Svilajnac
Свилајнац (Serbian) | |
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Town and municipality | |
 Svilajnac- collage of image (Mara Resavkinja square, High School, Natural History Center Svilajnac, Stevan Sinđelić monument, Statue of a tyrannosaurus in a natural history center) | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality of Svilajnac within Serbia | |
| Coordinates: 44°14′08″N 21°11′47″E / 44.23556°N 21.19639°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Region | Šumadija and Western Serbia |
| District | Pomoravlje |
| Settlements | 22 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Predrag Milanović (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Town | 28 km2 (11 sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 326 km2 (126 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2022 census)[3] | |
| • Town | 8,593 |
| • Municipality | 20,141 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 35210 |
| Area code | +381(0)35 |
| Car plates | SV |
| Website | www |
Svilajnac (Serbian Cyrillic: Свилајнац, pronounced [sviːlaɪnʌt͡s]) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 8,593 inhabitants, while the municipality has 20,141 inhabitants (2022 census).
It is located 100 km (62 mi) south-east of Belgrade, on the banks of the river Resava, and bordering the river Morava. Its name stems from the word for silk in Serbian.
- ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ GEO Srbija, 2021 [1]
- ^ "Census 2022: Total population, by municipalities and cities". popis2022.stat.gov.rs.