Nova Varoš

Nova Varoš is located in southwest Serbia, the main road that connects the north of the country the Montenegrin coast. It is situated at 1000 meters above sea level, and below the northern slopes of mountain Zlatar. Nova Varoš is located in the Dinaric mountain range. North of town is mountain Murtenica, while the south mountain Zlatar.

Nova Varoš has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb).

{{Historical populations

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|1948|20170 |1953|21848 |1961|24770 |1971|22740 |1981|22523 |1991|21812 |2002|19982 |2011|16638|2022|13505

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According to the last official census done in 2022, the Municipality of Nova Varoš has 13,507 inhabitants. Population density on the territory of the municipality is 23 inhabitants per square kilometer.

In 1991, the population of the municipality was composed of: Serbs and Montenegrins (89.20%), ethnic Muslims (8.51%) and others.

In 2002, the population of the municipality was composed of: Serbs (18,001) (90.09%), Bosniaks (1,028) (5.15%), ethnic Muslims (502) (2.51%) and others. Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by ethnicity, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by ethnicity.

Ethnic composition of the municipality according to 2011 and 2022 censuses:

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!

! colspan="2" |Census 1991

! colspan="2" | Census 2011

! colspan="2" |Census 2022 {{Cite web |title=Population by nationality and gender |url=https://data.stat.gov.rs/Home/Result/3104020101?languageCode=en-US |website=Statistical Office of Republic of Serbia}}

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!Ethnic group

!Population

!%

!Population

!%

!Population

!%

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| style="background:#F5F5DC;" |Serbs

|align="right"|19,284

|88.4%|| align="right" |14,899

|89.6%

| align="right"|11,901

|88.1%

|-

| style="background:#F5F5DC;" |Bosniaks

| rowspan="2" align="right" |1,857

| rowspan="2" |8.51%|| align="right" |788

|4.74%

| align="right"|673

|4.98%

|-

| style="background:#F5F5DC;" |Muslims|| align="right" |526

|3.16%

| align="right"|308

|2.28%

|-

| style="background:#F5F5DC;" |Yugoslavs

|align="right"|348

|1.59%|| align="right" |37

|0.22%

| align="right"|40

|0.30%

|-

| style="background:#F5F5DC;" |Montenegrins

|align="right"|173

|0.79%|| align="right" |31

|0.19%

| align="right"|9

|0.07%

|-

| style="background:#F5F5DC;" |Others

|align="right"|150

|0.69%|| align="right" |357

|2.15%

| align="right"|576

|4.26%

|-

| style="background:#F0F0F0;" |Total

|align="right"|21,812

| || align="right" |16,638

|

| align="right"|13,507

|

|}

Aside from the town of Nova Varoš, the municipality includes the following settlements:

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• Akmačići
• Amzići
• Bistrica
• Božetići
• Brdo
• Bukovik
• Burađa
• Vilovi
• Vraneša
• Gornje Trudovo
• Debelja
• Draglica
• Draževići
• Drmanovići
• Jasenovo
• Komarani
• Kućani
• Ljepojevići
• Miševići
• Negbina
• Ojkovica
• Radijevići
• Radoinja
• Rutoši
• Seništa
• Tisovica
• Trudovo
• Čelice
• Štitkovo

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The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):{{cite web|title=MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019.|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2019/PdfE/G201913046.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|date=25 December 2019|access-date=28 December 2019}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"

|-

! Activity

! Total

|-

|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|61

|-

|Mining and quarrying||align="right"|13

|-

|Manufacturing||align="right"|817

|-

|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply||align="right"|110

|-

|Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities||align="right"|66

|-

|Construction||align="right"|75

|-

|Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles||align="right"|356

|-

|Transportation and storage||align="right"|253

|-

|Accommodation and food services||align="right"|188

|-

|Information and communication||align="right"|27

|-

|Financial and insurance activities||align="right"|31

|-

|Real estate activities||align="right"|-

|-

|Professional, scientific and technical activities||align="right"|59

|-

|Administrative and support service activities||align="right"|17

|-

|Public administration and defense; compulsory social security||align="right"|288

|-

|Education||align="right"|220

|-

|Human health and social work activities||align="right"|190

|-

|Arts, entertainment and recreation||align="right"|54

|-

|Other service activities||align="right"|35

|-

|Individual agricultural workers||align="right"|151

|- class="sortbottom"

|Total||align="right"|3,010

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• Janja Monastery
• Dubnica Monastery

File:Nova Varos opstina IMG 0045.JPG|Town Hall

File:Nova Varos dom kulture jovan tomic IMG 0073.JPG|Nova Varoš Cultural Center

File:Nova Varos IMG 0085.JPG|Town center

File:Nova Varos IMG 0084.JPG|Town buildings

File:Nova Varos xram svete trojice IMG 0090.JPG|Orthodox Church

File:Nova Varos mosque Dzamija IMG 0046.JPG|Nova Varoš Mosque

File:Uvac nova varos IMG 9995 kokin brod Zlatarso Jezero.JPG|Uvac Lake

• Gavrilo I, Serbian Patriarch
• Petar Bojović, military commander and field marshal
• Ljubinko Drulović, former footballer, 2013 European U19 Championship winning manager
• Nemanja Nedović, basketball player, silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Vladimir Otašević, footballer
• Bojana Lečić, 2011 Miss Serbia
• Ivan Šaponjić, footballer

• List of places in Serbia
• Sandžak

{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Nova Varoš}}

• {{Official website|http://novavaros.rs/}}
• [http://zlatarinfo.rs/ Zlatar Info]

{{Zlatibor District}}

{{Municipalities of Serbia}}

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Category:Populated places in Zlatibor District

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