Štitar, Serbia

Štitar is a village in Serbia, located around 9 km west from the town of Šabac, in Mačva District.

Štitar lies is in the heart of Mačva, an alluvial fertile flatland between the rivers Drina and Sava. The area of today’s village was until the 18th century covered with dense and virtually impassable forest, Kitog.

By the end of 19th centuries, Štitar was populated by Serb refuges from outside of then-autonomous Serbia (that is, Belgrade Pashaluk). The first group came from Montenegro in the 18th century, followed by others from Herzegovina, Bosnia, and parts of central Serbia that remained under Turkish rule after the Second Serbian Uprising.

According to 2002 census, the village has 2,285 inhabitants, mostly Serbs.

Branimir Ćosić (1903 - 1934), a famous Serbian writer and journalist, was born in Štitar.

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