Pirot District

Infobox Serbian district
name_serC = Пиротски округ
name_serL = Pirotski okrug
en_name = Pirot
province_or_region = Central Serbia
capital = Pirot
commissioner = n/a
municipalities = 4
settlements = 214
cities_and_towns = 4
villages = 210
area = 2,761
population = 105,654
density = 38.3
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The Pirot District (Пиротски округ, "Pirotski okrug") expands in the south eastern parts of Serbia. It has a population of 116,926. 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 (Zvonaka 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.

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