Raška, Serbia

For other uses, see Raška.

Raška Рашка
Municipality and Town
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Location of the municipality of Raška within Serbia Location of the municipality of Raška within Serbia
Country	Serbia
District	Raška
Settlements	61
Government
• Mayor	Cvetić Radenko
Area
• Municipality	670 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Town	6,574
• Municipality	24,680
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	36350
Area code	+381 36
Car plates	RA
Website	www.raska.org.rs

Raška (Serbian Cyrillic: Рашка, pronounced [râʃkaː]) is a town and municipality in south-central Serbia. The municipality has a population of 24,680 people, while the town has a population of 6,574 people (2011 census). It covers an area of 670 square kilometres. The town is situated on the rivers Raška and Ibar.

History

The town and municipality bears the name of the historical Raška region. From 1929 to 1941, Raška was part of the Zeta Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

In December 2013 whilst excavating the village of Rudnica in Raška, EULEX found the remains of Kosovo-Albanians from the Kosovo War; there are believed to be up to 250 Kosovo Albanians buried in Rudnica.

Notable people

• Goran Bogdanović
• Patriarch German of Serbia
• Đorđe Jokić
• Milovan Milović
• Savatije Milošević, Serbian hajduk and Chetnik commander, born in Pavlica
• Zoran Pešić
• Lazar Popović
• Marko Sočanac

External links

• Official Raška municipality web site