Medveđa
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Medveđa (, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the Jablanica District of southern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 6,360, while the town has a population of 2,993.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Medveđa
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- sr
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and municipality
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- Location of the municipality of Medveđa within Serbia
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- Country
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- Region
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- Southern and Eastern Serbia
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- District
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- Jablanica
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- Settlements
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- para
- Settlement.p1
- 44
- Settlement.leader_party
- SNS
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Dragan Kulić
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Medveđa (, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the Jablanica District of southern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 6,360, while the town has a population of 2,993.
==Etymology== The name is derived from the Serbian word medved (медвед), "bear", hence meaning "the place of the bears".
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