Nova Varoš

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Field	Value
native_name	sr-Cyrl
native_name_lang	sr
official_name	Nova Varoš
settlement_type	Town and municipality
image_shield	Nova Varoš (grb).gif
image_skyline	Nova Varos Center 2004.JPG
image_caption	Nova Varoš
image_map	Municipalities of Serbia Nova Varoš.png
map_caption	Location of the municipality of Nova Varoš within Serbia
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Serbia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Šumadija and Western Serbia
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Zlatibor
parts_type	Settlements
parts_style	para
p1	32
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Branko Bjelić
leader_party	SNS
area_blank1_title	Town
area_blank1_km2	3.79
area_blank2_title	Municipality
area_blank2_km2	581
area_footnotes
elevation_m	1111
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2022 census
population_blank1_title	Town
population_blank1	7542
population_density_blank1_km2	auto
population_blank2_title	Municipality
population_blank2	13507
population_density_blank2_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	31320
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	+381(0)33
blank_name	Car plates
blank_info	NV
website
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Nova Varoš (Нова Варош, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The municipality of Nova Varoš has a population of 13,507, while the town of Nova Varoš itself has a population of 7,542 inhabitants.

History

Nova Varoš was founded in the middle of the 16th century. It is associated with the name of Skender Pasha of Genoa. When Skender-pasha, travelling from Bosnia to the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (1530), stopped with his entourage on the plateau below the mountain Zlatar and was delighted with the beauty of this wooded area and the intoxicating smell of pine, he ordered a town to be built there. Settlements soon sprang up on the site of today's Nova Varoš. It was called Skender-pašina palanka (Skender-pasha's Palanka). When it grew to close to 2,000 houses, "a fire broke out and burned the palace to the ground" (Evliya Çelebi). Most of the inhabitants stayed there and built a new town which they called Nova Kasaba, which in Serbian means Nova Varoš.

Geography

Nova Varoš is located in southwest Serbia, the main road that connects the north of the country the Montenegrin coast. It is situated at 1000 meters above sea level, and below the northern slopes of mountain Zlatar. Nova Varoš is located in the Dinaric mountain range. North of town is mountain Murtenica, while the south mountain Zlatar.

Climate

Nova Varoš has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb). | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Nova Varoš

| source = Climate-Data.org

Demographics

| type = | percentages = pagr |1948|20170 |1953|21848 |1961|24770 |1971|22740 |1981|22523 |1991|21812 |2002|19982 |2011|16638|2022|13505 | source =

According to the last official census done in 2022, the Municipality of Nova Varoš has 13,507 inhabitants. Population density on the territory of the municipality is 23 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Ethnic groups

In 1991, the population of the municipality was composed of: Serbs and Montenegrins (89.20%), Muslims (8.5%) and others.

In 2002, the population of the municipality was composed of: Serbs (18,001) (90.1%), Bosniaks (1,028) (5.1%), ethnic Muslims (502) (2.5%) and others. Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by ethnicity, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by ethnicity.

Ethnic composition of the municipality according to 2011 and 2022 censuses: ::data[format=table]

Census 1991	Census 2011	Census 2022	Ethnic group	Population	%	Population
Serbs	19,284	88.4%	14,899	89.6%	11,901	88.1%
Bosniaks	1,857	8.5%	788	4.7%	673	5%
Muslims	526	3.1%	308	2.3%
Yugoslavs	348	1.6%	37	0.2%	40	0.3%
Montenegrins	173	0.8%	31	0.2%	9	0.07%
Others	150	0.7%	357	2.1%	576	4.2%
Total	21,812		16,638		13,507
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Settlements

Aside from the town of Nova Varoš, the municipality includes the following settlements:

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): ::data[format=table]

Activity	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	61
Mining and quarrying	13
Manufacturing	817
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	110
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	66
Construction	75
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	356
Transportation and storage	253
Accommodation and food services	188
Information and communication	27
Financial and insurance activities	31
Real estate activities	-
Professional, scientific and technical activities	59
Administrative and support service activities	17
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	288
Education	220
Human health and social work activities	190
Arts, entertainment and recreation	54
Other service activities	35
Individual agricultural workers	151
Total	3,010
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Culture

Gallery

File:Nova Varos opstina IMG 0045.JPG|Town Hall File:Nova Varos dom kulture jovan tomic IMG 0073.JPG|Nova Varoš Cultural Center File:Nova Varos IMG 0085.JPG|Town center File:Nova Varos IMG 0084.JPG|Town buildings File:Nova Varos xram svete trojice IMG 0090.JPG|Orthodox Church File:Nova Varos mosque Dzamija IMG 0046.JPG|Nova Varoš Mosque File:Uvac nova varos IMG 9995 kokin brod Zlatarso Jezero.JPG|Uvac Lake

Notable people

Gavrilo I, Serbian Patriarch
Petar Bojović, military commander and field marshal
Ljubinko Drulović, former footballer, 2013 European U19 Championship winning manager
Nemanja Nedović, basketball player, silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Vladimir Otašević, footballer
Bojana Lečić, 2011 Miss Serbia
Ivan Šaponjić, footballer

References

{{Serbian municipalities 2006
{{Serbian census 2022
"Climate: Nova Varoš, Serbia". Climate-Data.org.
"2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
"Population by nationality and gender".
(25 December 2019). "MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019.". [[Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia]].

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