Orašac (Aranđelovac)
Place in Šumadija, Serbia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orašac (Serbian Cyrillic: Орашац) is a village in the municipality of Aranđelovac in Central Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1462 people.[1] It is best known as the starting point of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, as the site of the Orašac Assembly.
Orašac | |
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 School building in Orašac | |
| Coordinates: 44°19′44″N 20°35′07″E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Šumadija |
| Municipality | Aranđelovac |
| Elevation | 328 m (1,076 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 1,462 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 34308 |
| Area code | (+381) 34 |
| Vehicle registration | AR |
American anthropologists Joel and Barbara Halpern wrote an extensive body of papers and books about Orašac. The books include A Serbian Village (1958)[2] and A Serbian Village in Historical Perspective (1986).[3]
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