Jablanica District
The Jablanica District is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. It expands in the south-eastern parts of Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 215,463 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of Leskovac.Municipalities
The district encompasses the municipalities of:
According to the 2011 census results, the Jablanica Distract has a total population of 216,304 inhabitants.Ethnic groups
Ethnic composition of the Jablanica District:
Ethnic group | Population | % |
Serbs | 199,901 | 92.42% |
Romani | 11,436 | 5.29% |
Albanians | 548 | 0.25% |
Montenegrins | 386 | 0.18% |
Macedonians | 354 | 0.16% |
Bulgarians | 107 | 0.05% |
Yugoslavs | 96 | 0.04% |
Others | 3,476 | 1.61% |
Total | 216,304 | |
History and culture
Famous cultural-historic monuments in this District are: the Roman necropolis in Mala Kopasnica originating from 2nd century AD, a late Roman-early Byzantine town of Caričin Grad or Iustiniana Prima, the Jasunjski Monasteries dedicated to the Virgin of Transfiguration and St. John the Baptist, built in 1499 as the endowment of monastery sister Ksenija, as well as the church of St. John the Baptist from 16th century, being a true pearl among monuments.