Jagodina

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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)

City of Jagodina

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.

1 History
- 1.1 Early history
- 1.2 Bombing of Jagodina
2 Municipality
3 Demographics
4 Administration
5 Culture
6 Zoo
7 Education
8 Industry
9 Important dates in Jagodina
10 See also
11 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Early history

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.

[edit] Bombing of Jagodina

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.

[edit] Municipality

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

[edit] Demographics

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.

[edit] Administration

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)

[edit] Culture

[edit] Festivals

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

[edit] Theatres

National theatre Jagodina
Amateur theatre Jagodina
Children's theatre Jagodina

[edit] Museums

Museum of Jagodina
Naive museum of Jagodina

[edit] Movie theatres

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

[edit] Zoo

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.

[edit] Education

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

[edit] Industry

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

[edit] Important dates in Jagodina

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