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Zaječar

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Also known as Zajecar

Zaječar (, ; or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city administrative area had a population of 48,621 inhabitants. Zaječar is widely known for its rock music festival Gitarijada and for the ZALET festival dedicated to contemporary art. Roman Emperor Galerius was born in Gamzigrad, near Zaječar, where he built the city of Felix Romuliana.

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Settlement.name
Zaječar
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sr
Settlement.official_name
City of Zaječar
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City
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Settlement.image_map
Municipalities of Serbia Zaječar.png
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the city of Zaječar within Serbia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Southern and Eastern Serbia
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District
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Zaječar
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Settlements
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para
Settlement.p1
41
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_party
SNS
Settlement.leader_name
Boško Ničić

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Area
1068
Elevation
134
Official website
www.zajecar.info
Image
Zaječar Collage.jpg
Dialing code
019
Licence plate code
ZA
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Zaječar
Commons category
Zaječar
postal code
19000
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22 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • History
  • Ancient
  • Middle Ages
  • Modern
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Settlements
  • Demographics
  • Ethnic groups
  • Economy
  • Society and culture
  • Sport
  • Theatre
  • ZA*73T
  • Gitarijada
  • Education
  • Twin cities
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Zaječar (, ; or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city administrative area had a population of 48,621 inhabitants. Zaječar is widely known for its rock music festival Gitarijada and for the ZALET festival dedicated to contemporary art. Roman Emperor Galerius was born in Gamzigrad, near Zaječar, where he built the city of Felix Romuliana.

==Name== In Serbian, the city is known as Zaječar (; in Romanian as Zaicear, Zăiicer (archaic name), Zăiceri, Zăicear or Zăiceari; in Macedonian as and in Bulgarian as (Zaychar).

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