Topola

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Topola
Топола
Location of Topola within Serbia
Location of Topola within Serbia
Country Serbia
District Šumadija
Settlements 31
Government
 - Mayor Dragan Jovanović (NS)
Area [1]
 - Municipality 356 km² (137.5 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
 - Total 5,422
 - Municipality 25,292
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 34310
Car plates KG
Area code +381 34
Website: http://www.sotopola.org.yu
For the village in Slovakia see Topoľa. For places in Poland, see Topola (disambiguation).

Topola (Serbian Cyrillic: Топола) is a town and municipality situated in the Šumadija region of Serbia. It was the place where Karađorđe, a Serbian revolutionary, was chosen as the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804. The local church of St.George is tne burial place of Ducal and Royal Family of Serbia and Yugoslavia (the Karageorgeviches).

The name Topola means poplar.

Settlements in Topola according to 2002 census, population in brackets:

Belosavci (1182) • Blaznava (591) • Božurnja (672) • Donja Šatornja (800) • Donja Trešnjevica (304) • Donja Trnava (921) • Gornja Šatornja (558) • Gornja Trnava (1736) • Gorovič (319) • Guriševci (153) • Jarmenovci (563) • Jelenac (375) • Junkovac (945) • Kloka (1146) • Krćevac (775) • Lipovac (558) • Manojlovci (144) • Maskar (236) • Natalinci (834) • Ovsište (630) • Pavlovac (70) • Plaskovac (559) • Rajkovac (189) • Šume (595) • Svetlić (417) • Topola (5422) • Topola (1363) • Vinča (1176) • Vojkovci (278) • Žabare (1016) • Zagorica (765)



Municipalities and cities of Serbia