Mladenovac

Mladenovac (Младеновац) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 44.43° North, 20.70° East. Its name stems from word "youth" in Serbian language. After the legend the emergence of the name is brought in connection with a man named Mladen, who established itself after the battle on the Kosovo in 1389 with its two brothers in this desert area. The brothers separated and the place, where Mladen had established itself, was called Mladenovac. In 2003 the city had total population of 22,200.

Related Topics:
City - Serbia and Montenegro - Serbian language - 2003

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The first official data over a settlement in this area are mentioned in the Turkish census of 1528. To the community of the Belgrade urban district Mladenovac belongs since 1971. The day of the urban district is 2 August, when Mladenovac was explained in the year 1893 as the city.

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This city, situated about 47 km in the south of Belgrade, is a part of the district of the capital city of Serbia and Montenegro.

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Together with the suburbed towns like Kovacevac, Koracica, Markovac, and other the municipality Mladenovac extends on a surface of 33.900 hectars and counts 56,389 inhabitants.

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Kosmaj with his 628m height is the highest point of this region. On the top of this mountain you can find a monument which reminds of the many hundreds of serbs which have fallen on a second world war battle on this area.

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Between the city central and the mountain Kosmaj you can find a monastery "Tresije", which is from the 13th century.

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Mladenovac is also a crossing point of many trading and transporting routes such as they are: Belgrade, Kragujevac, Arandjelovac, Smederevo, Smederevska Palanka.

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Most of the inhabitants of Mladenovac are working in the industrial factories. "Drapsin", "Jugoazbest" and "Makovica" are counting to the biggest companies of this part of Serbia.

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