Svrljig
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Сврљиг Svrljig |
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Okrug : | Nišava | ||||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 24 ' N , 22 ° 7' E | ||||
| Height : | 379 m. i. J. | ||||
| Residents : | 7,543 (2011) | ||||
| Agglomeration : | 14,224 (2011) | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) +381 018 | ||||
| Postal code : | 18360 | ||||
| License plate : | NI | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2016) | |||||
| Mayor : | Jelena Trifunović | ||||
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Svrljig ( Serbian - Cyrillic Сврљиг ) is a Serbian city in the Okrug Nišava with 7543 inhabitants (2011 census). It is the administrative seat of Opština Svrljig .
geography
Svrljig is located in south-east Serbia, 30 km from Niš . 70% of the area consists of hills or mountains. The town is surrounded by the Svrljiške planine mountains . In the south rises the Zeleni vrh with 1334 m height, the Paješki Kamen (1074 m) is in the east of the city, Tresibaba (786 m) in the north and Kalafat (839 m) in the west. In the north-west Svrljig borders on the Golak region, in the north on Knjaževac , in the south on the Belopalanačka kotlina and beyond that on Sićevačka klisura, the valleys of Niš and Aleksinac in the south and south-west.
tourism
A leisure center was established in the area of the village Popšica, 15 km away from Svrljig.