Zlatibor District
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Zlatibor District Златиборски округ Zlatiborski okrug |
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| District of Serbia | |
 Location of the Zlatibor District within Serbia |
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| Country |
 Serbia
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| Region | Šumadija and Western Serbia |
| Administrative center | Užice |
| Government | |
| • Commissioner | Dimitrije Paunović |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,140 km2 (2,370 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 286,549 |
| • Density | 46.7/km2 (121/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | RS-16 |
| Municipalities | 9 and 1 city |
| Settlements | 438 |
| - Cities and towns | 11 |
| - Villages | 427 |
| Website | www |
The Zlatibor District (Serbian: Златиборски округ / Zlatiborski okrug, pronounced [zlǎtibɔːrskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It is located in the western, mountainous part of Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of Zlatibor. According to the 2011 census results, the Zlatibor District has a population of 286,549 people. The administrative center of the Zlatibor district is Užice.
The district encompasses the municipalities of:
According to the last official census done in 2011, the Zlatibor District has 286,549 inhabitants. 51.2% of the population lives in the urban areas. Ethnic composition of the district:
In the vicinity of Bajina Bašta stands the Rača monastery, built in the 13th century. Over its long history, this monastery was destroyed several times and then reconstructed. Rača Monastery's final destruction (after the Turks and the Austro-Hungarian Army), came at the hands of the Bulgarian army in 1943. It was renovated and restored after the end of World War II. The church was an important center of transcription and illumination of Serbia's manuscripts, with its famed monks known as the Račani, during the 17th century.
The Mileševa Monastery, built in 1234 near Prijepolje, was the endowment of King Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia, the son of Stefan the First-Crowned. This monastery was the second most important in Serbia, after it received the bones of Serbia's most-revered partriarch, Saint Sava, in 1236. The monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, though 100 compositions, frescoes of individual figures, and fragments of important religious icons have been preserved. The most famous icon of Mileševa is The White Angel fresco, a famous, widely used religious icon throughout Serbia.
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