Zaječar

Zaječar (Зајечар ; Zăii-cer in Romanian) is a town and municipality in the eastern part of the republic of Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro. The town has a population of 39,700 people, and it's coordinates are 43.91° North, 22.30° East. It is the administrative center of the Zaječar District of Serbia and a main town in the Timočka Krajina region.

Population

In 2002, the population of the Zaječar municipality was 65,969 people, and was composed of 59,867 (90.75%) Serbs, 2,981 (4.52%) Vlachs, etc.

Name

The origin of the name is probably Turkish. "Zāii cer" in Vlach, a language of the local minority nation, means the "Gods are asking (for sacrifice)".