Toplica District
Template:Infobox Serbian district The Toplica District ([Топлички округ, Toplički okrug] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) expands in the southern part of Serbia. It has a population of 102.075 (census 2002) and has been named after the river Toplica. Seat of the District is in the city of Prokuplje.
Municipalities
It encompasses the municipalities of:
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
- Serbs = 96,889
- Roma = 3,338
- others
Culture and history
The Hisar, a mountain behind Prokuplje, stands for the town symbol. It is the site of the medieval fortress with still well preserved tower, popularly called the Tower of Jug Bogdan, who was a hero of the Battle of Kosovo.
The St. Prokopije Church, in the town's vicinity, was built in the tenth century, and the Roman church originating from the sixteenth century well illustrates the influence of the Catholic culture, conferred by the Venetian merchants over the fifteenth and sixteenth century.
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 tens of thousands of Albanians were expulsed from the Toplica by the Serbian army.[1]
Economy
The Toplički District is a medium developed industrial center, in which the most prominent are the "Prokupac" - alcoholic beverage factory, the "Hissar" food factory, the "FOM" ferrous metal plant and the "Topličanka" cotton mill.
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