Jagodina
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Jagodina Град Јагодина |
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| City of Jagodina | |||
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 Location of Jagodina within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 43°58′N 21°15′E / 43.967°N 21.250°ECoordinates: 43°58′N 21°15′E / 43.967°N 21.250°E | |||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Region | Šumadija and Western Serbia | ||
| District | Pomoravlje | ||
| City status | December 2007 | ||
| Settlements | 53 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Ratko Stevanović (JS) | ||
| • Ruling parties | JS-SPS-PUPS | ||
| Area | |||
| • Urban | 470 km2 (180 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 111 m (364 ft) | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • City proper |
 43,311 |
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| • Urban |
76,712 |
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| • Urban density | 153/km2 (400/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 35000 | ||
| Area code | +381 35 | ||
| Car plates | JA | ||
| Website | www |
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Jagodina (Serbian Cyrillic: Јагодина [jâɡodina]) is a city and the administrative center of the Pomoravlje District in central Serbia. It is 136 kilometres (85 miles) south of Belgrade, on the banks of Belica River. Its name derives from the word for strawberry (Јагода) in Serbian. The city proper has a population of 43,311 inhabitants, while administrative area has a population of 76,712. Jagodina was given the status of a city in December 2007.
The town was first mentioned in 1399 as "Jagodna", derived from the Serbian word for 'strawberry' - Jagoda. From 1946 to 1992 the town was renamed Svetozarevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозарево, [sʋetozǎːreʋo]) after the 19th-century Serbian socialist Svetozar Marković.
"Juhor-type" gold bracelets dating from the Middle Bronze Age have been found in Trcevac. Remains of a Bronze Age settlement were found in a part of town called Sarina Međa. In the village of Belica, near Jagodina, the Europe's oldest sanctuary is found. In the early Neolithic settlement, the world's largest collection of prehistoric artefacts was found, with nearly a 100 manlike figures made of stone, bones and clay, about 8000 years old. Geophysical research in 2012. in the area of Belica uncovered a prehistoric settlement, surrounded by a circular trench that has a 75-metre-long (246 ft) diameter. Inside that circle, triangular, trapezoid and circular shaped foundations of monumental structures were found, unlike any found in other early Neolithic settlements.
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