{
	"0": {
		"name": "Belgrade",
		"district": "City of Belgrade",
		"desc": "Belgrade is situated at the place where the Sava joins the Danube. Belgrade is one of the oldest cities in Europe and, beside Athens, the greatest urban whole of the Balkan Peninsula. The oldest archaeological artefacts from Belgrade area date back to the fifth millenium B.C. The members of a Celtic tribe founded Singidunum in the III century B.C., while the first record of the name Belgrade dates back to 878 A.D. During its long and tumultuous history, Belgrade has been conquered by 40 armies, and 38 times it has been raised up from the ashes.<br><br>Belgrade is the capital of Serbia, having around 1,6 million residents. In the field of traffic and transport, it is a city of the highest importance as a road and railway center, as a port for river and air traffic, and as a telecommunication center. It spreads over 3.6% of the territory of Serbia, and 15.8% of Serbian population lives in this city. Also, 31.2% of all employed workers in Serbia work in Belgrade.<br><br>Important economic and agricultural capacities are developed in Belgrade, especially metallurgy, metal-working industry and electronic industry, then commerce and banking. The free trade zone is located in the wider area of Belgrade, Smederevo and Pančevo, on the banks of the Danube river, covering 2,000 sqm of business space. Also, 30% of the national product of Serbia is made in Belgrade.<br><br>Belgrade is the capital of Serbian culture, education and science. It has the greatest concentration of institutions of national importance in the field of science and art. There is the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, established in 1886 as the Serbian Royal Academy: the National Library of Serbia, established in 1832; the National Museum, established in 1841 and the National Theatre, established in 1869. The city is also the seat of the Belgrade University, founded in 1808 as the Great School, and the seat of the University of Art.<br><br>Belgrade has the status of a separate teritorial unit in Serbia, having its own autonomous city government. Its territory is divided into 17 municipalities, having their own local governmental bodies.<br><br><b>Source: </b> www.beograd.rs",
		"latitude": 44.816474,
		"longitude": 20.458527
	},
	"1": {
		"name": "Sombor",
		"district": "West Bačka",
		"desc": "Sombor is located in the extreme northwest of Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina, bordering Hungary to the North and Croatia on the West, across the Danube River. The Sombor District has an area of 1,178 square kilometers, comprising the city of Sombor and 15 rural settlements. The area is extremely fertile and its markets are full of local agricultural bounty. The average altitude in Sombor area is only 90 m.<br><br>Sombor, located 60 km southwest of Subotica, 100 km northwest of Novi Sad, 175 km northwest of Belgrade, 220 km south of Budapest and 345 km southeast of Vienna, is thus within an easy reach of many major cities and airports, while still far enough away to provide the visitor with a separate and distinct experience. According to the latest census from year 2002, Sombor municipality had a total population of 97,263, with half the population in the city itself, and half in rural and farm settlements. Further, Sombor municipality is ethnically extremely diverse - there are 21 nationalities registered mostly Serbs (61%), Hungarians (13%), and Croats (8%).<br><br>The total length of Sombor streets is 120 km, there are 9 squares, 4 parks, the total length of the city’s famous tree alleys is 121 km. There are said to be over 18,000 trees, making Sombor the greenest city in Serbia, and for its size, surely among the greenest cities in the world, which makes the citizens of Sombor feel very proud. <br><br><b>Source:</b> www.visitsombor.org",
		"latitude": 45.773061,
		"longitude": 19.115437
	},
	"2": {
		"name": "Sremska Mitrovica",
		"district": "Srem",
		"desc": "Sremska Mitrovica is a town with a very long continuity of life during which it has changed both its name and its phisiognomy several times: at first it was a wooden Illyrian-Celtic settlement, afterwards it was an antique city and metropolis, a medieval town with a variety of masters, an Oriental intrenched settlement with minarets, the headquarters of the Border Regiment, a crafts and commerce centre throughout the period of urban prosperity and, finally, a modern industrial town at the peak of modern history.<br><br>The Romans conquered Sirmium at the end of the first century BC. The city kept growing amazingly fast and in the first century AD the city got the highest rank of an urban settlement – it became Colonia Flavia Sirmiensium and was given an extrodinary military and strategic importance. War expeditions of the emperors such as Traian, Marcus Aurelius and Claudius II Ghoticus were prepared there. Since the middle of the third century, Sirmium had become the economic centre of the entire Pannonia, and therefore it gave the Empire a few great men. The emperors such as Decius Traianus, Aurelian, Probus and Maximilianus, all of them being Romanized native Illyrians, were born in the city or in this region.