Tulare, Medveđa

Tulare (Serbian Cyrillic: Туларе) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Medveđa municipality, in the Jablanica District. According to the 2002 census, Tulare had 166 inhabitants, of whom 117 are ethnic Serbs and 47 are ethnic Montenegrins.

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Coordinates: 42°47′35″N 21°27′32″E / 42.79306°N 21.45889°E / 42.79306; 21.45889

Medveđa

Medveđa (Serbian Cyrillic: Медвеђа, pronounced [ˈmɛdvɛdʑa], Albanian: Medvegja) is a town and municipality in Jablanica District of Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality of Medveđa has a population of 7,438 people, while the town has a population of 3,236.

Etymology

The name is derived from the Serbian word medved (медвед), "bear", hence meaning "the place of the bears".

History

During the Roman period, there was a town (mansia) with the name Idimum located in the cadastral area of the modern town. Architectural debris dating to the 4th century AD lay at various locations of the town, as it was a transitory zone of Upper Moesia; travel and postal stations are among the finds.

Yugoslav Partisans killed approximately 200 people in Medveđa after taking the town in 1944.

The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac, an Albanian insurgent group, was active in the region following the Kosovo War, with the goal to secede these three municipalities from Yugoslavia and join them to Kosovo. The insurgency was crushed in 2001. 44 of 294 attacks were recorded in Medveđa between June 21, 1999 and November 12, 2000. Thereafter, the situation has stabilized.

Medveđa (disambiguation)

Medveđa is a municipality in Serbia.

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Medveđa (Trstenik)

Medveđa is a village in the municipality of Trstenik, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2694 people.

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Coordinates: 43°37′45″N 21°04′42″E / 43.62917°N 21.07833°E / 43.62917; 21.07833