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Zaječar
Зајечар
Coat of arms of Zaječar
Coat of arms
Location of Zaječar within Serbia
Location of Zaječar within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°55′N 22°18′E / 43.917, 22.3
Country Serbia
District Zaječar
Settlements 42
Government
 - Mayor Boško Ničić (LS)
Area [1]
 - Municipality 1,068 km² (412. 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 Zaječar District ( Serbian: Зајечарски округ Zaječarski okrug) is a district (okrug of Serbia This is the complete list of settlements in Serbia without Kosovo, as recorded by 2002 census, sorted by municipalities. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 4 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
 - Total 39,491
 - Municipality 65,969
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 19000
Car plates ZA
Area code +381 19
Website: http://www.zajecar.info
Center of the town
Center of the town

Zaječar (Serbian Cyrillic: Зајечар, Bulgarian: Зайчар-Zaychar, Romanian: Zaiciar) is a city and municipality in the eastern part of the Republic of Serbia. 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. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The town has a population of 39,700 people, and its coordinates are 43. 91° North, 22. 30° East. It is the administrative center of the Zaječar District of Serbia and a main town in the Timočka Krajina region. Zaječar District ( Serbian: Зајечарски округ Zaječarski okrug) is a district (okrug of Serbia Timočka Krajina (Тимочка Крајина is a geographical region located in Serbia.

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Name

In Serbian, the town is known as Zaječar (Зајечар), and in Vlach/Romanian as Zăiicer (archaic name) / Zăiceri / Zăicear. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Status Serbian statistics list Vlach and Romanian languages separately depending of what people declared in census Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance

The origin of the name is from the Torlak dialect name for "hare" = zajec / зајец (in all other Serbian dialects except kajkavian it is zec / зец, while in Bulgarian it is "zayak"). Torlak ( Cyrillic: Торлачки говор Торлашки говор Latinic: Torlački govor) or simply Torlakian, is the name used Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος dialektos) is a variety of a Language that is characteristic of a particular group of Croatian Kajkavian dialect ( Croatian: kajkavski, proper name kajkavica or kajkavština) is one of the three main dialects of the Croatian Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group

Folk etymology in Vlach, a language of a local minority, gives "Zāiicer" as meaning the "Gods are asking (for sacrifice)", but this is clearly not the origin of the city name, as such convoluted syntagms never are. Folk etymology is a term used in two distinct ways A commonly held misunderstanding of the origin of a particular word a False etymology. Status Serbian statistics list Vlach and Romanian languages separately depending of what people declared in census God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. In Semiotics, syntagmatic analysis is analysis of Syntax or surface structure ( Syntagmatic structure) as opposed to Paradigms (

Roman Emperors

Three Roman Emperors were born in the municipality of Zaječar

History

Zaječar was first mentioned in Turkish defter in 1466. Galerius Maximianus ( ca. 260&ndashlate April or early May 311 formally Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311 This article deals with 4th century Roman Emperor For other uses of the name see Maximin. For other Romans of this name see Licinius (gens. Valerius Licinianus Licinius (c At the time, there were only eight families living there. A Roman imperial palace Felix Romuliana dating from the third century AD is located nearby.

Municipality

Municipality of Zaječar include following settlements:

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality

In 2002 census, the population of the Zaječar municipality numbered 65,969 people, and was composed of:

Settlements with the absolute Serb ethnic majority are Zaječar, Borovac, Brusnik, Veliki Izvor, Veliki Jasenovac, Vražogrnac, Vratarnica, Vrbica, Gamzigrad, Gornja Bela Reka, Gradskovo, Grlište, Grljan, Zagrađe, Zvezdan, Jelašnica, Klenovac, Koprivnica, Lasovo, Lenovac, Leskovac, Lubnica, Mali Izvor, Marinovac, Metriš, Nikoličevo, Ošljane, Planinica, Prlita, Rgotina, Salaš, Selačka, Tabakovac, Trnavac, Halovo, Čokonjar and Šljivar. Vlachs ( Endonym: Rumâni, Serbian: Власи or Vlasi) are an ethnic group of Serbia, culturally and linguistically

Settlements with the absolute Vlach ethnic majority are Dubočane, Mala Jasikova and Šipikovo.

