Priboj
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Priboj
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| Country | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia |
| Region | Šumadija and Western Serbia |
| District | Zlatibor |
| Settlements | 33 |
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| • Predsednik | Lazar Rvović (SNS) |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 31330 |
| Area code | +381(0)33 |
| Car plates | PB |
| Website | www |
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Priboj (Script error: No such module "lang"., Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town is 13,172, while the population of the municipality is 23,514.[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, the border with Montenegro in the south-west, and the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the north-west. A Bosnian-Herzegovinian exclave (Međurječje village) is surrounded by the Priboj municipality.
The town of Priboj lies on the river Lim. It is 5 km away from the Uvac, a smaller river that marks (for some 10 kilometers) part of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
Climate
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History
The hamlet of Jarmovac south of Priboj is the site of a prehistoric copper mine shaft which is one of the first evidences of human metallurgy, first identified in 1937, now dated to the 4th millennium BCE in the late Vinča culture.[5]
During the medieval times, the region around modern city of Priboj in the lower valley of the Lim river was called "Dabar" and it belonged to the medieval Serbia until the Ottoman invasion in the middle of 15th century. Between 1459 and 1463, the town of Priboj was first mentioned in written documents of the Ottoman Empire.[6]
Settlements
Aside from the town of Priboj, the municipality includes the following settlements:
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- Banja
- Batkovići
- Brezna
- Bučje
- Dobrilovići
- Živinice
- Zabrđe
- Zabrnjica
- Zagradina
- Zaostro
- Jelača
- Kalafati
- Kaluđerovići
- Kasidoli
- Kratovo
- Krnjača
- Kukurovići
- Mažići
- Miliješ
- Plašće
- Požegrmac
- Pribojska Goleša
- Pribojske Čelice
- Rača
- Ritošići
- Sjeverin
- Sočice
- Strmac
- Hercegovačka Goleša
- Crnugovići
- Crnuzi
- Čitluk
- Akmačići
Demographics
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1948 | 17,989 | — |
| 1953 | 20,784 | +2.93% |
| 1961 | 26,147 | +2.91% |
| 1971 | 32,548 | +2.21% |
| 1981 | 35,200 | +0.79% |
| 1991 | 35,951 | +0.21% |
| 2002 | 30,377 | −1.52% |
| 2011 | 27,133 | −1.25% |
| 2022 | 23,514 | −1.29% |
| Source: [7][3] | ||
According to 2022 census, the municipality of Priboj has 23,514 inhabitants.[3]
Ethnic groups
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 ethnic Muslims, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by ethnicity.
In 2022, the population of the town was 13,172, and was composed of Serbs (9,155), Bosniaks (2,153), ethnic Muslims (687) and others. As of 2022, most of Priboj's population is of Serbian ethnicity (71.9%), with nearly 21.5% being Bosniaks.[3]
The ethnic composition of the municipality:[3]
| Census 1991 | Census 2011 | Census 2022 | ||||
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| Ethnic group | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % |
| Serbs | 23,421 | 65.2 | 20,582 | 75.9 | 16,909 | 71.9 |
| Bosniaks | 10,927 | 30.4 | 3,811 | 14.1 | 4,144 | 17.6 |
| Ethnic Muslims | 1,944 | 7.1 | 914 | 3.9 | ||
| Yugoslavs | 534 | 1.5 | 36 | 0.1 | 46 | 0.2 |
| Hungarians | 16 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Macedonians | 33 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Others | 1,020 | 2.8 | 740 | 2.7 | 1,493 | 6.3 |
| Total | 35,951 | 27,133 | 23,514 | |||
Economy
Today, most of Priboj's economy is based on agriculture, services and partly industry. Priboj is home to the FAP Corporation, which pushed Priboj's development during the 1970s and 1980s, when it was one of the biggest producers of trucks and buses in the former Yugoslavia. Since the 1990s, FAP has been working in limited capacity and since the 2010s its only remaining production is military-oriented.
As of September 2017, Priboj has one of 14 free economic zones established in Serbia.[8]
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022):[9]
| Activity | Total |
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| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 59 |
| Mining and quarrying | 2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,661 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 88 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 84 |
| Construction | 299 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 478 |
| Transportation and storage | 351 |
| Accommodation and food services | 188 |
| Information and communication | 45 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 44 |
| Real estate activities | 26 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 161 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 81 |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 337 |
| Education | 394 |
| Human health and social work activities | 475 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 105 |
| Other service activities | 69 |
| Individual agricultural workers | 5 |
| Total | 4,952 |
Sports
Local football club FK FAP competes in the second tier of Serbian football as of the 2025/26 season. They also had a couple of seasons in the [Yugoslav Second League]] during the 1970s.
Gallery
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Belgrade–Bar railway in Priboj
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Belgrade–Bar railway train passing through Priboj
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Train station Priboj
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Potpeć HPP
Notable people
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- Mustafa Hasanagić (b. 1941), footballer
- Slavenko Kuzeljević (b. 1958), football manager and former player
- Ana Bekuta (b. 1959), folk singer
- Alem Toskić (b. 1982), handball player
- Mirsad Terzić (b. 1983), handball player
- Ahmet Delić (b. 1986), footballer
- Aleksandar Prijović (b. 1990), footballer
- Željka Nikolić (b. 1991), handball player
- Amela Terzić (b. 1993), middle-distance runner
- Ramiz Delalić, Bosnian organized crime figure
- Marko Gudurić (b. 1995), Professional basketball player, playing for Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball) in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
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- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Climate: Priboj, Serbia". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Radivojević, Miljana; Roberts, Benjamin W. (2021). "Early Balkan Metallurgy: Origins, Evolution and Society, 6200–3700 BC". Journal of World Prehistory. 34 (2): 216–217. doi:10.1007/s10963-021-09155-7. S2CID 237005605.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Историја Прибоја [History of Priboj] (in српски / srpski). Priboj: Municipality of Priboj. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
Pod Tursku upravu Priboj dolazi između 1459. i 1463. godine, kada se prvi put u turskim izvorima i pominje.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings" (PDF).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mikavica, A. (3 September 2017). "Slobodne zone mamac za investitore". politika.rs (in српски / srpski). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2023" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
External links
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- Official website
- Info portal - Priboj Online
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