<br><br>In the period of Tetrarchy it was confirmed that Sirmium had an outstanding position within the Roman Empire and it became one of the four capitals of the Empire, a city with a royal palace, a hippodrome, a mint, an amphithetre, a theatre, a variety of workshops, public baths, temples, as well as with numerous public palaces and luxurious mansions.<br><br>Since 313, the Christian Church in Sirmium had overtaken a significant role being the centre of episcopacy. There had been fierce religious conflicts due to different religious doctrines and heresies for almost a century. Five synods were held in the city. The famous ‘formulas of Sirmium’ dealt with the issues of high importance for the entire Christian world. In the fifth century, the Hunns devastated the city and stopped its development. The Ostroghots and the Gepids had alternately ruled the city until Justin II annexed it to the Eastern Roman Empire. In the middle of the sixth century the Avars penetrated into Srem together with the first Slavic groups and they definitely seized and destroyed Sirmium in 582.<br><br>In the ninth century Srem belonged to Bulgaria and its role was becoming more and more important because, just after the Bulgarians had adopted Christianity, the Episcopacy was founded there. The Slavic educator Methodius was thought to have been the Episcope of Sirmium before he went to Moravia. Since the arrival of the Hungarians, the Byzantines and the Hungarians had alternately ruled Sirmium, until the Byzantine rule permanently vanished from this territory in 1180, and the formerly glorious city was left in ruins. Only the restored Monastery of Saint Demetrius with the fortress remained. The new settlement which was built by the city walls was named Dmitrovica, after the monastery, in the thirteenth century (in Latin ‘Civitas Sancti Demetri’, in Hungarian ‘Szava Szent-Demeter’).<br><br>The Hungarian settlers fled from the invading Turks towards their homeland, and the Serbs continued settling down, so Srem became a Serbian region during a single century, and despot Stefan Lazarević acquired Mitrovica together with some other estates. After 1529, Srem finally became part of the Turkish Empire. In a few decades, the devastated Mitrovica turned into Dimitrovica-Seher, an Oriental town with a large bazaar, which became the economic and administrative centre of Srem. After the peace treaty in Požarevac, the town was liberated from the Turks and annexed to the Habsburg Monarchy. In the mid-eighteenth century the Ninth Petrovaradin Border Regiment was formed with its headquarters in Mitrovica. The Border Command ordered about thirty buildings to be built for the headquarters of the regiment.<br><br><b>Source: </b>www.tosmomi.rs",
		"latitude": 44.968347,
		"longitude": 19.607886
	},
	"3": {
		"name": "Novi Sad",
		"district": "South Bačka",
		"desc": "Seen from above, City of Novi Sad reveals itself as a city located in a vast plain, spacious and open to all directions. Fortress of Petrovaradin, a historical site, is situated on the right bank of the River Danube, whereas a tall building of Central Post Office, massive construction of Spens Sports Centre, immense headquarter of Petroleum Industry of Serbia and elegant oval edifice of Banovina (a seat of Executive Council of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina) are situated on the left. What eyes could also perceive are green oases embodied in City parks, with labyrinth of streets and alleys meandering around them and cut across with wide and straight boulevards. Moreover, there is the Danube as an unsymmetrical, potent axe of the City, embraced with long quay and Strand, the most beautiful city beach along the Danube. In addition to that, there are the bridges that Novi Sad once lost, but that are re-built from scratch. And there will be plenty of them, quite soon.<br><br>Seen in terms of our planet, City perfectly fits into a rich tradition of Pannonian Basin, in which everything is prone to grow, from well-preserved Secession to Post-modern architecture. Nowadays, a widely recognizable symbol of the City is Exit Festival, while in the past, and even so today that place has been reserved for the Serbian cultural institutions: Matica srpska - the oldest cultural-scientific institution of Serbia, Serbian National Theatre, Sterijino pozorje Theatre Festival… Furthermore, our City, in contrast to many other European destinations, has the reputation, by full right, of a multinational, multicultural and multi-confessional metropolis in which all differences are seen as advantages. The witnesses to that are Novi Sad Theatre/Újvidéki Színház and University of Novi Sad with 19 faculties and specialized departments at which the lectures are held in languages of national minorities or were founded with that purpose. Still, there are so many other things that represent a daily, lively routine of Novi Sad.<br><br>Seen in terms of our Republic, Novi Sad is a capital of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, second largest city in Republic of Serbia with the population between 300,000 and 400,000 citizens. The language of economy would confirm that Novi Sad is the most up-and-coming city in modern Serbia, with great potential, not only because it has the highest budget per capita, but because of well-prepared development projects.<br><br>Seen in political terms – it comprises of well structured Administration led by the representatives of democratic coalition, gathered around the joint slogan: “For pro-European Novi Sad”.<br><br>Finally, seen from citizens’ perspective, by no means less important, on the contrary, one sees Novi Sad as a community which could be proud of its 300-year history whose imprints are still visible and radiant, but at the same time provide a peaceful and dynamic life despite the forthcoming and omnipresent things from technologically and differently set 21st century.<br><br>The citizens of Novi Sad are fully aware of this. The others have yet to discover it.<br><br><b>Source: </b>www.novisad.rs",
