Svrljig
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.