Pirot District

Pirotski Okrug Пиротски Oкруг
District of Serbia
Location of Pirot District in Serbia
Country	Serbia
Capital	Pirot
Government
• Commissioner	n/a
Area
• Total	2,761 km² (1,066 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	92 479
• Density	33.4/km² (87/sq mi)
Municipalities	4
Settlements	214
- Cities and towns	4
- Villages	210

The Pirot District (Serbian: Пиротски Oкруг, Pirotski Okrug) expands in the south eastern parts of Serbia. It has a population of 92,277. Its seat is in the city of Pirot.

Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:

Ethnic groups (2011 census)

Serbs = 77,379 (83,67%)
Bulgarians = 6,602 (7,14%)
Roma = 4,306 (4,66%)
others

History and culture

The first mention of Pirot are found already in the second century A.D. In its vicinity is the church from the thirteenth century: the Church of St. Petka, and the monastery of St. John the Theologist from the late fourteenth century displays a fine example of the Serb medieval architecture.

Features

Medicinal water from the Zvonci Spa (Zvonačka Banja), a health resort, was used already in the ancient times, and natural beauties of this region are renounced throughout Serbia. The oldest craft, today an industry, is Rug-making: the weaving trade, by which this region has gained its world-wide fame.

Economy

The most of the facilities of the Pirot economic organizations are located in the industrial zone: the "Tigar" rubber industry, the "Prvi maj" textile industry, and the "Suko" paints and varnishes industry.

References

Note: All official material made by Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from official website.

Pirot.Org Web portal and forum of municipality of Pirot

Pirot District

Jablanica District

Pernik Province

Sofia Province

Districts of Serbia

Vojvodina	Central Banat North Bačka North Banat South Bačka South Banat Syrmia West Bačka

Belgrade	City of Belgrade

Šumadija and Western Serbia	Kolubara Mačva Moravica Pomoravlje Rasina Raška Šumadija Zlatibor

Southern and Eastern Serbia	Bor Braničevo Jablanica Nišava Pčinja Pirot Podunavlje Toplica Zaječar

Kosovo and Metohija¹	Kosovo Kosovo-Pomoravlje Kosovska Mitrovica Peć Prizren

¹ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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Coordinates: 43°10′N 22°36′E / 43.167°N 22.600°E / 43.167; 22.600

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