Podunavlje District

Infobox Serbian district
name_serC = Подунавски округ
name_serL = Podunavski okrug
name_alt =
en_name = Podunavlje
province_or_region = Central Serbia
capital = Smederevo
commissioner = n/a
municipalities = 3
settlements = 58
cities_and_towns = 3
villages = 55
area = 1,248
population = 210,290
density = 168.5
footnotes =
site =

The Podunavlje District "(Подунавски округ, Podunavski okrug)" lies in Serbia, it expands across the central part of Serbia. The population of the district is 226,589, and the Seat of the District is in the city of Smederevo.

Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:
*Smederevo
*Smederevska Palanka
*Velika Plana

The ethnic structure of the Podunavlje District (2002 census)

Total population of the District in 2002 was 210,290, including:
*Serbs = 202,782 (96.5%)
*Roma = 2,541 (1.2%)
*Macedonians = 555 (0.3%)
*Yugoslavs = 471 (0.2%)
*Croats = 326 (0.2%)
*Hungarians = 186 (0.1%)
*Romanians = 136 (0.1%)
*Others = 3,293 (1.4%)

Historical population

History and culture

Smederevo was the capital of the Serb State in the fourteenth century - there stood the royal palace at the time of the then Serbian ruler Đurađ Branković. Today, in the remnants of the Smederevo fortress, finished in 1430, traces of the former palace, chapel, and the house of the royal family can be discerned. At the old city cemetery stands a church from the fourteenth century, assumed to have been the family vault of the Serb ruler Đurađ Branković, which gave rise to numerous legends.

This area is also well-known as the place of the Karađorđe's assassination after The First Serbian Uprising around the Pokajnica monastery near Velika Plana.

Economy

In economic regard, Smederevo is today one of the leading cities in Serbia. Its major companies are the Smederevo Metal-processing Combine, the DP "Zelvoz" working on the technology of passenger, transport and special railroad cars, the "Fagram" holding enterprise producing constructional machines - which, together with the "Tehnogas", "Jugopetrol", and "Lasta" have contributed to making this region a successful and dynamic industrial center.

ettlements

This is a list of the settlements in the Podunavlje District:
*Azanja
*Badljevica
*Baničina
*Bačinac
*Bašin
*Binovac
*Cerovac
*Dobri Do
*Drugovac
*Glibovac
*Golobok
*Grčac
*Jugovo
*Kolari
*Krnjevo
*Kulič
*Kusadak
*Landol
*Lipe
*Lozovik
*Lugavčina
*Mala Krsna
*Mala Plana
*Malo Orašje
*Markovac
*Mihajlovac
*Miloševac
*Mramorac
*Novo Selo
*Orešac
*Osipaonica
*Petrijevo
*Pridvorice
*Radinac
*Rakinac
*Ralja
*Ratari
*Saraorci
*Selevac
*Seone
*Skobalj
*Smederevo
*Smederevska Palanka
*Staro selo
*Stojačak
*Suvodol
*Udovice
*Veliko Orašje
*Velika Plana
*Vlaški Do
*Vodanj
*Vodice
*Vranovo.
*Vrbovac
*Vučak
*Šalinac

ee also

*Districts of Serbia

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