Velika Plana

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Велика Плана
Velika Plana
Location in Serbia
Location of Velika Plana within Serbia
General Information
District Podunavlje
Land area 345 km²
Population
(2002 census)
16,210 (town)
44,470 (municipality)
Settlements 13
Coordinates 44°20′N 21°05′E
Area code +381 26
Car plates SD
Postal code 11320
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)
Politics
Mayor Dejan Šulkić (DSS)

Velika Plana (Велика Плана) is a town and municipality located in the Podunavlje District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the town was 16,210, while population of the municipality was 44,470.

Velika Plana is a town on the left bank of Velika Morava. Although the river doesn't directly go through the town, it flows by and is considered to be the town's river. It has three elementary schools: ОШ "Свети Сава"(ОШ stands for elementary school), ОШ "Милош Митровић" and ОШ "Надежда Петровић". It also has a grammar school, technical school and economic school.

In the center of the town is a beautiful town park. The town also has few more, smaller parks. The main Serbian highway goes through this town, as well as the Belgrade - Niš - Skopje railway. Those two major traffic roads make this town a crossroad of important roads.

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