Despotovac

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Despotovac
Деспотовац

— Municipality and Town —

Orthodox church in Despotovac

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Coat of arms

Location of the municipality of Despotovac within Serbia

Coordinates: 44°05′N 21°26′E / 44.083°N 21.433°E

Country

Settlements

33

Government

• Mayor

Dejan Nenadović (SNS-SPS)

Area^[1]

• Municipality

623 km² (241 sq mi)

Population (2011 census)^[2]

• Town

4,212

• Municipality

22,995

• Summer (DST)

35213

+381 35

JA (old) DE (new)

Website

www.despotovac.rs

Despotovac (Serbian: Деспотовац) is a town and municipality located in Serbia, around 130 kilometers southeast of Belgrade. Its name stems from Despot, a title of Serbian medieval prince Stefan Lazarević. In 2011 the town haс a total population of 4,212, whilst the municipality haс a population of 22,995.

The Serb Orthodox monastery of Manasija was built between 1406^[3]-1418 and is one of the most significant monuments of Serbian culture, belonging to the "Morava school" (Serbian architecture)

In 1406 at the Battle of Despotovac Serbians led by Stefan Lazarević defeat Ottomans of Musa Çelebi.

Contents

1 Population
2 Municipality
3 Notable sites
4 See also
5 References
6 Gallery

Population[edit]

This article is outdated. Please update this section to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2011)

Ethnic groups in the Despotovac municipality (2002 census):

Serbs = 24,529
Vlachs = 427
others

Municipality[edit]

List of towns and villages in the municipality:

Notable sites[edit]

Manasija

Manasija monastery
Resava Cave (Serbian: Resavska Pećina)
Veliki buk waterfall in Lisine, in upper Resava valley.

See also[edit]

List of places in Serbia

References[edit]

^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in The Republic of Serbia: Ethnicity - Data by municipalities and cities". Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2012. ISBN 978-86-6161-023-3. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
^ https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/41013

Gallery[edit]

Municipalities and cities of Serbia

v t e Municipalities of Belgrade

Municipalities	Barajevo Čukarica Grocka Lazarevac Mladenovac Novi Beograd Obrenovac Palilula Rakovica Savski Venac Sopot Stari Grad Surčin Voždovac Vračar Zemun Zvezdara

v t e Municipalities and cities of Vojvodina

Novi Sad Novi Sad Petrovaradin Pančevo Sombor Sremska Mitrovica Subotica Zrenjanin

Ada Alibunar Apatin Bač Bačka Palanka Bačka Topola Bački Petrovac Bečej Bela Crkva Beočin Čoka Inđija Irig Kanjiža Kikinda Kovačica Kovin Kula Mali Iđoš Nova Crnja Novi Bečej Novi Kneževac Odžaci Opovo Pećinci Plandište Ruma Sečanj Senta Šid Srbobran Sremski Karlovci Stara Pazova Temerin Titel Vrbas Vršac Žabalj Žitište

v t e Municipalities and cities of Šumadija and Western Serbia

Čačak Jagodina Kragujevac Aerodrom Pivara Stanovo Stari Grad Stragari Kraljevo Kruševac Loznica Novi Pazar Šabac Užice Valjevo

Aleksandrovac Aranđelovac Arilje Bajina Bašta Batočina Bogatić Brus Čajetina Ćićevac Ćuprija Despotovac Gornji Milanovac Ivanjica Knić Koceljeva Kosjerić Krupanj Lajkovac Lapovo Lučani Ljig Ljubovija Mali Zvornik Mionica Nova Varoš Osečina Paraćin Požega Priboj Prijepolje Rača Raška Rekovac Sjenica Svilajnac Topola Trstenik Tutin Ub Varvarin Vladimirci Vrnjačka Banja

v t e Municipalities and cities of Southern and Eastern Serbia

Leskovac Niš Crveni Krst Medijana Niška Banja Palilula Pantelej Požarevac Požarevac Kostolac Smederevo Vranje Vranje Vranjska Banja Zaječar

Aleksinac Babušnica Bela Palanka Blace Bojnik Boljevac Bor Bosilegrad Bujanovac Crna Trava Dimitrovgrad Doljevac Gadžin Han Golubac Kladovo Knjaževac Kučevo Kuršumlija Lebane Majdanpek Malo Crniće Medveđa Merošina Negotin Petrovac Pirot Preševo Prokuplje Ražanj Smederevska Palanka Sokobanja Surdulica Svrljig Trgovište Velika Plana Veliko Gradište Vladičin Han Vlasotince Žabari Žagubica Žitorađa

v t e Municipalities of Kosovo¹

Dečani Đakovica Dragaš Glogovac Gnjilane Istok Kačanik Klina Kosovo Polje Kosovska Kamenica Kosovska Mitrovica Leposavić Lipljan Mališevo Novo Brdo Obilić Orahovac Peć Podujevo Pristina Prizren Srbica Štimlje Štrpce Suva Reka Uroševac Vitina Vučitrn Zubin Potok Zvečan

New Municipalities Đeneral Janković Gračanica Junik Klokot-Vrbovac Mamuša Parteš Ranilug

¹ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Kosovo's independence has been recognised by 101 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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