Zlatibor District

Infobox Serbian district
name_serC = Златиборски округ
name_serL = Zlatiborski okrug
name_alt =
en_name = Zlatibor
province_or_region = Central Serbia
capital = Užice
commissioner = n/a
municipalities = 10
settlements = 438
cities_and_towns = 11
villages = 427
area = 6,140
population = 313,396
density = 51.0
footnotes = Zlatibor District (Serbian: Златиборски округ, "Zlatiborski okrug") is a district in the western, mountainous part of the Republic of Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of Zlatibor. According to the [http://www.szs.sv.gov.yu/Popis/Census.htm 2002 Census Data] , the Zlatibor District has a population of 312,810 people. The city of Užice is the administrative seat of the district.

Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:
*Bajina Bašta
*Kosjerić
*Užice
*Požega
*Čajetina
*Arilje
*Nova Varoš
*Prijepolje
*Sjenica
*Priboj

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs = 262,405
*Bosniaks = 40,225
*Muslims by nationality = 6,476

Tourism

The Zlatibor District is home to several popular tourist destinations. Visitors can seek refuge on the slopes of Zlatibor Mountain, explore the natural beauty of Tara National Park, float down the Drina River or cruise the vast expanse of Lake Perućac, ride the unique rail experience known as Šargan Eight, visit the traditional ethnic village of Mokra Gora, tour the massive World War II monument of Kadinjača Memorial Complex, immerse themselves in the history of Užice and its importance as an independent stronghold throughout its many centuries of life, and stop at various other points of interest in between these destinations.

Religious Monuments

In the vicinity of Bajina Bašta stands the Rača Monastery, built in the 13th century. Over its long history, this monastery was destroyed several times and then reconstructed. Rača Monastery's final destruction (after the Turks and the Austro-Hungarian Army), came at the hands of the Bulgarian army in 1943. It was renovated and restored after the end of World War II. The church was an important center of transcription and illumination of Serbia's manuscripts, with its famed monks known as the "Račani", during the 17th century.

The Mileševa Monastery, built in 1234 near Prijepolje, was the endowment of King Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia, the son of Stefan the First-Crowned. This monastery was the second most important in Serbia, after it received the bones of Serbia's most-revered partriarch, Saint Sava, in 1236. The monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, though luckily, 100 compositions, frescoes of individual figures, and fragments of important religious icons have been preserved. The most famous icon of Mileševa is [http://www.uzice.net/mileseva/bandjeo.htm "The White Angel"] fresco, a famous, widely-used religious icon throughout Serbia.

Industry

The most prominent active economic organizations in the municipality of Užice are the copper and aluminum mill in Sevojno, the "Prvi partizan" metal combine, the "Froteks" textile industry, and "Kadinjača" garment industry.

In Priboj the FAP factory produces trucks and buses, which are then exported throughout the world, and the combined companies FAP-FAMOS produces passenger cars.

External links

* [http://www.ue.co.yu UE.co.yu] ("In Serbian")
* [http://www.uzice.net Uzice.net] ("In Serbian")

Note: "All official material made by Government of Serbia and Montenegro is public by law. Information was taken from the [http://www.serbia.sr.gov.yu/ official website] ".