Zlatibor (town)
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Златибор
Zlatibor
Country
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Subdivision: Zlatibor District
Zlatibor District
Zlatibor District is a district in the western, mountainous part of the Republic of Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of Zlatibor. According to the 2011 Census Data, the Zlatibor District has a population of 284,729 people...

, Čajetina municipality
Cajetina
Čajetina is a town and municipality in western Serbia, residing in the Zlatibor District. In 2011, the town has a total population of 3,342, while municipality has 14,762 inhabitants. Its coordinates are 43.75°N and 19.72°E...

Location
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Population
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2002

2,344
Area code: 031
Postal code
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31315
License plates: UE



Zlatibor (Serbian Cyrillic
Serbian language
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: Златибор is a town in Serbia
Serbia
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. It is situated in the Čajetina
Cajetina
Čajetina is a town and municipality in western Serbia, residing in the Zlatibor District. In 2011, the town has a total population of 3,342, while municipality has 14,762 inhabitants. Its coordinates are 43.75°N and 19.72°E...

 municipality, in the Zlatibor District
Zlatibor District
Zlatibor District is a district in the western, mountainous part of the Republic of Serbia. The district was named after the mountain region of Zlatibor. According to the 2011 Census Data, the Zlatibor District has a population of 284,729 people...

. The population of the town is 2,344 people (2002 census).

It is a popular tourist resort in Serbia. By road
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 and rail
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 it is connected with Užice
Užice
Užice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...

 and Nova Varoš
Nova Varoš
Nova Varoš is a town and municipality in Zlatibor District of Serbia. According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Nova Varoš had a population of 21,812, while according to the 2011 census, the number of inhabitants in the municipality was 16,758...

. It lies on the road linking Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

 with the Montenegrin
Montenegro
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 coast
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 and off the Belgrade-Bar
Bar, Montenegro
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 railway.

The town's original name was Kulaševac. In August 1893, King Aleksandar Obrenović
Aleksandar Obrenovic
  Not to be confused with Alexander I of Yugoslavia.Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenović was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Queen Draga, were assassinated by a group of Army officers, led by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević-Accession:In 1889 Alexander's father, King Milan,...

 came to Kulaševac, and built a fountain called Kraljeva česma (The King's Fountain). In honor of King Aleksandar's contribution, Kulaševac was renamed to Kraljeva Voda (The King's Douche). In 1903, King Petar Karađorđević I built a villa on the site, helping strengthen the growing trend of turning the slopes surrounding Kraljeva Voda into a vacation spot. After World War II
World War II
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, Kraljeva Voda was renamed to Partizanske Vode in 1946 (The Partisans' Waters). The name change was out of respect for wounded Zlatibor Partisan
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s who were murdered by Nazi
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 Germany
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's army in November and December 1941, while they were recovering in the main hospital of Palisad in the northern part of Kraljeva Voda. In 1995, Partizanske Vode was renamed to Zlatibor, recognizing the mountain upon which the town rests. The town lies roughly 10 kilometers from Tornik, a mountain popular with skiing
Skiing
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enthusiasts.
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