Priboj

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This article is about the municipality and town in Serbia. For other uses, see Priboj (disambiguation).
Priboj
Прибој
Municipality and Town
Priboj
Priboj
Coat of arms of Priboj
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Priboj within Serbia
Location of the municipality of Priboj within Serbia
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Country  Serbia
District Zlatibor
Settlements 33
Government
 • Mayor Lazar Rvović
Area[1]
 • Municipality 553 km2 (214 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
 • Town 14,920
 • Municipality 27,133
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 31330
Area code +381 33
Car plates PB
Website www.priboj.rs

Priboj (Serbian Cyrillic: Прибој, pronounced [prǐːbɔj]) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of Serbia. The population of the town is 14,920, while the population of the municipality is 27,133.

History

Between 1459 and 1463, the town of Priboj was first mentioned in written documents of the Ottoman Empire.[3]

Geography

The municipality of Priboj is located between municipality of Čajetina in the north, municipality of Nova Varoš in the east, municipality of Prijepolje in the south-east, border with Montenegro in the south-west, and border with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the north-west. A Bosnian-Herzegovinian exclave (Sastavci village) is surrounded by the Priboj municipality.

The town of Priboj lies on the river Lim. It is 5 km away from Uvac, a smaller river that is the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Priboj, the municipality includes the following settlements:

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Demographics

In 1991, the population of the Priboj municipality numbered 35,951 people, and was composed of Serbs (67.26%), Muslims (30.39%) and others. Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by nationality, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by nationality.

In 2002, the population of the Priboj town numbered 19,564 people, and was composed of Serbs (13,386), Bosniaks (4,396), Muslims by nationality (1,042) and others.

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Municipality of Priboj has 27,133 inhabitants. Most of Priboj’s population is of Serbian nationality (75.9%) while 49.4% of the municipality’s population lives in urban areas. Ethnic composition of the municipality:

Ethnic group Population
Serbs 20,582
Bosniaks 3,811
Muslims 1,944
Yugoslavs 36
Hungarians 11
Macedonians 9
Others 740
Total 27,133

Economy

Priboj is the home of FAP Corporation, which in 1953 introduced its first heavy duty vehicles. FAP is one of the biggest producer of trucks and buses in Serbia.

Famous people

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Main category: People from Priboj

See also

References

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External links

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