Pozarevac
Encyclopedia : P : PO : POZ : Pozarevac
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| Location in Serbia | |||
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| Mayor or municipality president | Dusan Vujcić (Socialist Party of Serbia) area = ? | ||
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| Population || ?
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| Coordinates|| [link]
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| Area code|| +381 12
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| Subdivisions|| 27 settlements in the municipality
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| License plate code|| PO
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| Time zone|| UTC+1
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| Website|| http://www.pozarevac.org.yu
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 Požarevac (Пожаревац, Turkish: Pasarofça, German: Passarowitz, Hungarian: Pozsarevác) is a city located in Serbia at . It is the administrative center of the Branicevo District of Serbia. Its name means "fire-town" in Serbian. In 2003 the city has total population of ca. 60,000. It is historically known as the site of the signing the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718) and, when known as Margus, for a treaty between the Hun leaders Attila and Bleda and the Byzantine Empire (435 AD). Margus was sacked by the Huns in their invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire in 442. It is also where former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević was born on 20 August 1941 and buried on 18 March 2006. External links
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