Mixed settlements with relative Serb ethnic majority are Velika Jasikova and Mali Jasenovac.

Mixed settlement with relative Vlach ethnic majority is Glogovica.

Ethnic groups in the town

In 2002 census, the population of the Zaječar town numbered 39,491 people, and was composed of:

Politics

Seats in the municipality parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]

Sport

See also

Palace of Galerius - UNESCO World Heritige 2007

The Late Roman fortified palace compound and memorial complex of Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius, in the east of Serbia, was commissioned by Emperor Caius Valerius Galerius Maximianus, in the late 3rd and early 4th century. A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of Swimming, cycling and Running over various distances Zaječar District ( Serbian: Зајечарски округ Zaječarski okrug) is a district (okrug of Serbia This is the complete list of settlements in Serbia without Kosovo, as recorded by 2002 census, sorted by municipalities. It was known as Felix Romuliana, named after the Emperor's mother. The site consists of fortifications, the palace in the north-western part of the complex, basilicas, temples, hot baths, memorial complex, and a tetrapylon. A Tetrapylon (Τετράπυλον "four gates" is an ancient type of Roman monument of cubic shape with a gate on each of the four sides generally it was built The site offers a unique testimony of the Roman building tradition marked by the ideology of the period of the Second Tetrachy. The group of buildings is also unique in its intertwining of ceremonial and memorial functions. The relation between two spatial ensembles in this site is stressed by the tetrapylon which is placed on the crossroads between the worldly fortification and palace on the one side and the other-worldly mausoleums and consecration monuments on the other.


The Alternative Culture Festival Zalet

The Alternative Cultural Festival ZALET is an artistic manifestation founded as a response to the necessities of initiating, organizing and holding cultural events. In addition to organizing of manifestations, such as exhibitions, Concerts, literary evenings and experimental theater, there is an emphasis on innovative and progressive aspects of artistic Expressions: performance, art comics, low - video, video-art, conceptual art, the synthesis of fine and conceptual arts. Also, ZALET is trying to promote some locations in Zajecar that are unexploited in art purposes (old factory buildings, roofs, nearby old fortress, shop windows, crossroads, playgrounds, River beach Popova Plaza, etc. ). The Alternative Cultural Festival ZALET is a non-profit project, organized in cooperation with The National Museum Zajecar, The Zajecar Youth Cultural Center and The Biro for Culture and Communication Belgrade.

The Biro for Culture and Communication Belgrade will give publishing and Internet media support for the ZALET Festival. In two days of presentation and workshop a new approach toward digital media and arts will be shown to the public in Zajecar. Participants from regional network slobodnakultura. org will be invited to take a part in this segment of a festival. In two terms of happening (2005, 2006) ZALET has attracted the great number of young people and many important institutions, such as Serbian Ministry of Culture, National museum Zajecar, Independent Artistic Association REMONT (Belgrade), Radio Belgrade Third Programme, Zajecar Youth Cultural Centre, Municipality of Zajecar, NGO Resource centre of Zajecar, have paid attention on it and have given valuable support. Serbian Ministry of Culture has put ZALET into the group of the most distinguished contemporary art initiatives in Serbia.

Because of that ZALET got its place in publication of Serbian Ministry of Culture „Les initiatives artistiques contemporaines en Serbie“, which was represented on the conference “Maison des cultures du monde i l`Observatoire des politiques cultureless” (OPC) last November in France. The events of ZALET festival are holding every summer in July or august. This year, ZALET festival will take place from 24th to 29th July in Zajecar.

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Municipalities and cities of Serbia
See also Subdivisions of Serbia There are 200 municipalities in Serbia: 124 in Central Serbia, 46 in Vojvodina and 30 in Kosovo This is the list of cities and towns in Serbia, according to the criteria used by Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, which classifies the settlements into Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country
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