Novo Brdo
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| Mayor | Tihomir Bogdanović | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates|| 42.37°N 21.25°E
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Novo Brdo or Novobërda (Albanian) or Novo Brdo/Ново Брдо (Serbian) is a town and municipality in Kosovo. According to 1991 census, the municipality of Novo Brdo had a population of 4,611 people. The name of the town means "New Hill" in English.
HistoryNovo Brdo was a famous mining city in medieval times. The site was predominantly used for mining silver. Novo Brdo (in Latin documents written as "Novaberd", "Novus Mons" or "Novamonte"; and in the Sasi's own documents as "Nyeuberghe") was mentioned in the historical documents as early as 1326. Novo Brdo was a metropolis at the time, with a fortress built on the top of an extinct volcano cone (the remains of which can be visited today), and residential sections sprawling all around. The population was estimated to exceed 10,000 during that time. There were mines and smelting furnaces for iron, lead, gold and silver ores. Novo Brdo silver is known by its argentum glame (an alloy of silver with 1/6-1/3 gold). The mines of Novo Brdo in 1450 were producing about 6,000 kg of silver per year. DemographicsIn 1991, the population of the municipality was composed of:
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