Kladovo
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Kladovo Кладово |
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 Location of the municipality of Kladovo within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 44°37′N 22°37′E / 44.617°N 22.617°ECoordinates: 44°37′N 22°37′E / 44.617°N 22.617°E | ||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Region | Southern and Eastern Serbia | |
| District | Bor | |
| Settlements | 23 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Dejan Nikolic | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 629 km2 (243 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Town | 8,913 | |
| • Municipality | 20,635 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 19320 | |
| Area code | +381 19 | |
| Car plates | KL | |
| Website | www |
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Kladovo ({{lang-sr-cyr|Кладово{{, pronounced [klâdɔʋɔ]) is a town and municipality in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube river. The population of the Kladovo town is 8,913, while the population of the Kladovo municipality with surrounding settlements is 20,635 (2011 census).
In Serbian, the town is known as Kladovo (Кладово), in Vlachas Claudia, in German as Kladowo or Kladovo and in Latin and Romanised Greek as Zanes. In the time of the Roman Empire, the name of the town was Zanes while the fortifications was known as Diana and Pontes (from Greek "sea" -pontos, or Roman "bridge" - pontem). Emperor Trajan had a number of fortications constructed in the area during the Roman times, such as the well-known Trajan's Bridge (Pontes was built on the Serbian side, Theodora was built on the Romanian side). Later, Slavs founded a settlement that was named Novi Grad (Нови Град), while Ottomans built a fortress here and called it Fethülislam. The present-day name of Kladovo is first recorded in 1596 in an Austrian military document.
There are several theories about the origin of the current name of the town: [1]
There is a settlement with the same name in Russia near Moscow and it is believed that this settlement was founded by Serbs who moved there from Serbian Kladovo in the 18th century. One of the suburbs of Berlin also has this name, which originates from the Slavic Lusatian Serbs (Sorbs) who live in eastern Germany.
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