Zaječar , in Serb Cyrillic Sr Зајечар, is a city and a municipality of the East of the Serbia. They are located in the district of Zaječar. The town of Zaječar is the administrative center of the district. In 2002, it counted: 39491 inhabitants and the municipality of which it is the center: 65969.

Presentation

Zaječar is the principal city of the area of the Timočka Krajina (“the border of the Timok”).

The origin of the name of the Turkish east city probably . In Wallachian, language of a local minority, " Zāii cer" , it means “the gods ask (a sacrifice)”.

Nikola Pašić (1845-1926), which was Prime Minister of Serbia, was born there. Its name is also associated with Svetozar Marković, a Serb Socialist.

Near Zaječar, at the village of Gamzigrad, is the Roman site of Romuliana or Felix Romuliana, a Castrum where was born and was buried the emperor Galère (towards 250 - 311). The site was registered in 2007 on the Liste of the world heritage of UNESCO.

Localities of the municipality of Zaječar

Demography

Pattern of the settlement in the municipality (2002)

• Serb: : 59867 (90.75%)
• Wallachian: : 2981 (4.52%)
• Others.

Localities with a Serb majority of settlement: Zaječar, Borovac, Brusnik, Veliki Izvor, Veliki Jasenovac, Vražogrnac, Vratarnica, Vrbica, Gamzigrad, Gornja Bleated Reka, Gradskovo, Grlište, Grljan, Zagrađe, Zvezdan, Jelašnica, Klenovac, Koprivnica, Lasovo, Lenovac, Leskovac, Lubnica, Mali Izvor, Marinovac, Metriš, Nikoličevo, Planinica, Prlita, Rgotina, Salaš, Selačka, Tabakovac, Trnavac, Halovo, Čokonjar and Šljivar.

Localities with a Wallachian majority of settlement: Dubočane, Mala Jasikova and Šipikovo.

Localities with a relative majority the Serb ones: Velika Jasikova and Mali Jasenovac.

Locality with a relative majority of Wallachians: Glogovica.

Pattern of the settlement in the city (2002)

With the census of 2002, the town of Zaječar counted formatnum: 39491 inhabitants, of which:

• Serb: : 37500
• Roms : 233 Yugoslav
• : 219 Wallachian
• : 159
• Montenegrins: 131
• Macedonians: 111
• Others:
• Democratic party: 12
• Serb Radical party: 9
• Coalition “For Zaječar”: 6
• Mouvement Forces of Serbia: 5
• Democratic party of Serbia: 4
• Socialist party of Serbia: 4
• Movement of the revival of Serbia: 3
• G17+: 3
• New Serbia: 2
• “Preduzetnici za opštinu”: 2

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