Zlatibor District
Zlatibor District (
Serbian:
Zlatiborski okrug or
Златиборски округ) is a district in the western, mountainous part of the Republic of
Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of
Zlatibor. According to the
2002 Census Data, the Zlatibor District has a population of 312,810 people. The city of
Užice is the administrative seat of the district.
It encompasses the municipalities of:
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Bajina Bašta*
Kosjerić*
Užice*
Požega*
Čajetina*
Arilje*
Nova Varoš*
Prijepolje*
Sjenica*
PribojThe Zlatibor District is home to several popular tourist destinations. Visitors can seek refuge on the slopes of
Zlatibor Mountain, explore the natural beauty of
Tara National Park, float down the
Drina River or cruise the vast expanse of
Lake Perućac, ride the unique rail experience known as
Šargan Eight, visit the traditional ethnic village of
Mokra Gora, tour the massive World War II monument of
Kadinjača Memorial Complex, immerse themselves in the history of
Užice and its importance as an independent stronghold throughout its many centuries of life, and stop at various other points of interest in between these destinations.
In the vicinity of
Bajina Bašta stands the
Rača Monastery, built in the
13th century. Over its long history, this monastery was destroyed several times and then reconstructed. Rača Monastery's final destruction (after the Turks and the Austro-Hungarian Army), came at the hands of the
Bulgarian army in
1943. It was renovated and restored after the end of
World War II. The church was an important center of transcription and illumination of Serbia's manuscripts, with its famed monks known as the
Račani, during the
17th century.
The
Mileševa Monastery, built in
1234 near
Prijepolje, was the endowment of King
Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia, the son of
Stefan the First-Crowned. This monastery was the second most important in Serbia, after it received the bones of Serbia's most-revered partriarch,
Saint Sava, in
1236. The monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, though luckily, 100 compositions, frescoes of individual figures, and fragments of important religious icons have been preserved. The most famous icon of Mileševa is
The White Angel fresco, a famous, widely-used religious icon throughout Serbia.
The most prominent active economic organizations in the municipality of Užice are the copper and aluminium mill in Sevojno, the "Prvi partizan" metal combine, the "Froteks" textile industry, and "Kadinjača" garment industry.
In Priboj the
FAP factory produces trucks and buses, which are then exported throughout the world, and the combined companies FAP-FAMOS produces passenger cars.
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UE.co.yu (
In Serbian)
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Uzice.net (
In Serbian)
Note:
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