Zlatibor District

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**Златиборски округ**
**Zlatiborski okrug**
Zlatibor District within Central Serbia
Capital	Užice
Area – Total – % water	? n/a
Population – Total – Density	313,396 (2002) ?
Commissioner	?
Area code	?
Postal code	?
Time zone	CET, summer CEST

Zlatibor District (Serbian: Zlatiborski okrug or Златиборски округ) is a district in the western, mountainous part of the Republic of Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of Zlatibor. According to the 2002 Census Data, the Zlatibor District has a population of 312,810 people. The city of Užice is the administrative seat of the district.

1 Municipalities
2 Tourism
3 Religious Monuments
4 Industry
5 External links

[edit] Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:

[edit] Tourism

The Zlatibor District is home to several popular tourist destinations. Visitors can seek refuge on the slopes of Zlatibor Mountain, explore the natural beauty of Tara National Park, float down the Drina River or cruise the vast expanse of Lake Perućac, ride the unique rail experience known as Šargan Eight, visit the traditional ethnic village of Mokra Gora, tour the massive World War II monument of Kadinjača Memorial Complex, immerse themselves in the history of Užice and its importance as an independent stronghold throughout its many centuries of life, and stop at various other points of interest in between these destinations.

[edit] Religious Monuments

In the vicinity of Bajina Bašta stands the Rača Monastery, built in the 13th century. Over its long history, this monastery was destroyed several times and then reconstructed. Rača Monastery's final destruction (after the Turks and the Austro-Hungarian Army), came at the hands of the Bulgarian army in 1943. It was renovated and restored after the end of World War II. The church was an important center of transcription and illumination of Serbia's manuscripts, with its famed monks known as the Račani, during the 17th century.

The Mileševa Monastery, built in 1234 near Prijepolje, was the endowment of King Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia, the son of Stefan the First-Crowned. This monastery was the second most important in Serbia, after it received the bones of Serbia's most-revered partriarch, Saint Sava, in 1236. The monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, though luckily, 100 compositions, frescoes of individual figures, and fragments of important religious icons have been preserved. The most famous icon of Mileševa is The White Angel fresco, a famous, widely-used religious icon throughout Serbia.

[edit] Industry

The most prominent active economic organizations in the municipality of Užice are the copper and aluminium mill in Sevojno, the "Prvi partizan" metal combine, the "Froteks" textile industry, and "Kadinjača" garment industry.

In Priboj the FAP factory produces trucks and buses, which are then exported throughout the world, and the combined companies FAP-FAMOS produces passenger cars.