Kragujevac

Kragujevac
Крагујевац (Serbian)
Град Крагујевац
Grad Kragujevac

City of Kragujevac
Panorama of Kragujevac
City Assembly Building
District Court
Kragujevac Cathedral
National Museum of Kragujevac
Second Kragujevac Gymnasium
Flag of Kragujevac
Official seal of Kragujevac
Location of Kragujevac within Serbia.
Location of Kragujevac within Serbia.
Coordinates: 44°00′36.3″N 20°55′1.9″E / 44.010083°N 20.917194°E / 44.010083; 20.917194
Country Serbia
RegionŠumadija and Western Serbia
DistrictŠumadija
Founded1476
Government
 • MayorNikola Dašić (SNS)
Area
 • Rank22nd in Serbia
 • Urban82.83 km2 (31.98 sq mi)
 • Administrative835 km2 (322 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)[3]
 • Rank4th in Serbia
 • Urban
146,315
 • Urban density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
 • Administrative
171,186
 • Administrative density210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
СРБ-34 000
Area code+381 34
ISO 3166 codeSRB
Licence platesKG
Websitewww.kragujevac.rs

Kragujevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Крагујевац, pronounced [krǎɡujeʋats] ) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Serbia, and is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River. According to the 2022 census, City of Kragujevac has 171,186 inhabitants.

Kragujevac was the first capital of modern Serbia and the first constitution in the Balkans, the Sretenje Constitution, was proclaimed in the city in 1835. A unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was located there in World War I. During the Second World War, Kragujevac was the site of a massacre by the Nazis in which 2,778 Serb men and boys were killed.

Modern Kragujevac is known for its large munitions (Zastava Arms) and automobile (Fiat Serbia) industries, as well as its status as an education centre housing the University of Kragujevac, one of the region's largest higher education institutions.

  1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Насеља општине Крагујевац" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. ^ "2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings: Ethnicity (data by municipalities and cities)" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. April 2023. ISBN 978-86-6161-228-2. Retrieved 30 April 2023.