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| Country | Serbia | ||
| District | Zlatibor | ||
| Settlements | 38 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Tihomir Petković (DSS) | ||
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| - Municipality | 667 km² (257. In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country See also Subdivisions of Serbia Districts (Окрузи Okruzi) are the Administrative units of Serbia, comprising several municipalities Zlatibor District ( Serbian: Златиборски округ Zlatiborski okrug) is a district in the western mountainous This is the complete list of settlements in Serbia without Kosovo, as recorded by 2002 census, sorted by municipalities. The Democratic Party of Serbia ( Serbian: Демократска странка Србије or Demokratska stranka Srbije) is the largest Conservative Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2002 census)[2] | |||
| - Total | 63,577 | ||
| - Municipality | 83,022 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 31000 | ||
| Car plates | UE | ||
| Area code | +381 31 | ||
| Website: http://www.opstinauzice.org.yu | |||
Užice (Serbian Cyrillic: Ужице, IPA: /'u:ʒiʦɛ/ ) is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 43. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Serbian Postal codes consist of exactly five digits First two digits roughly correspond to the corresponding district, and district seat cities usually have 000 as Serbian car License plate codes consist of a two-letter region code followed by two 2- or 3-digit numbers This is an alphabetical list by town of phone dialing codes in Serbia. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, devised by the International Phonetic Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country 87° North, 19. 84° East. The 2002 Census Data records that the town has a total population of 55,025. Including the suburban settlements of Buar and Sevojno, the Užice city proper has 63,577 inhabitants. Buar ( Serbian Cyrillic: Буар is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Sevojno ( Serbian Cyrillic: Севојно is a town in Serbia, situated in Užice municipality in Zlatibor District. [3] It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District of Serbia. Zlatibor District ( Serbian: Златиборски округ Zlatiborski okrug) is a district in the western mountainous The town is located on the banks of Đetinja River. Đetinja ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ђетиња) is a river in western Serbia, a 75 km long natural but shorter headstream of the Zapadna
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History
Ancient era
The region surrounding Užice was first settled by Illyrians, specifically the Parthini and Autariatae tribes. Illyrians has come to refer to a broad ill-defined " Indo-European " group of peoples who inhabited the western Balkans ( Illyria, roughly The Autariatae (Αὐταριάται in Greek) or Autariates were an Illyrian tribe that became prominent between the 6th and 4th centuries BC Their tombs are found throughout the region. This region was annexed by the Roman Empire, becoming part of the province of Dalmatia. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Dalmatia ( Croatian: Dalmacija, see names in other languages) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern
Medieval era and Ottoman rule
- See also: History of Medieval Serbia
The Medieval Age saw the coming of the Slavic tribes, followed by the arrival of Serbs from White Serbia. Тhe medieval history of Serbia begins in the 5th century AD with the arrival of the Slavs in the Balkans and ends with the occupation of Serbia by the Ottoman Empire in 1459 Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, White Serbia, also known as Bojka ( Serbian Cyrillic: Бојка) was the traditional homeland of the White Serbs in Europe. Around the year 1180, Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja annexed Užice to Raška, which had priorly been under the control of Župan Stracimir. Grand Župan, or Chief Župan, is the English rendering of some Southern Slavonic titles which relate etymologically to župan ' (originally a Pater Stefan Nemanja ( Old Church Slavonic: Стѣфань Serbian: Стефан Stracimir was the prince of Zeta from 1362 - 1372. He was one of three sons of Balša I, the ruler of Zeta When King Dragutin abdicated in favor of his brother Milutin, he retained control of Užice region and was given the Mačva region by the Hungarian king, of which he formed the Kingdom of Srem. Stefan Dragutin (died March 12 1316) was King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282 and King of Srem from 1282 to 1316 Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( Serbian cyrillic: Стефан Урош II Милутин (c Mačva (Мачва (Hungarian Macsó is a geographical region in Serbia, mostly situated in the northwest of Central Serbia. The Kingdom of Hungary (short form Hungary) was a considerable state in Central Europe that existed from 1001 to 1918 then from 1919 to 1946 When King Dragutin died, his lands were annexed to Serbia. Тhe medieval history of Serbia begins in the 5th century AD with the arrival of the Slavs in the Balkans and ends with the occupation of Serbia by the Ottoman Empire in 1459 After the death of Tsar Stefan Dušan, Užice came under the control of Vojislav Vojinović, who was forcefully overthrown by Nikola Altomanović. Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( c.1308 – 20 December 1355) called Silni ("the Mighty" was the King of Serbia (from Nikola Altomanović ( Vojinović) ( Serbian: Никола Алтомановић/Nikola Altomanović) was Serbian župan from 14th century Lazar of Serbia and Tvrtko I of Bosnia defeated Nikola Altomanović, and divided his lands between themselves. Stefan Lazar (Стефан Лазар Tzar Lazar Hrebeljanović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кнез Лазар Хребељановић or Knez Lazar Stephen Tvrtko I ( Bosnian, Croatian: Stjepan Tvrtko; Serbian: Stefan Tvrtko, Cyrillic: Стефан (1338 Historically and geographically the Region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna; Cyrillic: Босна lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging Thus, Užice came under the control of Knez Lazar.
