Bujanovac

Bujanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Бујановац, Albanian: Bujanovc; pronounced [bǔjanɔvats]) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 42,634 inhabitants.[3]

Bujanovac
Бујановац (Serbian)
Bujanoc (Albanian)
Town and municipality
Building in the center of Bujanovac
Building in the center of Bujanovac
Coat of arms of Bujanovac
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Bujanovac within Serbia
Location of the municipality of Bujanovac within Serbia
Coordinates: 42°28′N 21°46′E
Country Serbia
RegionSouthern and Eastern Serbia
DistrictPčinja
Settlements59
Government
 • MayorNagip Arifi
Area
[1][2]
 • Town8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
 • Municipality461 km2 (178 sq mi)
Elevation
384 m (1,260 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)[3]
 • Municipality
41,068
 • Municipality density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
17520
Area code+381(0)17
Car platesBU
Websitewww.bujanovac.rs/en
Municipality of Bujanovac

Situated in the South Morava basin, it is located in the geographical area known as Preševo Valley. It is also known for its source of mineral water and spa town Bujanovačka banja. Ethnically, Serbs are the largest ethnic group in the town, while the largest ethnic group in the municipality are Albanians.

History

Ancient history

Kale-Krševica, located south of Ristovac, is an archaeological site of a 5th-century BC Ancient city of Macedon, thought to be Damastion. The Thracian Triballi and Paeonian Agrianes dwelled in the region, with the Scordisci settling here after the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. The region was conquered by the Romans after 75 BC. It became part of the Roman propraetorial province Moesia in 29 BC (imperial from 27 BC). In 87 AD the region was re-organized into the Moesia Superior, which was a province of the Roman Empire.

Medieval Serbian era

Medieval Serbian state like the Kingdom of Serbia or the Serbian Empire included part of this region in the 12th century and most of it until the 14th century. Since the 15th century, the region was under Ottoman administration.

Ottoman era

It became part of Rumelia, as a historical term describing the area now referred to as the Balkans or the Balkan Peninsula when it was administered by the Ottoman Empire.

After the Berlin agreement, signed in 1878, there were some administrative changes in the Ottoman Empire. Bujanovac – then Buyanofça – and its surroundings became part of the "Preševo area" of the Priština District and in 1905–1912 Bujanovac belonged to the 2nd category of borough covering 28 villages. After the Balkan Wars, the area belonged to Kumanovo District of the Kingdom of Serbia.

Yugoslavia (1918–92)

After the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, in 1918, Bujanovac became part of Vranje Oblast, which was formed in 1921 after the Vidovdan Constitution. With administrative changes in 1929, it became part of Vardar Banovina, with the town of Skopje as capital. With the forming of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, it was part of Socialist Republic of Serbia from 1943 to 1992. After World War II, in 1947, Bujanovac was established as one of 117 municipalities of Central Serbia, under its own name.[4]

From 1945 until 1992 Bujanovac was part of Socialist Republic of Serbia, within SFR Yugoslavia.

Breakup of Yugoslavia (1991–99)
Sites near Bujanovac where NATO aviation used munition with depleted uranium during 1999 bombing

In 1992, the Albanians in the area organized a referendum in which they voted that Bujanovac, Preševo and Medveđa should join the self-declared assembly of the Republic of Kosova. However, no major events happened until the end of the 1990s.

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, and nearby Kosovo War which lasted until 1999, between 1999 and 2001, an ethnic Albanian paramilitary separatist organization, the UÇPMB, raised an armed insurgency in the Preševo Valley, in the region mostly inhabited by Albanians, with a goal to occupy these three municipalities from Serbia and join them to the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosova.

Unlike in the case of Kosovo, western countries condemned the attacks and described it as the "extremism" and use of "illegal terrorist actions" by the group.[5] Following the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, the new Yugoslav government suppressed the violence by 2001 and defeated the separatists. NATO troops also helped the Yugoslav government by ensuring that the rebels do not import the conflicts back into Kosovo.[6] Thereafter, the situation has stabilized even though large number of forces exist in this small municipality.

