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Country
  
Serbia

Settlements
  
35

Postal code
  
35250

Local time
  
Thursday 4:38 AM

District
  
Pomoravlje

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
542 km²

Number of airports
  
1

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Region
  
Šumadija and Western Serbia

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 75% Humidity

Paraćin (Serbian Cyrillic: Параћин, [pâratɕin]) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of the central Serbia. It is located in the valley of the Velika Morava river, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac. In 2011 the town has total population of 24,573 and has a civil airport.

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Map of Para%C4%87in, Serbia

History

8th century BC Basarabi pottery was found with the depiction of domestic cock. The Roman fort at Momčilov Grad produced a great number of coins of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (525–565).

From 1929 to 1941, Paraćin was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Settlements

Apart from the town of Paraćin, the municipality includes the following settlements, along with number of residents (2002 census):

Notable citizens

  • Ana Nikolić, Serbian pop singer
  • Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer of Serbian origin
  • Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish TV personality, model, and fashion designer.
  • Marčelo, Serbian hip hop musician
  • Nenad Đorđević, Serbian footballer
  • Ivica Radosavljević, Serbian / Swiss basketball player
  • Vojkan Dimitrijevic - Meja , Legend of Paracin

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Paraćin is twinned with:

  • Eleftherio-Kordelio, Greece
  • Perdika, Greece
  • Murska Sobota, Slovenia
  • Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • References

    Paraćin Wikipedia
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