Bor, Serbia
Bor (Serbian Cyrillic - Бор ) is a town in Serbia and location of one of the largest copper mines in Europe. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous Serbian Okruges (Eng. circle ), and the same Opština (English community).
1991, the population was about 60,000. According to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia Bor had 54 046 inhabitants on 30 June 2005.
Geography
Boron is a modern city in the region Timok Krajina. It is surrounded by some spas as Banjsko Polje and Brestovacka Banja and the boron lake and the mountains and Crni Vrh Stol (German Black Lace ). Nearby is one of the largest caves in the Balkans, Lazareva Pecina ( Lazar's Cave) with a length of 9818 meters and an impressive interior.
History
In boron environment since 1856 is one of the largest palaces of the prince Aleksandar Karadjordjević I, who also served as quartermaster of Miloš Obrenović.
In 1903, the copper mine was opened near the town of Bor. This was an important step for the further development of boron.
Since 1947, boron has held the status of a city; at that time the city had 11,000 inhabitants.
Population
The 2002 census showed that 39 387 people live in the town of Bor.
Earlier censuses:
Economy
On the edge of the town of Bor is one of the largest copper mines in Europe, has begun its use in 1903.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the mine was the main source of boron. However, the city experienced in 1990, during the Yugoslav wars, an economic downturn. Many workers moved their families abroad (so-called guest workers ). Since 2003, the city is trying to modernize the mine. The mines were offered in 2007 for sale. The Austrian company A-TEC of the entrepreneur Mirko Kovats submitted in February 2008, before a tender offer for the acquisition of copper mining complex RTB ( Rudarsko topionicarski - industrial complex " Bor" ). For the copper - mining complex RTB Bor $ 466 million were offered another bidder, the company SMR by Russian entrepreneur Oleg Deripaska offered 370 million.
Due to the rising price of copper, the city experienced an economic boom again now, also the tourism wins now also the cultural tourism industry in importance.
Policy
Boron is the administrative center of the homonymous Okruges and Opština same name.
Twin Cities
Boron is twinned with the following cities:
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