In 2009, Serbia opened a military base Cepotina five kilometers south of Bujanovac, to further stabilize the area.[7]

Modern

Today, Bujanovac is located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia.

On 7 March 2017, the President of Albania Bujar Nishani made a historical visit to the municipalities of Bujanovac and Preševo, in which Albanians form the ethnic majority.[8]

Settlements

Aside from the town of Bujanovac, the municipality includes the following settlements:

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
194834,472—    
195336,810+1.32%
196139,064+0.75%
197143,522+1.09%
198146,689+0.70%
199149,238+0.53%
200243,302−1.16%
2011[b]18,067−9.26%
202241,068+7.75%
Source: [9][3]

According to the 2002 census, the municipality of Bujanovac had a population of 43,302 people. Most of the municipality population live in rural areas, with only 27.74% living in the urban parts. The municipality of Bujanovac has 59 inhabited places. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 41,068 inhabitants.[10]

Ethnic groups

The majority of the municipality population according to the 2022 census are Albanians, encompassing 62% of the total population. During the 2011 census, undercounting of the census units, owing to the boycott by most of the members of the Albanian ethnic community in the municipality of Bujanovac, was reported. The ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:

Ethnic group Population
1948[11][a]		 Population
1953[12][a]		 Population
1961[13]		 Population
1971[14]		 Population
1981[15]		 Population
1991[16]		 Population
2002[17]		 Population
2011[18][b]		 Census2022 [10]
Population %
Albanians 27,174 28,653 16,618 21,209 25,848 29,588 23,681 244 25,465 62.0
Serbs 25,143 27,681 20,033 18,840 15,914 14,660 14,782 12,989 10,467 25.5
Romani 2,838 - 11 2,749 4,130 4,408 3,867 4,576 3,532 8.60
Macedonians 29 54 40 55 105 - 36 47 16 0.33
Bulgarians 9 23 - - - - 33 23 11
Gorani - - - - - - 10 60 87
Montenegrins 23 16 8 23 24 44 7 19 0
Muslims 314 - 134 81 121 133 6 15 18
Yugoslavs - 91 1,081 15 96 75 2 3 2
Others 408 6,286 1,147 550 451 330 878 91 1,470 3.58
Total 55,938 62,804 39,064 43,522 46,689 49,238 43,302 18,067 41,068 100

Religion

Based on the census results from 2022, the Bujanovac Municipality has 68.8% of Muslims majority and substantial 24.8% Christian Orthodox minority.

Religious group Census 2022[19]
Population %
Islam 28,254 68.8
Orthodoxy 10,203 24.8
Other christians 423 1.03
Others 4 0.01
Did not declare 340 0.83
Unknown 1,844 4.49
Total 41,068

Culture and society

Sports

Bujanovac has a number of football teams, the most notable being BSK Bujanovac, Kf Tërnoci and KF Besa.

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[20]

Activity Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing35
Mining and quarrying22
Manufacturing1,228
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply24
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities199
Construction227
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles739
Transportation and storage268
Accommodation and food services261
Information and communication36
Financial and insurance activities31
Real estate activities2
Professional, scientific and technical activities151
Administrative and support service activities52
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security658
Education775
Human health and social work activities456
Arts, entertainment and recreation123
Other service activities109
Individual agricultural workers178
Total5,575
  • Bujanovac Grammar's School
    Bujanovac Grammar's School
  • Town Center Building
    Town Center Building
  • Bujanovac Bus Station
    Bujanovac Bus Station
  • Ljiljance village panorama
    Ljiljance village panorama

International cooperation

Notable people

See also

References
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Notes
a.  ^ At the time, today's municipality of Preševo was a part of Bujanovac.
b.  ^ In the municipality of Bujanovac there was undercoverage of the census units owing to the boycott by most of the members of the Albanian ethnic community.
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