appointed by the Pasha. The was a subdivision of a Selçuk Akşin Somel. "Kazâ". ''The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire''. Volume 152 of A to Z Guides. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. p. 151. and corresponded roughly to a city w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilayet
A vilayet (, "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement initiated by the Ottoman Reform Edict of 1856. The Danube Vilayet had been specially formed in 1864 as an experiment under the leading reformer Midhat Pasha. The Vilayet Law expanded its use, but it was not until 1884 that it was applied to all of the empire's provinces. Writing for the ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' in 1911, Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard claimed that the reform had intended to provide the provinces with greater amounts of local self-government but in fact had the effect of centralizing more power with the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sultan and Islam in the Ottoman Empire, local Muslims at the expense of other communities. Names The Ottoman Turkish ''vilayet'' () was a loanword linguistic borrowing, borrowed from Arabic language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
