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Mladenovac (Младеновац) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 44.43° North, 20.70° East. Its name stems from word "youth" in Serbian language. After the legend the emergence of the name is brought in connection with a man named Mladen, who established itself after the battle on the Kosovo in 1389 with his two brothers in this desert area. The brothers separated and the place, where Mladen had established itself, was called Mladenovac. In 2003 the city had total population of 22,200. Image File history File links Coat of Mladenovac File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Coat of Mladenovac File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Melbourne, Australia by night For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation) A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect (former standard was known as Serbo-Croatian language). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The first official data over a settlement in this area are mentioned in the Turkish census of 1528. To the community of the Belgrade urban district Mladenovac belongs since 1971. The day of the urban district is 2 August, when Mladenovac was explained in the year 1893 as the city.


This city, situated about 47 km in the south of Belgrade, is a part of the district of the capital city of Serbia and Montenegro. Together with the suburbed towns like Kovacevac, Koracica, Markovac, and other the municipality Mladenovac extends on a surface of 33.900 hectars and counts 56,389 inhabitants.


Kosmaj with his 628m height is the highest point of this region. On the top of this mountain you can find a monument which reminds of the many hundreds of Serbs which have fallen on a second world war battle on this area.


Between the city central and the mountain Kosmaj you can find a monastery "Tresije", which is from the 13th century.


Mladenovac is also a crossing point of many trading and transporting routes such as they are: Belgrade, Kragujevac, Arandjelovac, Smederevo, Smederevska Palanka.


Most of the inhabitants of Mladenovac are working in the industrial factories. "Drapsin", "Jugoazbest" and "Makovica" are counting to the biggest companies of this part of Serbia.


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  • Primary school "Kosta Djukic" in Mladenovac ...It is long history, school educated many pupils, and many teachers had worked in it. Everyone of them left a trace in school's history. Primary school Kosta Djukic was founded in 1968. Our pupils have made very good results in math, chemistry, physic. It’s one of three city’s schools in Mladenovac and it’s nearby Selters spa. School has also classes in villages Medjuluzje, Pruzatovac, Markovac, Koracica, Velika Ivanca. School in Koracica exist for over 150 years. School is very successful in many fields.We had pupils in last years, who made good results on various republic and national competitions.School has also a lot of playgrounds for basketball, football etc.

  • http://www.Mladenovac.info [Web portal] - The only place on the Net where one can get almost any information on Mladenovac, it's people, business in it, entertainment and many other things with regard to this beutiful city. There is a Forum/Disscusion board with hunderds of mebmers as a guarantee that every question will be answered.

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International Civic Heraldry - YUGOSLAVIA - MLADENOVAC (364 words)
The name "Mladenovac" can be derived from the root "mlad" - "young, youthful", where as "mladica" means a budding plant, as symbolized by the oak trefoil.
The oak is further a symbol for the Holy Trinity, which is the city's patronal feast.
The supporters fly two banners: on the right the standard the of the City of Belgrade, and on the left the one of the township of Mladenovac.
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