Country Serbia Settlements 26 Postal code 12220 Local time Sunday 1:28 AM | District Braničevo Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 344 km² | |
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Region Southern and Eastern Serbia Weather 14°C, Wind E at 29 km/h, 42% Humidity | ||
Veliko Gradište (Serbian Cyrillic: Велико Градиште, [ʋělikoː ɡrâdiːʃte]) is a town and municipality located in the Braničevo District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated the right bank of the Danube river and left bank of the Pek river. In 2011, the town has total population of 6,204, while the municipality has 17,610.
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Map of Veliko Gradi%C5%A1te, Serbia
History
Thracians and Dacians lived in the region prior to the Roman conquering of the Balkans in the 1st century BC, when the town was known as "Pincum", in the province of Upper Moesia. The Pincum relief of the Trojan Cycle depicting Achilles and Hector was found in Ritopek.
Name
Its name stems from the phrase "big building site" in Serbian. Names in other languages: Romanian: Gradiştea Mare.
Settlements
Aside from the town of Veliko Gradište, the municipality includes the following settlements:
Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups in the Veliko Gradište municipality (2002 census):