A street in the center of Čačak, Serbia

Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Čačak within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°53′N 20°21′E
Country     Serbia
District     Moravica
Settlements     58
Government
 - Mayor     Velimir Stanojević (NS)
Area[1]
 - Municipality     636 km2 (245.6 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
 - Town     73,217
 - Municipality     117,072
Time zone     CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST)     CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code     32000
Area code     +381 32
Car plates     ČA
Website     www.cacak.org.rs

Čačak (Serbian Cyrillic: Чачак, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [t͡ʃǎːt͡ʃak]) is a city in central Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Moravica District of Serbia. Čačak is also the main industrial, cultural and sport center of the district. In the 2002 census, the city had a total population of 73,217.


Municipality

The Municipality of Čačak includes the following settlements:

    Čačak
    Atenica
    Baluga (Ljubićska)
    Baluga (Trnavska)
    Banjica
    Beljina
    Bečanj
    Brezovica
    Bresnica
    Vapa
    Vidova
    Viljuša
    Vranići
    Vrnčani
    Vujetinci
    Goričani
    Gornja Gorevnica
    Gornja Trepča
    Donja Gorevnica
    Donja Trepča
    Žaočani
    Zablaće
    Jančići
    Ježevica
    Jezdina
    Katrga
    Kačulice
    Konjevići
    Kukići
    Kulinovci
    Lipnica
    Loznica
    Ljubić
    Međuvršje
    Milićevci
    Miokovci
    Mojsinje
    Mrčajevci
    Mršinci
    Ovčar Banja
    Ostra
    Pakovraće
    Parmenac
    Petnica
    Preljina
    Premeća
    Pridvorica
    Prijevor
    Prislonica
    Rajac
    Rakova
    Riđage
    Rošci
    Slatina
    Sokolići
    Stančići
    Trbušani
    Trnava


History

Prehistoric
Main article: Prehistoric Serbia

The region has several archaeological sites, dating from prehistory to present, the oldest from the 15th century BC.

Princely tombs of Greco-Illyrian type (Glasinac culture) were found in two mounds of Atenica with Ionian glass, glass-paste, amber bead depicting swan, Attic plaque of Wild boar, dating to the late 6th century BC.[4] More ornithomorphic fibulae of Bronze swans was found in Mojsinje.

Prehistoric tumuli have been unearthed in Mrčajevci.


Roman era
Main article: Roman Serbia

In the village of Jelica-Gradina, a Roman compound (fort) with a martyrium and necropolis has been excavated, with three churches, one of which produced a pentanummion for Justinian 526-537, also believed to have founded the fort in the 530s. The presence of burnt layers conclude that the settlement ended in violence, in the same region in the 6th century, 4 forts were built.[8]
[edit] Middle Ages-present

Čačak has two years on its coat of arms. First being 1408, when the city is first recorded of (as Gradac), and the second is 1815, the year Second Serbian Uprising began and the battle of Ljubic hill was fought. This battle is famous for heroic victory of the rebels who defeated Ottoman army numbering 60,000 men, twice more than the Serbs. The church in the center of Čačak was built in the 12th century by Stephen Nemanja's brother, Stracimir. It was made a mosque, and then a church back again in the 19th century.


Demographics

Ethnic composition of the municipality (2002 census):
Ethnic group     Population
Serbs     114,208
Montenegrins     563
Roma     383
Yugoslavs     299
Macedonians     127
Croats     109
Others     1,383
Total     117,072

 

Text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ca%C4%8Dak

Photo: Virtuelne ture