Zajecar
is a town in the east of the republic of Serbia. It has
a population of 39,800 and it's coordinates are 43.91°
North, 22.30. It is the administrative center of Zajecar
district and Timocka Krajina. The origin of the name is
probably Turkish. "Zaii cer" in Wallachian,
a local minority nation, means the "Gods are asking
(for sacrifice)". The Zajecarski District expands
in the eastern parts of the Republic of Serbia. It encompasses
the municipalities of Boljevac, Knjazevac, Zajecar, and
Sokobanja. It has a population of 158,131. Seat of the
District is in the city of Zajecar. Trends of economic
development of the Zajecar district lead from crafts and
semi-industrial processing of agricultural products over
coal exploitation (textile factory, leather factory, brewery,
quartz sand mine and coal mine) to the modern plants and
high output rate. The Felix Romuliana (Galerie's Palace)
in Gamzigrad was the metropolis of the Roman Emperor Gai
Galerie Valerie Maxmillian, in late III and early IV century. |
