Podgorac (Serbian Cyrillic: Подгорац; Romanian: Podgorț) is a village in the municipality of Boljevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2218 people.[1]

There is an 18th-century Ottoman Turkish public fountain built with the funds donated by a certain Osman Bey and therefore named (in Serbian) Osmanbegova česma.

For a brief period in 1840/41 school year, Đura Jakšić was a village school teacher here.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9

43°56′39″N 21°56′42″E / 43.94417°N 21.94500°E / 43.94417; 21.94500

Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podgorac_(Boljevac)
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