Užice fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1463, and was part of the Belgrade Pašaluk until 1807, when it was liberated by the Serbian Army, during the First Serbian Uprising. The Stari Grad ( Serbian: Стари град or Stari Grad; English: Old town is made of the remains of a fort near Užice, Serbia The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The First Serbian Uprising was a Serbian national Revolution which lasted for nine years and approx It was the administrative seat of the region and district, with many merchants and craftsmen. Only at the end of the 19th century, it has started developing as an industrial town. So, a small factory making blankets and homespun felt started operating in Užice in 1868, and a leather factory was founded in 1880. Nevertheless, Užice was the first town in Serbia with a hydroelectric power plant based on Nikola Tesla's principles. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water There have already been discussions about Tesla's ethnicity on the talk page It was built on the Đetinja River in 1900.
Republic of Užice
In 1941, Užice was liberated by the Partizans, who chose it as the capital of the Republic of Užice. The Republic of Užice ( Serbo-Croatian: Ужичка република Užička Republika) was a short-lived military mini-state that existed in Autumn The Yugoslav Partisans, or simply the Partisans, ( Serbo-Croatian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene: Partizani The Republic of Užice ( Serbo-Croatian: Ужичка република Užička Republika) was a short-lived military mini-state that existed in Autumn This republic was a short-lived military mini-state that existed in the autumn of 1941 in the western part of Nazi-occupied Serbia. Several months after the occupation and division of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis Powers in World War II, the territory of Serbia became known as Militärverwaltung
The Republic of Užice comprised almost the whole of western Serbia, with a population of more than 300,000 people. It was located between the Skrapež river in the north, the river Drina in the west, the river Zapadna Morava in the east, and the Uvac river in the south. The Drina ( Serbian and Bosnian: Дрина or Drina) is a river in the Balkan Peninsula. The Velika Morava or Great Morava ( Serbian Cyrillic: Велика Морава) is a final section of the Morava (Cyrillic Морава The Uvac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Увац) is the river in southwestern Serbia and Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
At that time, the factories and workshops in Užice mainly produced items for military use; trains and roads were functioning, books and newspapers were published, while war was engulfing both Yugoslavia and the world in general.
In November 1941, the German army re-occupied this territory, while the majority of Partisan forces escaped to Bosnia, Sandžak and Montenegro. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Sandžak ( Serbian: Санџак Sandžak or Рашка Raška; Bosnian: Sandžak; Albanian: Sanxhak or Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE!
Yugoslav era
Within the former Yugoslavia (established after the Second world War), Užice was renamed "Titovo Užice" (Титово Ужице). The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: From 1992, following the collapse of the pro-communist administration, "Titovo" (meaning Tito's) was removed, leaving the original city name Užice. It was one of eight towns renamed Tito's town in Yugoslavia. Due to being "Titovo" and central-planning communist system, Užice received significant amounts of investments in infrastructure and local factories, which turned the city among highy developted ones of its size in former Yugoslavia. Following the break-up of the region, all the towns dropped the "Titovo" title.
1990s
During the 1990s Užice's economy performed very bad due to economic conditions in the region (war, political instability, etc).
In 1999 the city was bombed multiple times during the Operation Allied Force. The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (code-named Operation Allied Force) was NATO 's military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that The largest scale of bombing occurred on May 6, 1999 when NATO forces bombed a large number of roads and highways, the airport, civilian buildings and government buildings[4]. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The North Atlantic Treaty After the largest bombing operation in Užice occurred, thousands of people turned out at the city's main square to protest the bombings and destruction of the city and killings of civilians.
Modern Užice
Today, industry is the heart of the Užice municipality economic development. The most developed industrial branches are non-ferrous metallurgy, metal working and textile industries. Užice municipality has a 30% share of the total industrial production of the region, and the major volume of industrial products made in Užice municipality is exported.
The most significant economic enterprises are: in non-ferrous metallurgy field Valjaonica bakra and Valjaonica aluminijuma (Copper rolling mill and Aluminium rolling mill), in metalworking field "Metaloprerada", "Alfaplast", "Tvrdi metal", "Woksal", "Sinter", "Autoventil", "FASAU", in textile industry "Frotex", "Kadinjača", "Desa Petronijević". The other bigger companies are: Factory producing chemical products "Kotroman" in Mokra Gora, factory for leather and fur processing "Partizanka", The utilities for fruits-brandy production in "Agroindustrija" and Inex "Klekovača". Mokra Gora ( Serbian Cyrillic: Мокра Гора meaning the Wet Mountain in English is a village in Serbia on the northern slopes of mountain There is a number of smaller industrial companies, too.
