| Braničevski okrug Браничевски округ |
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| — District of Serbia — | |
| Location of Braničevo District in Serbia | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Capital | Požarevac |
| Government | |
| • Commissioner | Goran S. Petrović (DS - from 28 June 2007) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,865 km2 (1,492.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 180,480 |
| • Density | 46.7/km2 (121/sq mi) |
| Municipalities | 7 and 1 city |
| Settlements | 189 |
| - Cities and towns | 7 |
| - Villages | 182 |
| Website | http://www.danas.rs/dodaci/branicevo.59.html |
The Braničevo District (pronounced [brǎnitʃɛv̞ɔ]; Браничевски округ, Braničevski okrug) expands in the north-east of Serbia. It has a population of 180,480. Seat of the District is in the city of Požarevac, a famous cross-roads, with numerous communications running through it still today. The District corresponds to the Braničevo region.
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It encompasses the municipalities of:
In the 9th century, the South Slavic Braničevci (Serbian: Браничевци, tr. Branichevtsi ; The etymology is from braniti se ("to defend"); Proto-Slavic *borniti, related to bòriti se ("to fight, struggle").[1]) existed in this region, east of the Morava river. They were conquered by Bulgarian khan Krum in 805 AD together with the Timočani and Obodrites. The Khan annexed the territories that would serve as a frontier to Rascia and the Franks, he replaced their leaders with Bulgar administrators.[2] In 818 during the rule of Omurtag (814-836) they, together with other tribes of the frontier, revolted because of an administrative reform that deprived them of much of their local authority and seceded from Bulgaria.[3][4] They came under Frankish rule in 822.[5] Timok and Branicevo would be of dispute between the Franks and Bulgars, the Khan sent embassies in 824 and 826 seeking to settle the border dispute, but was neglected.[6][7] The Bulgarian Empire subsequently annex the region again. al-Mas'udi mentions the tribe when enumerating the Slavs in his historical works as Branicabin.[8]
A town named Braničevo also existed in the area, at the estuary of the river Mlava into Danube. The town was a seat of an Eastern Orthodox Eparchy.
During the Middle Ages, Braničevo was under Byzantine, Bulgarian and Hungarian rule. During administration of the Kingdom of Hungary, a province named Banovina of Braničevo existed in this area. In the 13th century, two independent local Bulgarian rulers, Drman and Kudelin, ruled over the region. In 1290, they were defeated by the Serbian king, Stefan Dragutin, who joined Braničevo to his Syrmian Kingdom. The region later belonged to subsequent Serbian states, until it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century. In the 14th century, the region was in a possession of local rulers from the House of Rastislalić.
During the Ottoman rule, Braničevo was part of the Sanjak of Smederevo, and since 19th century, it is again part of the Serbian state.
In the mid-nineteenth century, at the time of the Serbian state emancipation, Požarevac became, along with Kragujevac, the second metropolis of Prince Miloš Obrenović. During his lifetime, Prince Miloš Obrenović had erected monuments to his memory in Požarevac:
Some of the places of cultural importance in Požarevac are:
Business facilities of this District are concentrated in the vicinity of the cities of Požarevac and Costal. The most prominent is the food-industry giant: Agricultural-industrial Combine Požarevac which provides employment to huge number of men and satisfies one quarter of the overall demands of the Republic of Serbia.
| Year | Population |
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| 1948 | 246,475 |
| 1961 | 263,344 |
| 1971 | 263,015 |
| 1981 | 263,677 |
| 1991 | 253,492 |
| 2002 | 200,503 |
| 2011 | 180,480 |
Note: All official material made by Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from official website.
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