Homolje
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Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
south of the Danube river. It is centered around the town of Žagubica
Žagubica
Žagubica is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the village is 2,584, while population of the municipality is 12,484.-Name:...
, with smaller parts belonging to municipalities of Kučevo
Kucevo
Kučevo is a town and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 3,950, while population of the municipality is 15,490....
, Majdanpek
Majdanpek
Majdanpek is a town and municipality in Bor District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality of Majdanpek has a population of 18,179 people, while the town of Majdanpek has a population of 7,367....
and Petrovac. In the narrow sense, the term "Homolje" is applied only to the Homolje valley around Mlava
Mlava
The Mlava is the river in Serbia, 158 km long right tributary of the Danube.- Origin :Mlava originates as the Tisnica, from the Kučaj mountains in eastern Serbia, under the Veliki Krš peak. It flows to the north and curves around the eastern slopes of the mountain Beljanica, through an almost...
river, but it is usually applied to the low Homolje mountains
Homolje mountains
Homolje mountains is a mountain range in eastern Serbia. It lies in the region known as Homolje between towns of Žagubica on south and Kučevo on north. Its highest peaks are Štubej and Vranj . On the mountain, there is Orthodox monastery of Vitovnica...
(940 m) north of the valley and Beljanica
Beljanica
Babička Gora is a mountain in Homolje region in eastern Serbia, near the town of Žagubica. Its highest peak has an altitude of 1339 metres above sea level....
and Crni Vrh
Crni Vrh (Bor)
Crni vrh is a mountain in eastern Serbia, between towns of Bor and Žagubica. Its eponymous highest peak is 1043 m high. It is a minor winter resort, and it has several ski tracks, although the infrastructure is in bad shape...
mountains at the south. It is sparsely populated, and renowned for its unspoiled nature.
Population
The area was originally inhabited by various tribes: IllyriansIllyrians
The Illyrians were a group of tribes who inhabited part of the western Balkans in antiquity and the south-eastern coasts of the Italian peninsula...
, Dacians
Dacians
The Dacians were an Indo-European people, very close or part of the Thracians. Dacians were the ancient inhabitants of Dacia...
, and Thracians
Thracians
The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...
, who were followed by the Celts, Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
, Goths
Goths
The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe....
, Slavs and Sas
Sas of Moldavia
Sas was, according to the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, the second voivode of Moldavia . He followed Dragoş who had been sent to Moldavia as a representative of the king of Hungary...
. The Slovens came in the middle of 6th century. When the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
conquered the area, migration to the north increased. After the migration of Serbs to Hungary and St. Andrea to the north, new settlers came — the modern Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
population of Serbs and Montenegrians. A vast majority of the Homolje population are Vlachs/Romanians of Latinized Tribalian and Thraco-Illyrian
Thraco-Illyrian
Thraco-Illyrian refers to a hypothesis that the Thraco-Dacian and Illyrian languages comprise a distinct branch of Indo-European. Thraco-Illyrian is also used as a term merely implying a Thracian-Illyrian interference, mixture or sprachbund, or as a shorthand way of saying that it is not...
origin. There are very few historical documents about the population of Homolje.
Populated places in Homolje (2002 Census):
| Place | Area (km²) | Population | Pop. density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Žagubica Žagubica Žagubica is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the village is 2,584, while population of the municipality is 12,484.-Name:... |
189,84 | 3197 | 17 |
| Laznica Laznica Laznica or Lazniţa is a large highland village in Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Žagubica, Braničevo District. The village has a Vlach ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,063 people... |
74,81 | 2440 | 33 |
| Krepoljin Krepoljin Krepoljin is a village in the municipality of Žagubica, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1696 people.... |
47,80 | 1958 | 41 |
| Suvi Do Suvi Do Suvi Do is a neighborhood of the city of Niš, Serbia. It is located in Niš municipality of Palilula.-Location:Suvi Do is located in the south-east part of Niš. It is bordered on the north by the Car Konstadin Boulevard, and on the west by neighborhood of Trosarina.-History:Suvi Do used to be a... |
91,33 | 1365 | 15 |
| Osanica Osanica Osanica is a suburb in the city of Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:... |
66,52 | 1281 | 19 |
| Sige | 19,84 | 935 | 47 |
| Milatovac | 22,16 | 913 | 41 |
| Krupaja | 25,52 | 766 | 30 |
| Jošanica | 36.10 | 708 | 20 |
| Milanovac | 16,47 | 595 | 36 |
| Selište | 61,00 | 567 | 9 |
| Ribare | 19,08 | 542 | 28 |
| Vukovac | 22,95 | 519 | 23 |
| Bliznak | 20,41 | 412 | 20 |
| Izvarica | 18,93 | 396 | 21 |
| Breznica | 22,37 | 244 | 11 |
| Medveđica | 4,76 | 46 | 10 |
