Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac
	Gornji Milanovac; Горњи Милановац
	; Coat of arms
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	Location of Gornji Milanovac within Serbia
	Coordinates: 44°01.2691′N 20°27.3572′E / 44.0211517°N 20.4559533°E
Country	Serbia
District	Moravica
Settlements	63
	Government
- Mayor	Dražimir Marušić (SPS)
	Area
- Municipality	836 km2 (322.8 sq mi)
	Population (2002 census)
- Total	23,982
- Municipality	47,641
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	32300; 32301
Area code	+381 32
Car plates	GM
Website	http://www.gornjimilanovac.rs

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Gornji Milanovac (Serbian: Гoрњи Милановац listen (help·info)) is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.012691° North, 20.273572° East. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" (there is a Lower Milanovac, as well) while Milanovac stems from name "Milan" in the Serbian language. In 2003 the city had a total population of 24,000.

Before 1859 the original name of the city was Despotovac, after the Despotovica river passing by the city. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of the Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović.

[edit] Geography

Gornji Milanovac lies between mountains Rudnik to the north and Vujan to the south.

The city is situated along western side of European route E763, between the cities Ljig to the north and Čačak to the south and the villages Majdan to the north and Preljina to the south.

Main city crossroad branches:

To the North, onto road Gornji Milanovac-Kragujevac (see Kragujevac) that crosses with E763 and turns East; the nearest village on the road is Donja Vrbava.
To the East, turns South then East through the city, crosses E763 and then goes South through the village of Donja Trepca onto the route 23.
To the South, towards E763.
To the West, quickly turns North and after five kilometers branches into road Gornji Milanovac-Cestobrodica (see Cestobrodica) to the West; the nearest village on the road is Takovo, where Takovo Uprising begun; and into road Gornji Milanovac-Donji Banjani (see Donji Banjani) to the North; the nearest village on the road is Kalimanici.

South of Milanovac, villages Brdjani to the West and Prislonica to the East are connected to E763 with local roads.

[edit] Sister cities

[edit] Gallery

Church of Holy Trinity	Old Court	Winter view of the Gornji Milanovac	Monument on the hill of peace
House of the Serbo-Norwegian friendship (kol. "Norway House")

[edit] References

^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. http://webrzs.statserb.sr.gov.yu/axd/Zip/OG2006webE.zip.
^ (in Serbian) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2003. ISBN 86-84443-00-09.