Mali Zvornik
Mali Zvornik Мали Зворник |
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Municipality and Town | |
Zvornik (left) and Mali Zvornik (right)
Zvornik (left) and Mali Zvornik (right)
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Location of the municipality of Mali Zvornik within Serbia Location of the municipality of Mali Zvornik within Serbia |
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Country | Serbia |
District | Mačva |
Settlements | 12 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jovo Rogan (SD) |
Area[1] | |
• Municipality | 184 km2 (71 sq mi) |
Population (2011 census)[2] | |
• Town | 4,384 |
• Municipality | 12,496 |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 15318 |
Area code | +381 15 |
Car plates | LO |
Website | www |
Mali Zvornik (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали Зворник, pronounced [mâːliː zʋɔ̌rniːk]) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 4,384, while the population of the municipality is 12,496. It lays opposite of the Drina river from the town of Zvornik, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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History
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On Orlovine Hill near Mali Zvornik there are remains of the large Medieval fortress that was probably built in the first half of the 15th century, in the time of the Serbian Despotate. During the Ottoman rule, this area was part of the Pashaluk of Bosnia.
Until 1878 it was the only Bosnian municipality on the right side of river Drina, when it eventually became part of the independent Kingdom of Serbia. In the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century, population of Mali Zvornik numbered 115 houses. The municipality of Mali Zvornik was officially established in 1955.
Settlements
Aside from the town of Mali Zvornik, the municipality includes the following settlements:
Demographics (2002 census)
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Ethnic groups in the municipality
Ethnic groups in the Mali Zvornik municipality include:
- Serbs = 13,140 (93.35%)
- Muslims by nationality = 486 (3.45%)
- Bosniaks = 110 (0.78%)
- others.
Ethnic groups in the town
Ethnic groups in the Mali Zvornik town include:
- Serbs = 4,095 (86.47%)
- Muslims by nationality = 363 (7.67%)
- others.
See also
References
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