Braničevo District

The Braničevo District (Браничевски округ, "Braničevski okrug") expands in the north-east of Serbia. It has a population of 200,503. Seat of the District is in the city of Požarevac, a famous cross-roads, with numerous communications running through it still today.

Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:
*Veliko Gradište
*Požarevac
*Golubac
*Malo Crniće
*Žabari
*Petrovac
*Kučevo
*Žagubica

Population

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs = 174,818 (87.2 %)
*Vlachs = 14,083 (7.0 %)
*Roma = 3,188 (1.6 %)
*other (4.2 %)

History and culture

In the mid-nineteenth century, at the time of the Serbian state emancipation, Požarevac became, along with Kragujevac, the second metropolis of Prince Miloš Obrenović. During his lifetime, Prince Miloš Obrenović had erected monuments to his memory in Požarevac:
*the church in 1819
*palace (1825)
*new marketplace (1827)
*stud-farm - Ljubicevo in 1860.

Some of the places of cultural importance in Požarevac are:
*the National Museum (the first built after Belgrade)
*the Tulba Ethnic Park (a unique outdoor museum)
*Gallery of Paintings of Milena Pavlović-Barili (a distinguished surrealistic artist and poet).

Economy

Business facilities of this District are concentrated in the vicinity of the cities of Požarevac and Costal. The most prominent is the food-industry giant: Agricultural-industrial Combine Požarevac which provides employment to huge number of men and satisfies one quarter of the overall demands of the Republic of Serbia.

ee also

*Districts of Serbia
*Subdivisions of Serbia

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