Okrug Braničevo

Браничевски округ Braničevski Okrug
Situation in Serbia
State :	Serbia
Area :	3,865 km²
Residents :	253,492 (2002)
Capital :	Požarevac

Braničevo ( Serbian Браничевски округ, Braničevski okrug ) is an administrative district in the northeast of the Serbian heartland. The population in the entire district is 253,492.

The main administrative seat is in the city of Požarevac , which performs a large number of communication and administrative tasks. There is also a large traffic and motorway junction near Požarevac.

Communities

The district includes the following municipalities ( opštine ):

Rivers

Largest settlements

(Status: 2002 census)

Place name	Cyrillic	Residents
Požarevac	Пожаревац	41,876
Kostolac	Костолац	9,389
Petrovac na Mlavi	Петровац	7,739
Veliko Gradiste	Велико Градиште	5,680
Kučevo	Кучево	4,526
Žagubica	Жагубица	2,826
Neresnica	Нересница	2,355
Lučica	Лучица	2,306
Laznica	Лазница	2,051
Porodin	Породин	2,020
Melnica	Мелница	1,973
Krepoljin	Крепољин	1,696

history

In the middle of the 19th century , during the period of Serbian emancipation, Požarevac and Kragujevac became the second seat of the then Prince Miloš Obrenović . At this time he also had a number of monuments erected in Požarevac to commemorate him.

Požarevac:

Church 1819
Palace 1825
Marketplace 1827
Ljubičevo - racehorse breeding and venue 1860

Culture

Viminacium (Kostolac)

Important museums and galleries in Požarevac :

The National Museum (second oldest in Serbia after Belgrade )
The archaeological park of the lost Roman city of Viminatium [1] ( Kostolac , Požarevac area )
The National Library in Požarevac (since 1847 )
Etno Park Tulba (unique open-air museum)
Picture gallery by Milena Pavlović-Barili (a respected, surrealist artist and poet).

In 1842 William Shakespeare's masterpiece " Romeo and Juliet " was performed in Požarevac for the first time in the Balkans .

economy

Almost all companies focus on the cities of Požarevac and the surrounding area. The most famous industrial giant is the Požarevac Agricultural-Industrial Combine, which employs a large number of workers and supplies a quarter of Serbia's food needs.

Economic focus

The focus of the economy lies in the following areas:

Agriculture
Food production
Electricity generation (Elektro Morava)
Crude oil mining and processing
Tourism: Ljubičevo , Srebrno Jezero (Silver Lake), Golubački Grad (downtown Golubac), Ceremosnja

Extraction of raw materials

The raw materials extracted in Požarevac and the surrounding area, as well as mineral water, are also exported to all surrounding areas and to Romania .

Web links

Official website of the Government of Serbia