City of Čačak
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Čačak, Чачак
A street in the center of Čačak, Serbia
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Čačak within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°53′N 20°21′E
Country Serbia
District Moravica
Settlements 58
Government
- Mayor Velimir Stanojević (NS)
Area[1]
- Municipality 636 km2 (245.6 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
- Town 73,217
- Municipality 117,072
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 32000
Area code +381 32
Car plates ČA
Website www.cacak.org.rs
Čačak (Serbian Cyrillic: Чачак, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [t͡ʃǎːt͡ʃak]) is a city in central Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Moravica District of Serbia. Čačak is also the main industrial, cultural and sport center of the district. In the 2002 census, the city had a total population of 73,217.
Municipality
The Municipality of Čačak includes the following settlements:
Čačak
Atenica
Baluga (Ljubićska)
Baluga (Trnavska)
Banjica
Beljina
Bečanj
Brezovica
Bresnica
Vapa
Vidova
Viljuša
Vranići
Vrnčani
Vujetinci
Goričani
Gornja Gorevnica
Gornja Trepča
Donja Gorevnica
Donja Trepča
Žaočani
Zablaće
Jančići
Ježevica
Jezdina
Katrga
Kačulice
Konjevići
Kukići
Kulinovci
Lipnica
Loznica
Ljubić
Međuvršje
Milićevci
Miokovci
Mojsinje
Mrčajevci
Mršinci
Ovčar Banja
Ostra
Pakovraće
Parmenac
Petnica
Preljina
Premeća
Pridvorica
Prijevor
Prislonica
Rajac
Rakova
Riđage
Rošci
Slatina
Sokolići
Stančići
Trbušani
Trnava
History
Prehistoric
Main article: Prehistoric Serbia
The region has several archaeological sites, dating from prehistory to present, the oldest from the 15th century BC.
Princely tombs of Greco-Illyrian type (Glasinac culture) were found in two mounds of Atenica with Ionian glass, glass-paste, amber bead depicting swan, Attic plaque of Wild boar, dating to the late 6th century BC.[4] More ornithomorphic fibulae of Bronze swans was found in Mojsinje.
Prehistoric tumuli have been unearthed in Mrčajevci.
Roman era
Main article: Roman Serbia
In the village of Jelica-Gradina, a Roman compound (fort) with a martyrium and necropolis has been excavated, with three churches, one of which produced a pentanummion for Justinian 526-537, also believed to have founded the fort in the 530s. The presence of burnt layers conclude that the settlement ended in violence, in the same region in the 6th century, 4 forts were built.[8]
[edit] Middle Ages-present
Čačak has two years on its coat of arms. First being 1408, when the city is first recorded of (as Gradac), and the second is 1815, the year Second Serbian Uprising began and the battle of Ljubic hill was fought. This battle is famous for heroic victory of the rebels who defeated Ottoman army numbering 60,000 men, twice more than the Serbs. The church in the center of Čačak was built in the 12th century by Stephen Nemanja's brother, Stracimir. It was made a mosque, and then a church back again in the 19th century.
Demographics
Ethnic composition of the municipality (2002 census):
Ethnic group Population
Serbs 114,208
Montenegrins 563
Roma 383
Yugoslavs 299
Macedonians 127
Croats 109
Others 1,383
Total 117,072
Text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ca%C4%8Dak
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