Požarevac

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Пожаревац
Požarevac
Location in Serbia
Location of Požarevac within Serbia
General Information
District Braničevo
Land area 482 km²
Population
(2002 census)		 41,736 (town)
74,902 (municipality)
Settlements 27
Coordinates 44°37′N, 21°11′E
Area code +381 12
Car plates PO
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)
Website http://www.pozarevac.org.yu
Politics
Mayor Dušan Vujčić (SPS)
Požarevac
Požarevac

Požarevac (Пожаревац) is a city located in Serbia at 44°37′12″N, 21°11′23″E. It is the administrative center of the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2002, the city had total population of 41,736.

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[edit] Name

In Serbian, the city is known as Пожаревац or Požarevac, in Romanian as Pojarevaţ, in Turkish as Pasarofça, in German as Passarowitz, and in Hungarian as Pozsarevác.

Its name means "fire-town" in Serbian.

[edit] History

It is historically known as the site of the signing the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718) and, when known as Margus, for a treaty between the Hun leaders Attila and Bleda and the Byzantine Empire (435 AD). Margus was sacked by the Huns in their invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire in 442.

It is also where former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević was born on 20 August 1941 and buried on 18 March 2006.

[edit] Municipality

Municipality of Požarevac include following settlements:

  • Požarevac
  • Bare
  • Batovac
  • Beranje
  • Bradarac
  • Bratinac
  • Brežane
  • Bubušinac
  • Dragovac
  • Drmno
  • Dubravica
  • Živica
  • Kasidol
  • Klenovnik
  • Kličevac
  • Kostolac
  • Lučica
  • Maljurevac
  • Nabrđe
  • Ostrovo
  • Petka
  • Poljana
  • Prugovo
  • Rečica
  • Selo Kostolac
  • Trnjane
  • Ćirikovac

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups in the Požarevac municipality (2002 census):

  • Serbs = 68,779
  • Roma = 2,603
  • Yugoslavs = 275
  • Montenegrins = 262
  • Macedonians = 174
  • Croats = 117
  • Vlachs = 109

[edit] Politics

Seats in the municipality parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]

  • Socialist Party of Serbia (16)
  • Democratic Party (15)
  • Serbian Radical Party (10)
  • Democratic Party of Serbia (9)
  • Serbian Strength Movement (8)
  • Coalition "Because of Požarevac" (6)
  • G17 Plus (4)

[edit] See also

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