Braničevo District
The
Branicevo District (Braničevski okrug, Браничевски округ) expands in the north-east of
Serbia. It has a population of 253,492. Seat of the District is in the city of
Požarevac, a famous cross-roads, with numerous communications running through it still today.
It encompasses the municipalities of:
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Veliko Gradište*
Požarevac*
Golubac*
Malo Crniće*
Žabari*
Petrovac*
Kučevo*
ŽagubicaIn the mid-nineteenth century, at the time of the Serbian state emancipation, Požarevac became, along with
Kragujevac, the second metropolis of Prince
Miloš Obrenović. During his lifetime, Prince Miloš Obrenović had erected monuments to his memory in Požarevac:
*the church in
1819*palace (
1825)
*new marketplace (
1827)
*stud-farm -
Ljubicevo in
1860.
Some of the places of cultural importance in Požarevac are:
*the National Museum (the first built after
Belgrade)
*the Tulba Ethnic Park (a unique out-door museum)
*Gallery of Paintings of
Milena Pavlović-Barili (a distinguished surrealistic artist and poet).
Business facilities of this District are concentrated in the vicinity of the cities of Požarevac and Costal. The most prominent is the food-industry giant: Agricultural-industrial Combine Požarevac which provides employment to huge number of men and satisfies one quarter of the overall demands of the Republic of Serbia.
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Districts of Serbia*
Subdivisions of SerbiaNote:
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