Podgorac (Serbian Cyrillic: Подгорац; Romanian: Podgorț) is a village in the municipality of Boljevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2218 people.[1]

Podgorac Подгорац (Serbian) Podgorț (Romanian)
Village
Osman Bey's Fountain
Podgorac
Coordinates: 43°56′39″N 21°56′42″E
Country	Serbia
District	Zaječar District
Municipality	Boljevac
Population  (2002)
• Total	2,218
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

There is an 18th century Ottoman Turkish public fountain built with the funds donated by a certain Osman Bey and therefore named (in Serbian) Osmanbegova česma.

For a brief period in 1840/41 school year, Đura Jakšić was a village school teacher here.

Notable people

• Predrag Balašević

References

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