Pčinja District (Pčinja)
The Pčinja District (Пчињски округ, ) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. It covers the southern part of Serbia, bordering the disputed territory of Kosovo, along with Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Its administrative center is the city of Vranje.
According to the 2011 census, the district has a population of 159,081. Due to an Albanian boycott, the actual population is likely greater than is stated in the official statistics. One estimate suggests between 20,000–50,000 more people than recorded live in the district.
The Vranjska Banja spa plays a part in this region, with its multi-medicinal thermal mineral waters.
It encompasses the municipalities of:
* Vladičin Han
* Surdulica
* Bosilegrad
* Trgovište
* Vranje
* Bujanovac
According to the 2011 census, the district has a population of 159,081. Due to an Albanian boycott, the actual population is likely greater than is stated in the official statistics. One estimate suggests between 20,000–50,000 more people than recorded live in the district.
The Vranjska Banja spa plays a part in this region, with its multi-medicinal thermal mineral waters.
It encompasses the municipalities of:
* Vladičin Han
* Surdulica
* Bosilegrad
* Trgovište
* Vranje
* Bujanovac
Map - Pčinja District (Pčinja)
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Country - Serbia
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Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional states in the early Middle Ages at times recognised as tributaries to the Byzantine, Frankish and Hungarian kingdoms. The Serbian Kingdom obtained recognition by the Holy See and Constantinople in 1217, reaching its territorial apex in 1346 as the Serbian Empire. By the mid-16th century, the Ottomans annexed the entirety of modern-day Serbia; their rule was at times interrupted by the Habsburg Empire, which began expanding towards Central Serbia from the end of the 17th century while maintaining a foothold in Vojvodina. In the early 19th century, the Serbian Revolution established the nation-state as the region's first constitutional monarchy, which subsequently expanded its territory. Following casualties in World War I, and the subsequent unification of the former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina with Serbia, the country co-founded Yugoslavia with other South Slavic nations, which would exist in various political formations until the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. During the breakup of Yugoslavia, Serbia formed a union with Montenegro, which was peacefully dissolved in 2006, restoring Serbia's independence as a sovereign state for the first time since 1918. In 2008, representatives of the Assembly of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence, with mixed responses from the international community while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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RSD | Serbian dinar | дин or din. | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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BS | Bosnian language |
HU | Hungarian language |
SR | Serbian language |