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Bor District

Bor District
Борски округ
Borski okrug
District of Serbia
Location of the Bor District within Serbia
Location of the Bor District within Serbia
Country  Serbia
Region Southern and Eastern Serbia
Administrative center Bor
Government
 • Commissioner Miroslav Knežević
Area
 • Total 3,507 km2 (1,354 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 123,848
 • Density 35.3/km2 (91/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code RS-14
Municipalities 4
Settlements 90
- Cities and towns 6
- Villages 84
Website borski.okrug.gov.rs

The Bor District (Serbian: Борски округ / Borski okrug, pronounced [bôːrskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. It has a population of 123,848 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census results. The administrative center of the Bor district is Bor and the judicial one, due to tradition, Negotin.

The Thracians dominated the region before the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC that weakened and subdued the Paleo-Balkan tribes. The Moesi, a Thracio-Dacian tribe, were defeated by the Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus, the consul of 30 BC.The region was organized into Moesia Inferior in 87 AD by Emperor Domitian.

Hellenistic religious influence is attested through archeological findings in Rovine and Tamnič where Heracles was worshipped, a relief of Zeus, Herakles and Dionysos found in Bukovo.

The Roman site of Selište with necropolis has been excavated in the village of Rogljevo. Silver and gold fibulae from 250-320 AD have been found at sites in Negotin.


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