Plav

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Plav
Плав


Flag	Coat of arms

Coordinates

42.35° N 19.56° E

Mayor

Skender Šarkinović (DPS - BS)

Municipality area

486 km²

Population
- city
- municipality

3,615
13,805

Time zone
- Standard
- Summer (DST)

CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)

Founded

Area code

+382 87

Car plates

Official Website

www.plav.cg.yu/

Plav (Cyrillic: Плав, Albanian: Pllavë) is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 3,615 (2003 census).

Plav is the centre of the municipality of the same name (population of 13,805), which is part of geographical region of Sandžak.

1 History
2 Town of Plav
3 Population
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

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[edit] Town of Plav

The town of Plav is located at the feet of the mountain riff Prokletije on the springs of the river Lim. It is sometimes considered that it got its name after the Roman Emperor Flavius during the Roman rule.

Nature gifted this region dearly with variation of scenery. Plav abounds in lakes and the most known is Lake Plav, one of the largest and most beautiful in this region. The lakes Hridsko and Visitorsko are mountain lakes and Visitorsko is specific for its floating island.

Plav can bribe for its karsts wells, among which are Alipaša wells and Oko Skakavica. Cultural heritage of Plav is various. Old library, Old mosque, Holy Trinity Church at Brezojevići, Redžepagića kula and mosque Sultania are only a part of the cultural heritage of this town.

[edit] Population

Plav is administrative centre of Plav municipality, which in 2003 had a population of 13,805. The town of Plav itself has 3,615 citizens. The other significant settlement in the municipality is Gusinje, with its 1,704 inhabitants.

Population of Plav:

March 03, 1981 - 3,348
March 03, 1991 - 4,073
November 1, 2003 - 3,615

Ethnic groups (2003 census):

Bosniaks (49.32%)
Albanians (19.70%)
Serbs (18.93%)
Muslims by nationality (5.71%)
Montenegrins (5.54%)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Municipalities of Montenegro
Andrijevica \| Bar \| Berane \| Bijelo Polje \| Budva \| Cetinje \| Danilovgrad \| Herceg-Novi \| Kolašin \| Kotor \| Mojkovac \| Nikšić \| Plav \| Pljevlja \| Plužine \| Podgorica \| Rožaje \| Šavnik \| Tivat \| Ulcinj \| Žabljak