Apart from industry, some other economic and non-economic activities have also been developed, like: building construction and civil engineering, agriculture, traffic, trade, catering, banking, health service, educational system, cultural-artistic activities, etc. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture
Municipality
The municipality of Užice includes the following settlements:
Demographics (2002 census)
| Municipality Ethnic Composition (2002 census) | |||||||||||||
| Ethnic group | Population | ||||||||||||
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| Serbs | 81,375 | ||||||||||||
| Montenegrins | 278 | ||||||||||||
| Yugoslavs | 149 | ||||||||||||
| Others | 1,220 | ||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 83,022 | ||||||||||||
Politics
Seats in the municipality parliament won in the 2004 local elections[5]:
| Party | Seats | |||
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| Democratic Party | 16 | |||
| Serbian Radical Party | 9 | |||
| Democratic Party of Serbia | 7 | |||
| Serbian Renewal Movement | 7 | |||
| Socialist Party of Serbia | 6 | |||
| League for Užice | 6 | |||
| Serbian Strength Movement | 5 | |||
| G17 Plus | 4 | |||
| Civic Alliance of Serbia | 4 | |||
| Democratic Alternative | 3 | |||
| Source: Local Elections in Serbia 2004[5] | ||||
Economy
Užice exports fresh food and vegetables to Europe and the United States. Bioska ( Serbian Cyrillic: Биоска is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Bjelotići ( Serbian Cyrillic: Бјелотићи is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Buar ( Serbian Cyrillic: Буар is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Vitasi ( Serbian Cyrillic: Витаси is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Volujac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Волујац is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Vrutci ( Serbian Cyrillic: Врутци is a settlement in the municipality of Užice. Gorjani ( Serbian Cyrillic: Горјани is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Gostinica ( Serbian Cyrillic: Гостиница is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Gubin Do ( Serbian Cyrillic: Губин До is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Dobrodo ( Serbian Cyrillic: Добродо is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Drežnik ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дрежник is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Drijetanj ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дријетањ is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Duboko ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дубоко is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Zbojštica ( Serbian Cyrillic: Збојштица is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Zlakusa ( Serbian Cyrillic: Злакуса is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Kamenica ( Serbian Cyrillic: Каменица is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Karan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Каран is a village in western Serbia. Kačer ( Serbian Cyrillic: Качер is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Keserovina ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кесеровина is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Kotroman ( Serbian Cyrillic: Котроман is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Krvavci ( Serbian Cyrillic: Крвавци is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Kremna ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кремна is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Kršanje ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кршање is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Lelići ( Serbian Cyrillic: Лелићи is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Ljubanje ( Serbian Cyrillic: Љубање is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Mokra Gora ( Serbian Cyrillic: Мокра Гора meaning the Wet Mountain in English is a village in Serbia on the northern slopes of mountain Nikojevići ( Serbian Cyrillic: Никојевићи is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Panjak ( Serbian Cyrillic: Пањак is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Pear ( Serbian Cyrillic: Пеар is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Ponikovica ( Serbian Cyrillic: Пониковица is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Potočanje ( Serbian Cyrillic: Поточање is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Potpeće ( Serbian Cyrillic: Потпеће is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Raduša ( Serbian Cyrillic: Радуша is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Ribaševina ( Serbian Cyrillic: Рибашевина is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Sevojno ( Serbian Cyrillic: Севојно is a town in Serbia, situated in Užice municipality in Zlatibor District. Skržuti ( Serbian Cyrillic: Скржути is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Stapari ( Serbian Cyrillic: Стапари is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. Trnava ( Serbian Cyrillic: Трнава is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. The Democratic Party (Демократска странка Demokratska stranka,) is the main Center-left Political party in Serbia. The Serbian Radical Party (Српска радикална странка or Srpska radikalna stranka, SRS is a Nationalist right-wing Political party The Democratic Party of Serbia ( Serbian: Демократска странка Србије or Demokratska stranka Srbije) is the largest Conservative The Serbian Renewal Movement ( Serbian: Српски покрет обнове or Srpski pokret obnove) is a Liberal conservative Political party The Socialist Party of Serbia (Социјалистичка партија Србије Socijalistička partija Srbije) is a Political party in Serbia. The Serbian Strength Movement ( Serbian: Покрет Снага Србије Pokret Snaga Srbije) is a Political party in Serbia led by G17 Plus (ofeten referred to as G17+) is a Liberal conservative Political party in Serbia. Civic Alliance of Serbia ( Serbian: Грађански савез Србије Građanski savez Srbije) was a social-liberal party in Serbia. The Democratic Alternative ( Serbian: Демократска Алтернатива or Demokratska Аlternativa) is a former Political party in Serbia The food industry is the complex global collective of diverse Businesses that together supply much of the Food energy consumed by the World population. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
The city has a developed textile, leather, machine and metal industry. A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. Leather is a material created through the Tanning of hides and Skins of Animals primarily Cattlehide The Tanning process A machine is any device that uses Energy to perform some activity Metallurgy is a domain of Materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their Most companies have decided to build their factories on the outskirts of the city due to good communication connections, notably the close proximity of the main highway, railroad and airport.
