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Јагодина
Jagodina

Location in Serbia
General Information
District	Moravica
Land area	470 km²
Population (2002 census)	35,589 (town) 70,894 (municipality)
Settlements	53
Coordinates	43°58′N, 21°15′E
Area code	+381 35
Car plates	JA
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.sojagodina.org
Politics
Mayor	Dragan Marković "Palma" (United Serbia)

Jagodina (Serbian Cyrillic: Јагодина, listen (help·info)) is a city and municipality located in central Serbia at 43.98° North, 21.26° East, 136 km south of Belgrade, on the banks of the river Belica. Its name stems from the word for strawberry in Serbian. It is the administrative center of the Pomoravlje District of Serbia.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 Bombing of Jagodina 2 Municipality 3 Demographics 4 Administration 5 Culture 5.1 Festivals 5.2 Theatres 5.3 Museums 5.4 Movie theatres 6 Zoo 7 Education 8 Industry 9 Important dates in Jagodina 10 See also 11 External links

The city was first mentioned in 1399 as "Jagodna". From 1946 to 1992 the city was renamed to Svetozarevo after a 19th century Serb socialist Svetozar Marković. When Serbs begun their uprising against centuries-long Turkish rule, Jagodina was a scene of numerous battles, given the town's strategic importance within the Serbia proper. Following the Turkish defeat and re-establishment of Kingdom of Serbia, Jagodina experienced a period of relative industrial and civic development. Following the World War II, Jagodina was heavily industrialized and underwent a period of planned expansion and growth within communist Yugoslavia.

During NATO's bombardment of Yugoslavia that lasted 78 days suburbs of Jagodina were heavily bombed. Industrial companies in Jagodina were also hit meaning a loss of jobs for many citizens. Thankfully no one was hurt in Jagodina during the bombing and the Serbian Government has reconstructed factories hit during the bombing.

Municipality of Jagodina include following settlements:

• Jagodina
• Bagrdan
• Belica
• Bresje
• Bukovče
• Bunar
• Vinorača
• Voljavče
• Vranovac
• Vrba
• Glavinci
• Glogovac
• Gornje Štiplje
• Gornji Račnik
• Deonica
• Dobra Voda
• Donje Štiplje
• Donji Račnik
• Dragocvet
• Dragoševac
• Dražmirovac
• Duboka
• Ivkovački Prnjavor
• Jošanički Prnjavor
• Kalenovac
• Kovačevac
• Kolare
• Končarevo
• Kočino Selo
• Lovci
• Lozovik
• Lukar
• Majur
• Mali Popović
• Medojevac
• Međureč
• Miloševo
• Mišević
• Novo Lanište
• Rajkinac
• Rakitovo
• Ribare
• Ribnik
• Siokovac
• Slatina
• Staro Lanište
• Staro Selo
• Strižilo
• Topola
• Trnava
• Crnče
• Šantarovac
• Šuljkovac

According to the 2002 census, ethnic groups in the Jagodina municipality include 68,851 Serbs, 521 Roma, 230 Montenegrins, 230 Romanians, 120 Yugoslavs, and others.

In the aftermath of the regained Serb independece from the Turks in the early 19th century, Turkish families were moving out of Jagodina. The last Turkish family left Jagodina in 1832, and the town became ethnicly homogenous (Serb) ever since. By the 1837 Jagodina had 5,220 inhabitants, while Serbia proper had a population of 41,374. In the 1866 census, there were 4,429 citizens. In 1876 Jagodina was still agricaltural town with 91.88% of the population being in some way associated with agriculture.

By the 1930s Jagodina had 6,950 citizens, and by the 1960s the town had 19,769 inhabitants. By 1971 the number grew to 27,500. In the previous census held in 1991 Jagodina municipality had 77,000 citizens while the city itself had 36,000. In the last census from 2002, Jagodina municipality had 70,894 residents and Jagodina city 35,589. The next census will be held after 2010.

Dragan Marković is the current mayor of Jagodina elected in October 2004. He was earlier associated with alleged Serb war-criminal Arkan's Party of Serbian Unity, but has since formed his own political party United Serbia. Marković's nickname is "Palma" as he owns a Serbian TV station called Palma Plus (which is no connected to TV channel Palma). Previously, the Democratic Party of Boris Tadić held power in Jagodina.

Seats in the municipality parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]

• United Serbia (16)
• Democratic Party (8)
• Democratic Party of Serbia (4)
• G17 Plus (3)
• Serbian Radical Party (3)
• Serbian Renewal Movement (3)
• Socialist Party of Serbia (2)
• Association of the citizens "For rich Jagodina" (2)

• Days of comedy
• Musical fall (Jagodina)
• Meeting of the village
• Etno fest

• National theatre Jagodina
• Amateur theatre Jagodina
• Children's theatre Jagodina

• Museum of Jagodina
• Naive museum of Jagodina

Jagodina has two smaller movie theatres, with one movie theatre that doubling as a theatre with some 500 seats.

Jagodina opened its zoo on July 10, 2006, with the cost of 30 million Serbian Dinars. The Municipality invested 40% and the donators provided 60% of the costs while the biggest donator had been Belgrade Zoo. The zoo is settled in the complex of the City Park "Đurđevo brdo", a designated nature park, with a a surface of 20,074 square meters. It has pedestrian zones for children, old and disabled persons, and generally high-quality infrastructure.

The Jagodina zoo is the third-largest in Serbia, next to Belgrade and Palić. It currently homes some 100 different species of animals.

The first primary school in Jagodina was opened in 1806. Other cultural centres are:

• Pedagogism academy Jagodina
• High School Jagodina
• School centre Jagodina
• Jagodina music school

Jagodina was heavily industrialized following the World War II. The biggest factory in Jagodina is the cables factory. Cable Factory Jagodina (FKS) was founded in 1947 and regular production started in 1955. In addition to cables, FKS produces connectors and similar cable products. FKS employes about 8,000 workers, and it is the biggest Serbian cable factory. 50% of the total Serbian production of cable industry is produced in Jagodina. FKS is one of the biggest Serbian exporters of cable products. About 2/3 of its production is placed on the foreign market, representing more than 60% of total export of the Serbian cable industry.

Other factories include:

• Glass factory
• Jagodina Brewery
• "Minel"
• "Juhor"
• "Budućnost"
• "Resava"
• "New road"
• Pomoravlje

• 1737 - Proclamation of war against the Turks
• 1814 - First primary school opened in Jagodina
• 1846 - Glass factory opened in Jagodina called "Avramovac". It is the first factory of glass in Serbia. The same year the first railway station was built in Jagodina.
• 1999 - Jagodina bombed by NATO forces

• List of places in Serbia
• Šumadija
• Pomoravlje

• Jagodina Municipal Council
• City of Jagodina
• Jagodina cable industry
• Jagodina kao na dlanu

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