Bujanovac

Bujanovac Бујановац
—  Town  —
Coat of arms
Location of Bujanovac within Serbia
Coordinates: 42°28′N 21°46′E / 42.467°N 21.767°E / 42.467; 21.767
Country	Serbia
District	Pčinja
Settlements	59
Government
- Mayor	Šaip Kamberi
Area [1]
- Municipality	461 km2 (178 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
- Municipality	43,302
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	17520
Area code	+381 17
Car plates	VR
Website	www.bujanovacinfo.org

Bujanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Бујановац, Albanian: Bujanoci) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Serbia, situated in the Preševo Valley.

Population and territory

According to 2002 census, the municipality of Bujanovac had a population of 43,302 people. The Bujanovac municipality has 461 square kilometers and 59 inhabited places.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality

Settlements with the absolute Serb ethnic majority are Baraljevac, Bogdanovac, Božinjevac, Borovac, Bratoselce, Brnjare, Buštranje, Vogance, Gramada, Donje Novo Selo, Drežnica, Đorđevac, Žbevac, Žuželjica, Jablanica, Jastrebac, Karadnik, Klenike, Klinovac, Košarno, Krševica, Kuštica, Levosoje, Lopardince, Lukarce, Ljiljance, Pretina, Rakovac, Rusce, Sveta Petka, Sebrat, Sejace, Spančevac, Srpska Kuća, Starac and Trejak.

Settlements with the absolute Albanian majority are Biljača, Breznica, Veliki Trnovac, Vrban, Gornje Novo Selo, Dobrosin, Zarbince, Končulj, Letovica, Lučane, Mali Trnovac, Muhovac, Negovac, Nesalce, Pribovce, Ravno Bučje, Samoljica, Suharno, Turija, Uzovo and Čar.

Mixed settlement with the relative Serb majority is Bujanovac.

Mixed settlement with the relative Albanian majority is Oslare.

Central station of Bujanovac

Ethnic groups in the town

In 2002, the population of the Bujanovac town was composed of:

• Serbs = 4,329 (36.04%)
• Roma = 3,859 (32.12%)
• Albanians = 3,590 (29.88%)
• Others 233 (1.94 %)

Total : 12,011

Politics

Between 1999 and 2001, an ethnic Albanian guerilla organization similar to the KLA, known as the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac operated in this region. Though there were casualties and injuries on both sides, the events did not quite attract the same international media attention as what had been happening in Kosovo until 1999, and what was also happening south of the border in the Republic of Macedonia during 2001. The situation as of 2007 is peaceful.

• Bujanovac will receive 61.5 million dinars (650,000 euros) from the Government of Serbia to rebuild an Albanian-language secondary school^[3]

Sports

Bujanovac has a football team: BSK Bujanovac.

International cooperation

• Lillehammer, Norway

See also

• List of places in Serbia

References

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