Opština Kladovo

Општина Кладово
Opština Kladovo
Municipality of Kladovo


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Part of the country

Central Serbia

Okrug

boron

Administrative headquarters

Kladovo

surface

629 km²

Residents

23,613

Population density

37 inhabitants per km²

License Plate

KL

Website

www.kladovo.org.yu

The Opština Kladovo ( Cyrillic : Општина Кладово , German : Municipality of Kladovo ) is an Opština in Okrug Bor in eastern Serbia . The administrative capital is the city of the same name, Kladovo .

geography

The municipality is located in the northern part of the Timočka Krajina region . The area over which the municipality extends is characterized by mountains.

Boundaries and territory

The northern, northeastern, northwestern, eastern and southeastern natural borders with neighboring Romania are formed by the Danube River . In the west the territory of the municipality borders on the Opština Majdanpek and in the south on the Opština Negotin .

Romania	Romania	Romania
Opština Majdanpek		Romania
Opština Negotin & Opština Majdanpek	Opština Negotin	Romania

Cities and villages

Residents

According to the 2002 census (self-denomination) there were 23,622 inhabitants in the municipality of Kladovo. Of which were:

	number	percent
total	23,622	100
Serbs	21,130	89.49
Montenegrins	572	2.42
Wallachians (Romanians south of the Danube)	568	2.40
Others ( Bulgarians , Romanians etc.)	1,352	5.69

tourism

Tabula Traiana at the Iron Gate

Since the city of Kladovo , which is also the capital of this municipality, is in the immediate vicinity of the Iron Gate hydropower plant (Serbian: Đerdap ) , the municipality is a popular tourist destination. But the many archaeological sites and hiking trails through the mountains are also popular with tourists, nationally and internationally.

There are also remains of the famous Trajan's Bridge , which was built by the Romans across the Danube.

Web links

Website of the municipality of Kladovo