Zajecar
is a town in the east of the republic
of Serbia. It has a population of 39,800
and it's coordinates are 43.91° North,
22.30. It is the administrative center
of Zajecar district and Timocka Krajina.
The origin of the name is probably Turkish.
"Zaii cer" in Wallachian, a
local minority nation, means the "Gods
are asking (for sacrifice)". The
Zajecarski District expands in the eastern
parts of the Republic of Serbia. It encompasses
the municipalities of Boljevac, Knjazevac,
Zajecar, and Sokobanja. It has a population
of 158,131. Seat of the District is in
the city of Zajecar. Trends of economic
development of the Zajecar district lead
from crafts and semi-industrial processing
of agricultural products over coal exploitation
(textile factory, leather factory, brewery,
quartz sand mine and coal mine) to the
modern plants and high output rate. The
Felix Romuliana (Galerie's Palace) in
Gamzigrad was the metropolis of the Roman
Emperor Gai Galerie Valerie Maxmillian,
in late III and early IV century.
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