Bela Palanka
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Bela Palanka Бела Паланка |
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View from heights
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 Location of the municipality of Bela Palanka within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 43°13′N 22°19′E / 43.217°N 22.317°ECoordinates: 43°13′N 22°19′E / 43.217°N 22.317°E | ||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Region | Southern and Eastern Serbia | |
| District | Pirot | |
| Settlements | 46 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor |
Goran Miljkovic (DS) |
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| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 551 km2 (213 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Town | 8,112 | |
| • Municipality | 12,051 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 18310 | |
| Area code | +381 18 | |
| Car plates | PI | |
| Website | www |
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Goran Miljkovic
Bela Palanka (Serbian Cyrillic: Бела Паланка, pronounced [bɛ̂ːlaː pǎlaːŋka]) is a town and municipality located in the Pirot District of the eastern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the population of the town is 8,112, and the population of the municipality is 12,051. In ancient times, the town was known as Remesiana. The name Bela Palanka means 'white town'.
Bela Palanka is a small town in the southeast of the country and is surrounded by countryside and mountains. The town is accessible from the nearby city of Niš by the Niš Express buses that run from Niš to Pirot, Babušnica, Dimitrovgrad, and Sofia.
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
The town was originally settled by the Dacians and was known under the ancient name of Aiadava or Aeadaba. Thracians inhabited the area until their assimilation into contemporary ethnic groups in the area.
After the Romans conquered Moesia in 75 BC, the new castrum (imperial domain with estates) and municipium was known initially as Ulpianorum and then Remesiana (Moesi) and stood along the Via Militaris between Naissus and Serdica.
Emperor Justinian had following strongholds in the district of Remesiana:
Brittura Subaras Lamponiana Stronges Dalmatas Primiana Phrerraria Topera Tomes Cuas Tzertzenutzas Stens Aeadaba Destreba Pretzouries Cumudeba Deurias Lutzolo Rhepordenes Spelonca Scumbro Briparo Tulcoburgo Longiana Lupophantana Dardapara Burdomina Grinciapana Graecus Drasimarca
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