Pirot District

Pirotski Okrug Пиротски Oкруг
—  District of Serbia  —
Location of Pirot District in Serbia
Country	Serbia
Capital	Pirot
Government
• Commissioner	n/a
Area
• Total	2,761 km2 (1,066 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	92 277
• Density	33.4/km2 (86.5/sq mi)
Municipalities	4
Settlements	214
- Cities and towns	4
- Villages	210

The Pirot District (Пиротски Oкруг, Pirotski Okrug) expands in the south eastern parts of Serbia. It has a population of 92,277. Its seat is in the city of Pirot.

Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:

• Bela Palanka
• Pirot
• Babušnica
• Dimitrovgrad

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Serbs = 89,985
• Bulgarians = 7,313
• Roma = 3,344
• others

History and culture

The first mention of Pirot are found already in the second century A.D. In its vicinity is the church from the thirteenth century: the Church of St. Petka, and the monastery of St. John the Theologist from the late fourteenth century displays a fine example of the Serb medieval architecture.

Features

Medicinal water from the Zvonci Spa (Zvonačka Banja), a health resort, was used already in the ancient times, and natural beauties of this region are renounced throughout Serbia. The oldest craft, today an industry, is Rug-making: the weaving trade, by which this region has gained its world-wide fame.

Economy

The most of the facilities of the Pirot economic organizations are located in the industrial zone: the "Tigar" rubber industry, the "Prvi maj" textile industry, and the "Suko" paints and varnishes industry.

References

• Note: All official material made by Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from official website.

• Pirot.Org Web portal and forum of municipality of Pirot