Podgorac (Boljevac)
Podgorac
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Village | |
 Osman Bey's Fountain | |
  Podgorac | |
| Coordinates: 43°56′39″N 21°56′42″E / 43.94417°N 21.94500°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Zaječar District |
| Municipality | Boljevac |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 2,218 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Podgorac (Serbian Cyrillic: Подгорац; Romanian: Podgorț) is a village in the municipality of Boljevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2218 people.[1]
There is an 18th-century Ottoman Turkish public fountain built with the funds donated by a certain Osman Bey and therefore named (in Serbian) Osmanbegova česma.
For a brief period in 1840/41 school year, Đura Jakšić was a village school teacher here.
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
43°56′39″N 21°56′42″E / 43.94417°N 21.94500°E
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