There is also a large ammunitions factory within Užice. Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which Prvi Partizan was established in 1928, in Užice. Prvi Partizan is a Serbian Ammunition manufacturer They produce ammunition in a variety of Calibers in various loadings At first the company carried the name 'FOMU'. Today, Prvi Partizan makes over 350 types of ammunition, and is an important partner of Zastava Arms. Zastava Arms (Застава оружје Zastava oružje from Kragujevac Serbia is a subsidiary of Zastava, and is the sole producer of civilian The company has a unique location, as it is partially located in a hill that is overlooking the city.
Užice-Ponikve Airport is currently under reconstruction, and as a result cargo airlines will mostly use it for transporting goods. Užice-Ponikve Airport ( Serbian: Аеродром Ужице-Поникве / Aerodrom Užice-Ponikve) also known as Lepa Glava Airport is a military airport The airport management confirmed interest in low cost, scheduled and chartered airlines.
Culture
Užice is a cultural city filled with history. The library and theatre comprise the main square in the city centre. Also located in the area are newspaper agencies, radio and television stations and publishing companies. The city gallery is located in the low lands of Pašinovac, tucked in the oldest area of the city. The national museum opens the doors of the cultural/historical treasures of the city, and with its exhibitions, shows the centuries of rich Užice history. It is located on the Eastern side of the main city street.
The city is filled with many statues of heroes from Užice especially on the eastern side of the city, called Dovarje.
The Gymnasium of Užice is one of the oldest high school institutions in Serbia. Beside the gymnasium, there are also several other primary and secondary schools and faculties located in Užice.
Milutin Uskoković, writer from Užice, was admitted the author of the first modern novel in Serbia.
Music
Music created in the Užice area has been heard world wide. There is no cultural event in Serbia where you don’t hear the “Užičanka” kolo (also called Užičko kolo, "the Užican kolo dance"), and many others in the Balkans have heard of it. Kolo ( Serbian Cyrillic: Коло, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Latin: Kolo) is a collective While Užice was part of the Ottoman Empire, one song stayed in the hearts of the people of Užice, “Oj Užice” translated into "Hey Užice". According to the tradition, when the Ottoman Turks had to leave Užice in mid-19th century, their women walked through Terazije area in the town centre, singing this beautiful song devoted to the city they loved.
Architecture
Some distinctive buildings in Užice are:
- St. George's Cathedral
- Building of the Municipality of Užice
- Užička gimnazija (The Užican Gymnasium)
- Jokanovića kuća (The House of Jokanovićs, one of the oldest buildings in Užice)
Media
Uzice is turning into the regional media center of western Serbia. Jokanovića kuća (The house of Jokanović's is one of the oldest buildings in Užice
- TV stations: TV5 Užice, TV Prima Užice, TV Lav Užice, TV SOS
- Radio stations: Radio Užice, Radio 31, Radio Luna,Radio Delfin, Radio Lav, Radio SOS
- Newspapers: Vesti, Užička nedelja
See also
References
- ^ Municipalities of Serbia, 2006. TV5 Užice ( Serbian: ΤВ5 Ужице is a Serbian television network aired locally to the city of Užice in Western Serbia Radio Luna is a radio station in Montenegro. It's headquarters are in Plav. Užičans (Ужичани Užičani) generally refers to the locals of the western Serbian city of Užice its local discrict and the surrounding area The Užican speech (also spelled Užičan speech) or Zlatiborian speech ( Serbian Cyrillic: ужички говор or златиборски говор For other meanings see Zlatibor (disambiguation. Zlatibor ( Serbian Cyrillic: Златибoр is a mountain region situated in This is the complete list of settlements in Serbia without Kosovo, as recorded by 2002 census, sorted by municipalities. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
- ^ (2003) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. ISBN 86-84443-00-09.
- ^ 2002 Census Data
- ^ Warfacts. org. yu (1999). (NATO Aggression) Civilian Infrastructure: Uzice. Retrieved on 2007-05-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the
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External links
- (Serbian) Municipality of Užice
- (Serbian) Uzice web portal
- (Serbian) Uzice OnLine - everything about Uzice
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