Priboj

Priboj Прибој
—  Municipality and Town  —
Priboj
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Priboj within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°36′N 19°32′E / 43.6°N 19.533°E / 43.6; 19.533
Country	Serbia
District	Zlatibor
Settlements	33
Government
• Mayor	Lazar Rvovic (SRS)
Area[1]
• Municipality	553 km2 (214 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
• Town	14,015
• Municipality	27,127
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	31330
Area code	+381 33
Car plates	PB
Website	www.priboj.org

Priboj (Serbian Cyrillic: Прибој, pronounced [prǐːbɔj]) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of Serbia at 43.59° North, 19.54° East. In 2011, the town has a total population of 14,015, while population of the municipality is 27,127.

History

In 1418 Isak-Beg captured Priboj, a town first mentioned in written documents on this occasion.^[3]

Geography

The municipality of Priboj is located between municipality of Čajetina in the north, municipality of Nova Varoš in the east, municipality of Prijepolje in the south-east, border with Montenegro in the south-west, and border with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the north-west. A Bosnian-Herzegovinian exclave (Sastavci village) is surrounded by the Priboj municipality. Priboj town is just 5 km away from Uvac, smaller river that is border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

Municipality

Municipality of Priboj include following settlements:

• Priboj*
• Banja
• Batkovići
• Brezna
• Bučje
• Dobrilovići
• Živinice
• Zabrđe
• Zabrnjica
• Zagradina
• Zaostro
• Jelača
• Kalafati
• Kaluđerovići
• Kasidoli
• Kratovo
• Krnjača
• Kukurovići
• Mažići
• Miliješ
• Plašće
• Požegrmac
• Pribojska Goleša
• Pribojske Čelice
• Rača
• Ritošići
• Sjeverin
• Sočice
• Strmac
• Hercegovačka Goleša
• Crnugovići
• Crnuzi
• Čitluk
• Akmačići

Demographics

This section is outdated. Please update this section to reflect recent events or newly available information. Please see the talk page for more information. (November 2011)

Ethnic groups in the municipality

In 1991, the population of the Priboj municipality numbered 35,951 people, and was composed of:

• Serbs (67.26%)
• Muslims by nationality (30.39%)
• Others.

In 2011, the population of the Priboj municipality numbered 27,127 people, and was composed of:

• Serbs = 82%
• Bosniaks = 15%
• Muslims by nationality = 3%

Note: Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by nationality, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by nationality.

Ethnic groups in the town

In 2002, the population of the Priboj town numbered 19,564 people, and was composed of:

• Serbs = 13,386
• Bosniaks = 4,396
• Muslims by nationality = 1,042
• Others.

Economy

Priboj is the home of FAP Corporation, which in 1953 introduced its first heavy duty vehicles. Today, FAP is the biggest producer of trucks and buses in Serbia.

See also

• List of places in Serbia

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Priboj

• Tourist organization of Priboj - Turisticka organizacija Priboja
• Priboj.net

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