Zlatibor District

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Zlatibor District Златиборски округ Zlatiborski okrug
District of Serbia
Location of Zlatibor District in Serbia
Country	Serbia
Administrative centre	Užice
Government
• Commissioner	n/a
Area
• Total	6,140 km² (2,370 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	286,549
• Density	46.7/km² (121/sq mi)
Municipalities	9 and 1 city
Settlements	438
- Cities and towns	11
- Villages	427

The Zlatibor District (Serbian: Златиборски округ / Zlatiborski okrug) is a district in the western, mountainous part of Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of Zlatibor. According to the 2011 Census Data,^[1] the Zlatibor District has a population of 286,549 people. The administrative centre of the Zlatibor district is Užice.

Municipalities

The district encompasses the municipalities of:

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Zlatibor District has 286,549 inhabitants. 51.2% of the population lives in the urban areas. Ethnic composition of the district:

Ethnic group	Population
Serbs	235,650
Bosniaks	43,220
Roma	785
Montenegrins	561
Yugoslavs	258
Croats	175
Macedonians	118
Others	4,782
Total	286,549

Tourism

The Zlatibor District is home to several popular tourist destinations. Visitors can seek refuge on the slopes of Zlatibor Mountain, explore the natural beauty of Tara National Park, float down the Drina River or cruise the vast expanse of Lake Perućac, ride the unique rail experience known as Šargan Eight, visit the traditional ethnic village of Mokra Gora, tour the massive World War II monument of Kadinjača Memorial Complex, immerse themselves in the history of Užice and its importance as an independent stronghold throughout its many centuries of life, visit Kremna, home of the world famous Prophecy from Kremna, and stop at various other points of interest in between these destinations.

Religious Monuments

In the vicinity of Bajina Bašta stands the Rača monastery, built in the 13th century. Over its long history, this monastery was destroyed several times and then reconstructed. Rača Monastery's final destruction (after the Turks and the Austro-Hungarian Army), came at the hands of the Bulgarian army in 1943. It was renovated and restored after the end of World War II. The church was an important center of transcription and illumination of Serbia's manuscripts, with its famed monks known as the Račani, during the 17th century.

The Mileševa Monastery, built in 1234 near Prijepolje, was the endowment of King Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia, the son of Stefan the First-Crowned. This monastery was the second most important in Serbia, after it received the bones of Serbia's most-revered partriarch, Saint Sava, in 1236. The monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, though 100 compositions, frescoes of individual figures, and fragments of important religious icons have been preserved. The most famous icon of Mileševa is The White Angel fresco, a famous, widely used religious icon throughout Serbia.

Industry

The most prominent active economic organizations in the municipality of Užice are the copper and aluminum mill in Sevojno, the "Prvi partizan" metal combine, the "Froteks" textile industry, and "Kadinjača" garment industry.

In Priboj the FAP factory produces trucks and buses, which are then exported throughout the world, and the combined companies FAP-FAMOS produces passenger cars.

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 24, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

Note: All official material made by the Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from the web.archive.org/web/20090221052324/http://www.srbija.gov.rs:80/.

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Districts of Serbia

Vojvodina	Central Banat North Bačka North Banat South Bačka South Banat Syrmia West Bačka

Belgrade	City of Belgrade

Šumadija and Western Serbia	Kolubara Mačva Moravica Pomoravlje Rasina Raška Šumadija Zlatibor

Southern and Eastern Serbia	Bor Braničevo Jablanica Nišava Pčinja Pirot Podunavlje Toplica Zaječar

Kosovo and Metohija¹	Kosovo Kosovo-Pomoravlje Kosovska Mitrovica Peć Prizren

¹ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

Coordinates: 43°51′N 19°51′E / 43.850°N 19.850°E / 43.850; 19.850

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