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ZAJEČAR - CAPITAL OF SERBIAN EAST<br />

Basic information<br />

Geographical position: Between 43 rd and 53 rd<br />

degree latitude, and.e. between 20 th and 40 th<br />

degree of east longitude, at the confluence of<br />

the Black and White Timok rivers, more precisely<br />

in the valley between two rivers.<br />

Altitude: 137 meters (average)<br />

Climate: Continental, moderately humid,<br />

with warm summers and moderately cold<br />

winters, with variable transitional seasons,<br />

whereby autumns are warmer than springs.<br />

Average annual air temperature: 10.6 degrees<br />

Celsius. During vegetation period (April<br />

– September) average tem pe ra tu re is 18.1 degrees<br />

Celsius<br />

Precipitation: Average annual precipitation<br />

633 mm (in this respect, Za je čar Basin has characteristics<br />

of Central European regime). September<br />

is the driest, may is the rainiest month.<br />

Land: Out of total 107.000 ha, 48.543 ha is<br />

under farmland and gardens, 1.644 ha under<br />

orchards, 2.781 ha under vineyards, 8.237 ha<br />

under meadows, 9.369 ha under pastures and<br />

30.498 ha under forests.<br />

Neighboring municipalities: Bor, Negotin,<br />

Boljevac, Knjaževac and Sokobanja<br />

Roads: At the intersection of roads Ne go tin<br />

– Niš and Pa ra ćin – Vi din, important hub of<br />

Eastern Serbia.<br />

Archivolts from Gam zi gra d, found in 1984.<br />

Distances:<br />

• Belgrade – 250 km<br />

• Niš – 95 km<br />

• Vidin (Bulgaria) – 40 km<br />

• Sofia (Bulgaria) – 200 km<br />

• Paraćin – 90 km<br />

• Prahovo, the Danube – 60 km<br />

• Sokobanja – 40 km<br />

Railway lines: Zaječar is the main railway<br />

hub of Timočka krajina, where railway lines<br />

Niš–Pra ho vo and Majdanpek–Bor–Prahovo<br />

intersect.<br />

Air traffic: Niš Airport is about 70 km away<br />

from Zaječar, and Belgrade Airport about 250<br />

km away<br />

Postal code: 019<br />

Settlements: 42<br />

Population density: 68.3 people per km 2<br />

Ethnic structure: According to census from<br />

2002, the city of Zaječar has a population of<br />

65,969. Out of this, 59,867 are Serbs (90.7<br />

percent), 2,981 Vlachs (4.51 percent), 0.49<br />

percent of Roma people, 0.33 percent of Romanuans...<br />

Villages: Bo ro vac, Bru snik, Ve li ki Iz vor,<br />

Ve li ki Ja se no vac, Ve li ka Ja si ko va, Vra žo grnac,<br />

Vra tar ni ca, Vr bi ca, Gam zi grad, Glo govi<br />

ca, Gor nja Be la Re ka, Grad sko vo, Gr li šte,<br />

Gr ljan, Du bo ča ne, Za gra đe, Zve zdan, Je lašni<br />

ca, Kle no vac, Ko priv ni ca, La so vo, Le novac,<br />

Le sko vac, Lub ni ca, Ma li Iz vor, Ma li Jase<br />

no vac, Ma la Ja si ko va, Ma ri no vac, Me triš,<br />

Ni ko li če vo, Pla ni ni ca, Pr li ta, Rgo ti na, Sa laš,<br />

Se lač ka, Ta ba ko vac, Tr na vac, Ha lo vo, Ši piko<br />

vo, Šlji var<br />

Saint day: The Nativity of the Holy Mother of<br />

God (Mala Gospojina), September 21<br />

Day of the city: May 10, the Day of Liberation<br />

from Turks in 1933.<br />

Other saint days and jubilees: October 19<br />

(Liberation Day in World War One), September<br />

7 (Liberation Day in World War Two),<br />

October 7 (The Day of Soldiers in Wars of<br />

1990-1999)

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