Požarevac Пожаревац
—  Town  —
Coat of arms
Location of Požarevac within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°37′N 21°11′E / 44.617°N 21.183°E / 44.617; 21.183
Country	Serbia
District	Braničevo
Settlements	27
Government
- Mayor	Dušan Vujičić (SPS)
Area [1]
- Municipality	482 km2 (186.1 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
- Municipality	74,902
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	12000
Area code	+381 12
Car plates	PO
Website	www.pozarevac.rs

Požarevac

Požarevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Пожаревац) is a city located in Serbia at 44°37′12″N 21°11′23″E / 44.62°N 21.18972°E / 44.62; 21.18972. It is the administrative center of the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2002, the city had total population of 41,736.

[edit] Name

In Serbian, the city is known as Požarevac (Пожаревац), in Romanian as Pojarevaţ or Podu Lung, in Turkish as Pasarofça, in German as Passarowitz, and in Hungarian as Pozsarevác.

Its name means "fire-town" in Serbian.

[edit] History

It was known as Margus in Latin during the Roman occupation in the 1st century AD, it was inhabited by Thracians, Dacians and Celtics.

It is historically known as the site of the signing the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718) and, then known as Margus, for a treaty between the Hun leaders Attila and Bleda and the Byzantine Empire (435 AD). Margus was sacked by the Huns in their invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire in 442.

Today, it is perhaps best known as the hometown of former President Slobodan Milošević. He was born here on 20 August 1941 during the Axis occupation in World War II and later buried on 18 March 2006 after his trial at The Hague ended without a verdict.

In June 2008, a Triballian (Thracian) grave was found together with ceramics (urns), dating from 1st millennium BC^[3]

[edit] Municipality

Municipality of Požarevac include following settlements:

• Bare
• Batovac
• Beranje
• Bradarac
• Bratinac
• Brežane
• Bubušinac
• Dragovac
• Drmno
• Dubravica
• Živica
• Kasidol
• Klenovnik
• Kličevac
• Kostolac
• Lučica
• Maljurevac
• Nabrđe
• Ostrovo
• Pavle
• Petka
• Poljana
• Prugovo
• Rečica
• Selo Kostolac
• Trnjane
• Ćirikovac

[edit] Population through history

During time of the Principality of Serbia,Požarevac was among the largest cities (after Belgrade,Niš,Kragujevac and Leskovac). After World War I and World War II population declined because of the war losses.

• 1900: 12,980
• 1905: 12,162
• 1910: 13,613
• 1921: 11,500
• 1931: 14,042
• 1941: 16,300 (estimate)
• 1948: 15,474
• 1953: 18,529
• 1961: 24,269
• 1971: 32,828
• 1981: 39,735
• 1991: 41,160
• 2002: 41,736
• 2007: 44,258 (estimate)

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups in the Požarevac municipality (2002 census):

• Serbs = 68,779
• Roma = 2,603
• Yugoslavs = 275
• Montenegrins = 262
• Macedonians = 174
• Croats = 117
• Vlachs = 109

[edit] Politics

Seats in the municipality parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]

• Socialist Party of Serbia (16)
• Democratic Party (15)
• Serbian Radical Party (10)
• Democratic Party of Serbia (9)
• Serbian Strength Movement (8)
• Coalition "Because of Požarevac" (6)
• G17 Plus (4)

[edit] Education

• Požarevac Gymnasium (Požaravačka gimnazija), a co-educational gymnasium

[edit] Famous Citizens

• Velibor Vasović
• Milivoje Živanović
• Bora Spužić Kvaka
• Zorica Brunclik
• Dragana Mirković
• Milena Pavlović-Barili
• Slobodan Milošević
• Mirjana Marković

[edit] Gallery

[edit] See also

• List of places in Serbia

[edit] References

1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. http://webrzs.statserb.sr.gov.yu/axd/Zip/OG2006webE.zip. 
2. ^ (in Serbian) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2003. ISBN 86-84443-00-09. 
3. ^ http://www.jasatomic.org.yu/?postid=7953

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