Country Serbia Settlements 33 Highest elevation 1,500 m (4,900 ft) Local time Sunday 7:08 PM | District Zlatibor Elevation 882 m (2,894 ft) Area 553 km² | |
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Region Šumadija and Western Serbia Weather 1°C, Wind N at 14 km/h, 84% Humidity | ||
Gopro serbia drive from belgrade to priboj
Priboj (Serbian Cyrillic: Прибој, [prǐːbɔj]) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of the western Serbia. The population of the town is 14,920, while the population of the municipality is 27,133.
Contents
- Gopro serbia drive from belgrade to priboj
- Map of Priboj Serbia
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Ethnic groups
- Settlements
- Economy
- Notable people
- References
Map of Priboj, Serbia
History
During the medieval times, the region around modern city of Priboj in the lower valey of the Lim river was called "Dabar" and it belonged to the medieval Serbia until the Turkish invasion in the middle of 15th century. Between 1459 and 1463, the town of Priboj was first mentioned in written documents of the Ottoman Empire.
Geography
The municipality of Priboj is located between municipality of Čajetina in the north, municipality of Nova Varoš in the east, municipality of Prijepolje in the south-east, border with Montenegro in the south-west, and border with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the north-west. A Bosnian-Herzegovinian exclave (Sastavci village) is surrounded by the Priboj municipality.
The town of Priboj lies on the river Lim. It is 5 km away from Uvac, a smaller river that is the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
Demographics
According to the last official census done in 2011, the Municipality of Priboj has 27,133 inhabitants with 49.4% of the municipality’s population living in the urban areas.
Ethnic groups
In 1991, the population of the Priboj municipality numbered 35,951 people, and was composed of Serbs (67.26%), Muslims (30.39%) and others. Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by nationality, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by nationality.
In 2002, the population of the Priboj town numbered 19,564 people, and was composed of Serbs (13,386), Bosniaks (4,396), Muslims by nationality (1,042) and others. As of 2011, most of Priboj’s population is of Serbian ethnicity (75.9%), with nearly 21.2% being Bosniaks and Muslims.
Ethnic composition of the municipality:
Settlements
Aside from the town of Priboj, the municipality includes the following settlements:
Economy
Priboj is the home of FAP Corporation, which in 1953 introduced its first heavy duty vehicles. FAP is one of the biggest producer of trucks and buses in Serbia.