| Zaječar Зајечар |
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| Coordinates: 43°55′N 22°18′E / 43.917°N 22.3°E | |||
| Country | Serbia | ||
| District | Zaječar | ||
| Settlements | 42 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Boško Ničić (LS) | ||
| Area [1] | |||
| - Municipality | 1,069 km2 (412.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2002 census)[2] | |||
| - Municipality | 75,969 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 19000 | ||
| Area code | +381 19 | ||
| Car plates | ZA | ||
| Website | www.zajecar.info | ||
Zaječar (Serbian Cyrillic: Зајечар, Bulgarian: Зайчар, Zaychar, Romanian: Zaiciar) is a city and municipality in the eastern part of the Republic of Serbia. The town has a population of 49,700 people, and its coordinates are 43.91° North, 22.30° East. It is the administrative center of the Zaječar District of Serbia and a main town in the Timočka Krajina region.
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Name
In Serbian, the town is known as Zaječar (Зајечар), and in Vlach/Romanian as Zăiicer (archaic name) / Zăiceri / Zăicear.
The origin of the name is from the Torlak dialect name for "hare" = zajec / зајец (in all other Serbian dialects it is zec / зец, while in Bulgarian it is "zayak"). It means "the man who breeds and keeps hares".
Folk etymology in Vlach, a language of a local minority, gives "Zāiicer" as meaning the "Gods are asking (for sacrifice)", but this is clearly not the origin of the city name, as such convoluted syntagms never are.
History
Zaječar was first mentioned in Turkish defter in 1466. At the time, there were only eight families living there. A Roman imperial palace Felix Romuliana dating from the third century AD is located nearby.
Roman Emperors
Three Roman Emperors were born in the municipality of Zaječar
Gamzigrad-Romuliana - UNESCO World Heritage 2007
The Late Roman fortified palace compound and memorial complex of Gamzigrad-Romuliana at the outskirts of Zaječar was commissioned by Emperor Caius Valerius Galerius Maximianus, in the late 3rd and early 4th century.
It was known as Felix Romuliana, named after the Emperor's mother Romula. The site consists of fortifications, the palace in the north-western part of the complex, basilicas, temples, hot baths, memorial complex, and a tetrapylon. The site offers a unique testimony of the Roman building tradition marked by the ideology of the period of the Second Tetrachy.
The group of buildings is also unique in its intertwining of ceremonial and memorial functions. The relation between two spatial ensembles in this site is stressed by the tetrapylon which is placed on the crossroads between the worldly fortification and palace on the one side and the other-worldly mausoleums and consecration monuments on the other.
Demographics
Ethnic groups in the municipality
In 2002 census, the population of city of Zaječar numbered 75,969 people, and was composed of:
In 2008(estimate), city of Zajecar have population of 76,000 people, and the town of Zajecar over the 50,000.The city is growing very fast in the last five years, and have the urban area of over 50 km².
Population through history
1948. 11861
1953. 14489
1961. 18690
1971. 27599
1981. 36958
1991. 39958
2002. 49491
2008. 55798 (estimate)
Settlements with the absolute Serb ethnic majority are Zaječar, Borovac, Brusnik, Veliki Izvor, Veliki Jasenovac, Vražogrnac, Vratarnica, Vrbica, Gamzigrad, Gornja Bela Reka, Gradskovo, Grlište, Grljan, Zagrađe, Zvezdan, Jelašnica, Klenovac, Koprivnica, Lasovo, Lenovac, Leskovac, Lubnica, Mali Izvor, Marinovac, Metriš, Nikoličevo, Ošljane, Planinica, Prlita, Rgotina, Salaš, Selačka, Tabakovac, Trnavac, Halovo, Čokonjar and Šljivar.
Settlements with the absolute Vlach ethnic majority are Dubočane, Mala Jasikova and Šipikovo.
Mixed settlements with relative Serb ethnic majority are Velika Jasikova and Mali Jasenovac.
Mixed settlement with relative Vlach ethnic majority is Glogovica.
City
City of Zaječar include following settlements:
- Zaječar
- Borovac
- Brusnik
- Velika Jasikova
- Veliki Izvor
- Veliki Jasenovac
- Vražogrnac
- Vrbica
- Gamzigrad
- Glogovica
- Gornja Bela Reka
- Gradskovo
- Grlište
- Grljan
- Dubočane
- Zagrađe
- Zvezdan
- Jelašnica
- Klenovac
- Koprivnica
- Lasovo
- Lenovac
- Leskovac
- Lubnica
- Mala Jasikova
- Mali Izvor
- Mali Jasenovac
- Marinovac
- Metriš
- Nikoličevo
- Planinica
- Prlita
- Rgotina
- Salaš
- Selačka
- Tabakovac
- Trnavac
- Halovo
- Čokonjar
- Šipikovo
- Šljivar
Ethnic groups in the town
In 2002 census, the population of the Zaječar town numbered 49,491 people, and was composed of:
- Serbs = 48,631
- Roma = 233
- Yugoslavs = 219
- Vlachs = 159
- Macedonians = 111
- others
Education
Elementary schools
OS "Desanka Maksimovic"; OS "Ljuba Nesic"; OS "Djura Jaksic"; OS "Ljubica Radosavljevic Nada"; OS "Hajduk Veljko"; OS "Vladislav Petkovic Dis"; OS "Vuk Karadzic"; OS "Jeremija Ilić Jegor"; OS "Dositej Obradovic"; OS "15.maj"; OS "Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj".
High schools
Gymnasium (since 1836); Medical Assistant/Nurse high school; Technical high school; Business Assistant and Accountancy high school; Machine technician high school.
University education
The city is the seat place of "Megatrend" university Faculty of Management; Business School of Management.
Sport
- Host of 2006 Serbian triathlon championship
City have two sport-recreation centers "Popova plaža" and "Kraljevica",while third "Kotlujevac" is under reconstruction.
Gitarijada
Gitarijada (Serbian Cyrillic: Гитаријада, trans. Guitar fest) is a musical festival held in Zaječar, Serbia in order to promote demo bands. Held since 1966, Gitarijada is one of the longest lasting festivals in Serbia and in South Eastern Europe and the largest festival of young bands in South Eastern Europe[1].
The Alternative Culture Festival Zalet
The Alternative Cultural Festival ZALET organizes manifestations, such as exhibitions, Concerts, literary evenings and experimental theater, with innovative and progressive aspects of artistic expressions: performance, art comics, low - video, video-art, conceptual art, the synthesis of fine and conceptual arts.
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Zaječar is twinned with:
See also
External links
- Official page of Zajecar City
- Online portal of Zajecar City
- Zajecar news
- Zvezdan.hpage.com (PDF Knjige,Clipovi,Stari RTB Crtani,Vesele Slike,Topografske Karte,...)
Notes
- ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. http://webrzs.statserb.sr.gov.yu/axd/Zip/OG2006webE.zip.
- ^ (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.
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