Bujanovac

Bujanovac ( Serbian - Cyrillic Бујановац , Albanian Bujanoc / -i ) is a town with about 12,000 inhabitants in the Okrug Pčinja in southern Serbia . It is the capital of the Opština Bujanovac .

Surname

Bujanovac is derived from Bujan, an old Serbian name, and means the " city of Bujan ". Bujan is derived from the Serbian bujati (to bloom ) and means "the blooming one".

geography

Bujanovac is located on the bank of the Southern Morava , which arises in the area of the Opština from the confluence of the Binačka Morava and the Moravica . The autoput A1 ( Belgrade - Skopje ) bypasses the city in the southeast. Bujanovac is 13 km from the border with Kosovo .

Demographics

The census carried out in 2002 determined a population of 12,011 for the city of Bujanovac, of which 4,329 (36.04%) saw themselves as Serbs, 3859 (32.13%) as Roma and 3590 (29.89%) as Albanians.

There are no reliable figures for 2011 as the census was boycotted by many non-Serbs.

Population development
census	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2002
Residents	3177	3681	4603	7524	11789	17050	12011

sons and daughters of the town

Nexhat Daci (* 1944), chemist and politician
Hivzi Islami (* 1946), demographer

Individual evidence

↑ Ethnic composition of Serbia 2002. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .
↑ http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/ethnic-albanians-and-bosniaks-to-boycott-census-over-language
↑ Serbia censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .

[1] Ethnic composition of Serbia 2002. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .

[2] ttp://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/ethnic-albanians-and-bosniaks-to-boycott-census-over-language

[3] Serbia censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .