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Orašac (Serbian Cyrillic: Орашац) is a village in the municipality of Aranđelovac in Central Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1462 people.[1] It is best known as the starting point of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, as the site of the Orašac Assembly.

Orašac
School building in Orašac
Coordinates: 44°19′44″N 20°35′07″E
Country	Serbia
District	Šumadija
Municipality	Aranđelovac
Elevation	328 m (1,076 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	1,462
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	34308
Area code(s)	(+381) 34
Vehicle registration	AR

American anthropologists Joel and Barbara Halpern wrote an extensive body of papers and books about Orašac. The books include A Serbian Village (1958)[2] and A Serbian Village in Historical Perspective (1986).[3]

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• Selected Works of Joel M. Halpern: Chapter 1, Selected Papers on a Serbian Village: Social Structure as Reflected by History, Demography and Oral Tradition
• Selected Works of Joel M. Halpern: Comparative Dynamics of a Traditional Serbian Village: Oraciac 1863 to 1975

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  View over Sumadija in Orasac
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  Karadjordje monument

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