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The Pomoravlje District (Serbian: Поморавски округ / Pomoravski okrug, pronounced [pômǒraʋskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It expands to the central parts of Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 214,536 inhabitants. The administrative center is the city of Jagodina.

Pomoravlje District Поморавски округ Pomoravski okrug
District of Serbia
Images from the Pomoravlje District
Location of the Pomoravlje District within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°58′N 21°15′E
Country	Serbia
Region	Šumadija and Western Serbia
Administrative center	Jagodina
Government
• Commissioner	Goran Milosavljević
Area
• Total	2,614 km2 (1,009 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	214,536
• Density	82.1/km2 (213/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-13
Municipalities	5 and 1 city
Settlements	191
- Cities and towns	6
- Villages	185
Website	www.pomoravski.okrug.gov.rs

Municipalities

The Pomoravlje District contains 6 municipalities (singular: општина, opština - plural: oпштине, opštine). The following table shows the names of each municipality in the Latin and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of 2011:

Municipality	Cyrillic	Municipal Pop.	Urban Pop.
Jagodina	Јагодина	71,852	37,282
Ćuprija	Ћуприја	33,356	22,302
Paraćin	Параћин	54,267	24,573
Svilajnac	Свилајнац	23,391	9,131
Despotovac	Деспотовац	22,995	4,212
Rekovac	Рековац	10,971	1,930

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	225,392	—
1953	240,512	+1.31%
1961	254,521	+0.71%
1971	262,055	+0.29%
1981	270,474	+0.32%
1991	264,108	−0.24%
2002	227,435	−1.35%
2011	214,536	−0.65%
Source: [1]

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Pomoravlje District has 214,536 inhabitants. 45.35% of the population lives in the urban areas.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic group	Population	%
Serbs	203,419	94.82%
Romani	2,638	1.23%
Vlachs	1,938	0.90%
Montenegrins	273	0.13%
Macedonians	259	0.12%
Romanians	250	0.12%
Croats	194	0.09%
Yugoslavs	178	0.08%
Others	5,387	2.51%
Total	214,536

Society and culture

Culture

The nineteenth century architecture has been partly preserved in the town. Earlier times are witnessed by the remnants of the edifices such as The House of Hajduk Veljko from the seventeenth century. Particularly interesting is the Old Church of Archangel Michael, the endowment of Miloš Obrenović, built in 1818.

The Jošanica Monastery was built in the late seventeenth century at the time of Despot Đurađ Branković's reign, and is regarded the finest medieval building of this region. In the vicinity of Ćuprija stands the Ravanica Monastery with the Church of Assumption, the endowment of Prince Lazar, built between 1375 and 1377. After the death of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović in the Battle of Kosovo, his holy relics were safeguarded there all until 1690, when their three-century-long moving together with the Serb people started, as to be finally returned to his endowment today.

The Resava-Manasija monastery is located in the immediate vicinity of Despotovac. The Resava endowment of Despot Stefan Lazarević was built between 1407 and 1418. Over the fifteenth century the famous Resava School carried out its work there, in the framework of several workshops in which major texts of the world heritage were copied and the new ones written. Konstantin the Philosopher, the author of the "Hagiography of Despot Stefan" and the "Book on Letters" which regulated the then current Orthography of Serbian language, carried out his creative work in the Resava Monastery.

Education

There is one faculty located in the Pomoravlje District that is within the University of Kragujevac:

• Faculty of Education in Jagodina

See also

• Administrative divisions of Serbia
• Districts of Serbia

References

Note: All official material made by Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from www.srbija.gov.rs.

External links

• Official website
• Pomoravlje - portal

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