Surdulica

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Surdulica Сурдулица
Location of Surdulica within Serbia
Coordinates: 42°41′N 22°10′E / 42.683, 22.167
Country	Serbia
District	Pčinja
Settlements	41
Government
- Mayor	Pera Mikic (SRS)
Area [1]
- Municipality	628 km² (242.5 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
- Total	10,914
- Municipality	22,190
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	17530
Car plates	VR
Area code	+381 17

Surdulica (Serbian Cyrillic: Сурдулица) is a town and municipality situated in the southeast of Serbia (approx. 42°41'30"N, 22°10'E). In 2002, the population of the town was 10,914, while population of the municipality was 22,190.

[edit] Geography

The town's elevation is 480 meters, the highest peak Streser is 1875 meters high. There is a medium sized Vlasina lake close to Surdulica. It is rich with fish and game birds. There are many sources of clean mountain water around the town. Two rivers flow through the town, Vrla and Romanovce. my pleace surdulica ist litle more from kosovo bujanovac

[edit] History

Historically, the town was first mentioned in the 13th century. Liberated from Turks in the late 19th century, it soon started to grow and develop. Today this is an industrial town, but it also has beautiful nature and wildlife around it.

NATO spokesman Jamie Shea commented that on April 27, 1999, during the NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia, one NATO aircraft bombed a "small residential area" in Surdulica "by mistake". Twenty civilian bodies were found dead as a result of this attack, twelve of whom were children.[1] Eighteen houses in total were destroyed with another 500 homes left permanently unsuitable for residing in. Eleven missiles were fired on Surdulica causing damage to more than 300 civilian buildings. Shea also said that one bomb was released by mistake during the attack over army barracks. The NATO spokesman stated repeatedly that the Alliance was doing everything to avoid civilian casualties. He did however say that "the technology is not perfect and never will be."

[edit] Settlements

Municipality of Surdulica includes the following settlements:

[edit] Demographics (2002 census)

Ethnic groups in the Surdulica municipality:

• Serbs = 18,274
• Roma = 10,119
• Bulgarians = 1,004
• Yugoslavs = 106
• others

[edit] See also

• List of places in Serbia

[edit] External links

• Surdulica

Municipalities and cities of Serbia

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