Timočka Krajina (Тимочка Крајина; Valea Timocului or Timoc in Romanian) is a region in eastern Serbia around the river Timok. It includes 8 municipalities: Zaječar, Bor, Negotin, Knjazevac, Sokobanja, Kladovo, Boljevac and Majdanpek. The main town in the region is Zaječar. Krajina (in various versions) is a Slavic toponym which means: borderland i. ... Serbia and Montenegro  – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  – Total  – % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  – Density  7. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Zaječar is a town on the east of Republic of Serbia. ... Bor is a copper mining town in Serbia, with one of the largest copper mines in Europe. ... Sokobanja is a famous spa in eastern Serbia. ... Zaječar is a town on the east of Republic of Serbia. ...

The region is rich in copper and gold mines, especially in the Bor and Majdanpek areas. The population (2002) is 284,112, of which 86% or 243,148 are Serbs, 8% or 23,604 are Vlachs (Romanians) and 1% or 2,723 are Gypsies. Most of Serbia's Vlachs are concentrated in the Timok Krajina. The almost exclusive religion is Serb Orthodoxy. General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8920 kg/m3, 3. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vlachs (also called Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs) are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, this term was mostly used for the Vlachs living south of the Danube river. ... The Rroma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies. ... Early history The Serbs migrated to the Balkans during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius (610-641). ...

See also geographical regions in Serbia and Montenegro Geographical regions in Serbia This is a list of some of Geographical regions in Serbia and Montenegro. ...