Šumadija District

Infobox Serbian district
name_serC = Шумадијски округ
name_serL = Šumadijski okrug
en_name = Šumadija
province_or_region = Central Serbia
capital = Kragujevac
commissioner = n/a
municipalities = 6 and 1 city
settlements = 174
cities_and_towns = 5
villages = 169
area = 2,387
population = 298,778
density = 125.2
footnotes =
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The Šumadija District "(Шумадијски округ, Šumadijski okrug)" is located in the central part of Serbia. It has a population of 312,160, and the district seat is the city of Kragujevac.

Municipalities

Šumadija District is divided into 6 municipalities and City of Kragujevac, which is divided into 5 municipalities:Municipalities of the district are:
*Aranđelovac
*Topola
*Rača
*Batočina
*Knić
*LapovoCity of Kragujevac is divided into municipalities of:
*Aerodrom
*Pivara
*Stanovo
*Stari Grad
*Stragari

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs = 291,005
*Roma = 1,606
*others

Culture and history

In the vicinity of Kragujevac stand several medieval monasteries, including the Annunciation monastery Divostin from the thirteenth century; the St. Nicholas monastery, believed to have existed at the time of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389; and the Drača monastery from unknown times.

In 1833 the Kragujevac Grammar School, the first Serb-language grammar school south of the Sava and Danube rivers, was founded in Kragujevac. Over the last fifty years this city of Serbian schooling has borne a symbol of grief: in the Memorial Park in Šumarice stands a monument to the pupils and teachers of this grammar school who were executed in World War II. Seeking to set a frightening example for all Serbia, German fascists executed 7,000 citizens in Kragujevac over the course of a single day, October 21, 1941. Among them were about 300 pupils and 18 teachers, including 15 boys from the ages of 8 to 15.

Economy

Today Kragujevac is a modern industrial center of Serbia. The most famous business is the Zastava car factory, which produced the famous Yugo automobile. Also prominent are the "21 Oktobar" factory which produces spare car parts, and the "Crvena Zvezda" can factory.

ource

* [http://www.serbia.sr.gov.yu/ Official government website]

ee also

* Districts of Serbia
* Šumadija
* Kragujevac massacre