Priboj Прибој (Serbian) | |
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Town andmunicipality | |
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 Location of the municipality of Priboj within Serbia | |
| Coordinates:43°36′N19°32′E / 43.600°N 19.533°E /43.600; 19.533 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Region | Šumadija and Western Serbia |
| District | Zlatibor |
| Settlements | 33 |
| Government | |
| • Predsednik | Lazar Rvović (SNS) |
| Area | |
| • Town | 6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 553 km2 (214 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 882 m (2,894 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 392 m (1,286 ft) |
| Population (2022 census)[2] | |
| • Town | 13,172 |
| • Town density | 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 23,514 |
| • Municipality density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 31330 |
| Area code | +381(0)33 |
| Car plates | PB |
| Website | www |
Priboj (Serbian Cyrillic:Прибој,pronounced[prǐːbɔj]) is a town and municipality located in theZlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town is 13,172, while the population of the municipality is 23,514.[3]
The municipality of Priboj is located between municipality ofČajetina in the north, municipality ofNova Varoš in the east, municipality ofPrijepolje in the south-east, border withMontenegro in the south-west, and border withBosnia and Herzegovina in the north-west. A Bosnian-Herzegovinian exclave (Međurječje village) is surrounded by the Priboj municipality.
The town of Priboj lies on the riverLim. It is 5 km away fromUvac, a smaller river that is the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
Priboj has anoceanic climate (Köppen climate classification:Cfb).
| Climate data for Priboj | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.5 (58.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 15.1 (59.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) | 1.6 (34.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 11.4 (52.5) | 5.3 (41.5) | 1.1 (34.0) | 9.9 (49.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) | −2.6 (27.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 13.2 (55.8) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.8 (49.6) | 6.0 (42.8) | 1.4 (34.5) | −2.2 (28.0) | 4.9 (40.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 80 (3.1) | 72 (2.8) | 71 (2.8) | 83 (3.3) | 97 (3.8) | 92 (3.6) | 79 (3.1) | 71 (2.8) | 83 (3.3) | 89 (3.5) | 103 (4.1) | 94 (3.7) | 1,014 (39.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
The hamlet ofJarmovac south of Priboj is the site of a prehistoric copper mine shaft which is one of the first evidences of humanmetallurgy, first identified in 1937, now dated to the4th millennium BCE in the lateVinča culture.[5]
During the medieval times, the region around modern city of Priboj in the lower valley of theLim river was called "Dabar" and it belonged to the medievalSerbia until theOttoman invasion in the middle of 15th century. Between 1459 and 1463, the town of Priboj was first mentioned in written documents of theOttoman Empire.[6]
Aside from the town of Priboj, the municipality includes the following settlements:
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1948 | 17,989 | — |
| 1953 | 20,784 | +2.93% |
| 1961 | 26,147 | +2.91% |
| 1971 | 32,548 | +2.21% |
| 1981 | 35,200 | +0.79% |
| 1991 | 35,951 | +0.21% |
| 2002 | 30,377 | −1.52% |
| 2011 | 27,133 | −1.25% |
| 2022 | 23,514 | −1.29% |
| Source:[7][3] | ||
According to 2022 census, the municipality of Priboj has 23,514 inhabitants.[3]
In 1991, the population of the Priboj municipality numbered 35,951 people, and was composed ofSerbs (67.26%),Muslims (30.39%) and others. Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves asethnic Muslims, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves asBosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by ethnicity.
In 2022, the population of the town was 13,172, and was composed of Serbs (9,155), Bosniaks (2,153), ethnic Muslims (687) and others. As of 2022, most of Priboj's population is of Serbian ethnicity (71.9%), with nearly 21.5% being Bosniaks andMuslims.[3]
The ethnic composition of the municipality:[3]
| Census 1991 | Census 2011 | Census 2022 | ||||
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| Ethnic group | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % |
| Serbs | 23,421 | 65.2 | 20,582 | 75.9 | 16,909 | 71.9 |
| Bosniaks | 10,927 | 30.4 | 3,811 | 14.1 | 4,144 | 17.6 |
| Ethnic Muslims | 1,944 | 7.16 | 914 | 3.89 | ||
| Yugoslavs | 534 | 1.49 | 36 | 0.13 | 46 | 0.20 |
| Hungarians | 16 | 0.04 | 11 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.02 |
| Macedonians | 33 | 0.09 | 9 | 0.03 | 4 | 0.02 |
| Others | 1,020 | 2.83 | 740 | 2.73 | 1,493 | 6.35 |
| Total | 35,951 | 27,133 | 23,514 | |||
Today, most of Priboj's economy is based on agriculture, services and partly industry. Priboj is home to theFAP Corporation, which pushed Priboj's development during the 1970s and 1980s, when it was one of the biggest producers of trucks and buses in the former Yugoslavia. Since the 1990s, FAP has been working in limited capacity and since the 2010s its only remaining production is military-oriented.
As of September 2017, Priboj has one of 14free economic zones established in Serbia.[8]
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022):[9]
| Activity | Total |
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| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 59 |
| Mining and quarrying | 2 |
| Manufacturing | 1,661 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 88 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 84 |
| Construction | 299 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 478 |
| Transportation and storage | 351 |
| Accommodation and food services | 188 |
| Information and communication | 45 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 44 |
| Real estate activities | 26 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 161 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 81 |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 337 |
| Education | 394 |
| Human health and social work activities | 475 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 105 |
| Other service activities | 69 |
| Individual agricultural workers | 5 |
| Total | 4,952 |
Pod Tursku upravu Priboj dolazi između 1459. i 1463. godine, kada se prvi put u turskim izvorima i pominje.
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