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Mali Zvornik

Town and municipality in Šumadija and Western Serbia, Serbia

Mali Zvornik Мали Зворник (Serbian)
Town and municipality
Mali Zvornik
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Mali Zvornik within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°24′N 19°07′E / 44.400°N 19.117°E / 44.400; 19.117
Country	Serbia
Region	Šumadija and Western Serbia
District	Mačva
Municipality	1955; 69 years ago (1955)
Settlements	12
Government
• Mayor	Zoran Jevtić (SNS)
Area [1]
• Town	9.09 km2 (3.51 sq mi)
• Municipality	184 km2 (71 sq mi)
Elevation	149 m (489 ft)
Population  (2011 census)[2]
• Town	4,132
• Town density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Municipality	11,987
• Municipality density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	15318
Area code	+381(0)15
Car plates	LO
Website	www.malizvornik.rs

Mali Zvornik (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали Зворник, pronounced [mâːliː zʋɔ̌rniːk]) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 4,132, while the population of the municipality is 11,987. It lays on the Drina river opposite of the town of Zvornik, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, a border crossing between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in the town.

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There are traces of human life from Bronze Age in this area, as well as traces from the time of Roman Empire. Ancient Roman settlement Ad Drinum existed somewhere at this location. In the Middle Ages, Mali Zvornik was one of the main mining centres of the Serbian state.

On Orlovine Hill near Mali Zvornik there are remains of the large Medieval fortress that was probably built in the first half of the 15th century, in the time of the Serbian Despotate. During the Ottoman rule, this area was part of the Pashaluk of Bosnia.

Until 1878 it was the only Bosnian municipality on the right side of river Drina, when it eventually became part of the independent Kingdom of Serbia. In the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century, population of Mali Zvornik numbered 115 houses. The municipality of Mali Zvornik was officially established in 1955.

Aside from the town of Mali Zvornik, the municipality includes the following settlements:

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Mali Zvornik has 12,482 inhabitants.

The municipality of Mali Zvornik has many ethnic groups, with Serbs forming the majority in all settlements. The ethnic composition of the municipality of Mali Zvornik:

The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):^[4]

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  Mali Zvornik
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  Mali Zvornik Municipal House
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  Mali Zvornik town center
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  Building in Mali Zvornik
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  Drina river in Mali Zvornik

• Časlav Klonimirović, Prince of the Serbs from 927. until his death in 960.
• Stefan Dragutin, King of Serbia from 1276. to 1282.
• Avdo Karabegović, (1878–1908) Serbian poet
• Dušan Proroković, politician, former member of Serbian parliament
• Milisav Petković, politician, former member of Serbian parliament
• Nenad Milkić, Serbian writer
• Miloš Gajić, Partisan
• Milinko Pantić, football player and coach
• Miloš Vasić, rower, member of Serbian Olympics team on summer Olympics in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016
• Predrag Rogan, football coach
• Đorđe Despotović, football player
• Nemanja Stevanović, football player
• Edin Rustemović, football player
• Filip Erić, football player
• Slaviša Radović, football player
• Oliver Stević, basketball player
• Aleksandar Todorović, basketball player

• Mačva District
• Podrinje

• Official website

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