		"latitude": 45.255102,
		"longitude": 19.844965
	},
	"4": {
		"name": "Zrenjanin",
		"district": "Central Banat",
		"desc": "Zrenjanin is ranked among the cities that have had favorable natural conditions for its architectural development, and the winding course of the River Begej, with numerous meanders, has provided the basis for formation of the city streets and that basic regulation has been preserved up to the present day.<br><br>The historical framework of formation of Vojvodina cities/towns and, thereby of Zrenjanin as well, completely pertains to the period of the 18th century. After the formation of the town nucleus, construction on other territories along the banks of the River Begej started and, upon the organized colonization of the Germans, which lasted up to 1785, the first planned, urbanized, and regulated part of the town emanated – \"New German town\". Becskerek had the most complex urban development basis, atypical and very much dissected, but also a more balanced development than most of the towns in the vicinity.<br><br>Definite formation of the urban structure and adoption of the regulation matrix, preserved up the present day, followed after the big fire, in 1807. Rebuilding of the town actually caused its biggest rise – economic, cultural, and architectural. The number of inhabitants almost doubled in the course of the 19th century and, in the town nucleus, the first monumental buildings were constructed, which are even today specific city symbols and representative examples of the building heritage – the Town Hall (constructed in 1820, reconstructed and extended in 1888), the Theater (in 1839), Roman Catholic Cathedral (in 1868), Merchant Academy (in 1891), Reformist Church (in 1891), Financial Palace, the present-day National Museum (in 1894), and many others.<br><br>In the periods of world wars, the town was spared from devastation and, out of the former building symbols, only the synagogue disappeared, which was demolished in 1941. Unfortunately, after the Second World War, the radical attitude of the new authorities towards the building heritage and the new urban development doctrine resulted in impoverishment of the old urban matrix and disappearance of a number of valuable buildings. They were replaced by modern spatial landmarks, which have not passed the test of time.<br><br>However, despite everything, today, Zrenjanin has a lot to offer and show. Reconstructed and restored facades, decorative lighting, new urban development trends that follow and nurture the inherited, and comeback of certain disappeared symbols, are the evidence of the endeavor of the city to attribute the importance to the building heritage, which it deserves.<br><br><b>Source: </b>www.zrenjanin.rs",
		"latitude": 45.381904,
		"longitude": 20.39727
	},
	"5": {
		"name": "Niš",
		"district": "Nišava",
		"desc": "City of Niš is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans. It is the second largest city in Serbia of more than 250.000 inhabitants, and the centre of the Southeastern region of the country.<br><br>Situated at the crossroads, City of Niš connects the Balkans to Europe, and Europe to the Near East. That is why it has always been considered a gateway between The East and The West. It is very easy to reach City of Niš either by Constantine the Great airport or by railroad and highway.<br><br>The climate of this area is moderate continental. The average temperature is 11.2°C. July is the warmest month of the year, with the average of 21.2 0C. The coldest month is January with the average of 0.2°C. The average annual rainfall is 567.25 mm/m. The average barometer value is 992.74 mb.<br><br>City of Niš is one of the most important industrial centres in Serbia, well-known for its industry of electronics and mechanical engineering, and the textile and the tobacco industry. Statistics show that the system of education is quite elaborate in our city: there are 50 000 pupils/students attending 32 primary and 21 secondary schools. There are 14 000 students at City of Niš University composed of 10 faculties. Health facilities in the City are modern and very well developed: there are 30 clinics, medical centres and institutes which are, on the one hand, open to students of the Faculty of Medicine and their obligatory training programs, and, on the other hand, offer the citizens of City of Niš and the Southeastern Serbia a wide range of modern methods and services for the prevention and treatment of their health problems.<br><br>City of Niš has celebrated 100 years of having established its first Grammar School, National Theatre, Public Library, and the local literary magazine.<br><br>The cultural life of City of Niš is shaped by the numerous institutions - the National Theatre, the Public Library, the National Museum, the Symphony Orchestra, the Puppet Theatre, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, the University Library, the City Archives, the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Culture Club, the Centre for Culture and Education, several publishing houses, and many amateur organizations in arts and culture. Several famous cultural events have already become part of tradition of City of Niš: the Festival of Actors' Achievements, Nisville Jazz Festival, Choral Festival, the international festival of amateur choirs, as well as the Art Colony in Sićevo, the oldest of its kind in Serbia.<br><br>City of Niš has a lot to offer to tourists. In Niška Banja (Spa of Niš) there are many facilities that can be used for the purposes of recreation or convalescence, as well as for organizing congresses and conferences, or various sports and cultural events. Moreover, there are several popular picnic sites in near the City.<br><br>There are more than 40 sports clubs, both professional and amateur ones in Coty of Niš. People here love sports, no matter if they go in for sports themselves or just cheer the professionals. Some of the sports clubs have achieved remarkable results in Serbia and international competitions.<br><br><b>Source: </b>www.ni.rs",
		"latitude": 43.318028,
		"longitude": 21.891843
	},
	"6": {
		"name": "Subotica",
		"district": "North Bačka",
		"desc": "The city of Subotica is located at the northern part of the Republic of Serbia, along the border to Hungary  at 46 05’ 55’’ North Latitude and 19 39’ 47’’ East Longitude. Its average altitude is 114m - 40m above the level of river Tisza, near Kanjiža; at 32m above the level of Danube, near Baja. The international freeway E 75 passes alongside Subotica. Kelebija border crossing is  10km away, while  Horgoš border crossing is  30km away from the city. The land north from the city is a fertile sandy terrain with  vineyards and orchards, while on the south there is arable land.<br><br>At present, the city and its surrounding municipalities have about 150.000 inhabitants: Hungarians, Croats, Bunjevac, Serbs and other nationalities. There are 18 major settlements around the city: Bajmok, Backi Vinogradi, Backo Dušanovo, Bikovo, Višnjevac, Gornji Tavankut, Donji Tavankut, Ðurdin, Kelebija, Ljutovo, Mala Bosna, Mišicevo, Novi Žednik, Palić, Stari Žednik, Hajdukovo, Cantavir and Šupljak. The city is linked to Palić, the old summer resort and lake.<br><br><b>Source: </b>www.subotica.rs",
		"latitude": 46.100281,
		"longitude": 19.665597
	},
	"7": {
		"name": "Čačak",
		"district": "Moravica",
		"desc": "City of Čačak is in central Serbia, 150 km south from Belgrade. Within the Moravički region, this municipality has all the characteristics of the main centre. Situated mostly in the western area of the Morava river, this municipality is the connection between the wavy hills of Šumadija in the north and higher regions of the interior in the south. The central part is the valley, situated among mountain Jelica in the south, Ovčar and Kablar in the west, Vujan in the north and the Kraljevo valley in the east. These mountains incline in a gentle and wavy way towards the Čačak valley, the town and the river Morava.<br><br><b>Source: </b>www.turizamcacak.org.rs",
		"latitude": 43.888019,
		"longitude": 20.345519
	},
	"8": {
		"name": "Leskovac",
		"district": "Jablanica",
		"desc": "In the heart of the spacious and fertile Leskovian valley, fifty kilometres long and forty five kilometres wide, lies the city of Leskovac. Replete with a great variety of geographical features and tourist facilities, it will attract even the most particular of visitors. Apart from this multitude of features and facilities, Leskovac is also an important transit centre, providing links to Southern Europe (Greece), North-western Europe via Belgrade, the Adriatic Sea via Priština, and the Black Sea and the Eurasian corridor via Sofia.<br><br><b>Source: </b>www.cityofleskovac.org",
		"latitude": 42.995066,
		"longitude": 21.94594
	},
	"9": {
		"name": "Požarevac",
		"district": "Braničevo",
		"desc": "Požarevac, an important administrative, economic and cultural center of Serbia, is located at about eighty kilometers southeast of Belgrade. It is located between three rivers: the Danube, Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica.<br><br>The territory of the present-day municipality covers an area of ​​491 square kilometers, of which 80% of the territory is arable land. The country is also one of the most valuable resources of the region, the fertile plains and the grip of Pomoravsko, Danubian and Mlava coast.<br><br>It consists of two urban areas (the city Požarevac and a large energy center Kostolac) and 24 villages, with about 90,000 inhabitants. Požarevac, as an economic and cultural, as well as the administrative center, the seat of Braničevo is of great importance for the whole region. Braničevo besides Požarevac includes the municipalities of Veliko Gradište, Golubac, Žabari, Žagubica, Kučevo, Malo Crnice and Petrovac.<br><br><b>Source: </b>www.pozarevac.rs",
		"latitude": 44.619142,
		"longitude": 21.184019
	}
}