Novi Pazar

Novi Pazar (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar", pronounced [nôʋiː pǎzaːr]) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabitants.[3] The city is the cultural center of the Bosniaks in Serbia and the region of Sandžak.[4] A multicultural area of Muslims and Orthodox Christians, many monuments of both religions, like the Altun-Alem Mosque and the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, are found in the region which has a total of 30 protected monuments of culture.[5]

For other places with the same name, see Novi Pazar (disambiguation).
Novi Pazar

Нови Пазар
City
City of Novi Pazar
Coat of arms
Location of the city of Novi Pazar within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°08′16″N 20°30′58″E
Country Serbia
RegionŠumadija and Western Serbia
DistrictRaška
Founded1461
Settlements100
Government
 • MayorNihat Biševac (SDP)
Area
Area rank31st in Serbia
 • Urban15.34 km2 (5.92 sq mi)
 • Administrative742 km2 (286 sq mi)
Elevation
477 m (1,565 ft)
Population
 (2011 census)[2]
 • Rank14th in Serbia
 • Urban
66,527
 • Urban density4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 • Administrative
100,410
 • Administrative density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
36300
36302
36303
36316
36318
36319
36322
Area code+381(0)20
ISO 3166 codeSRB
Car platesNP
ClimateCfb
Websitewww.novipazar.rs

Name

During the 14th century under the old Serbian fortress of Stari Ras, an important market-place named Trgovište started to develop. By the middle of the 15th century, in the time of the final Ottoman Empire conquest of Old Serbia, another market-place was developing some 11 km to the east. The older place became known as Staro Trgovište (Old Trgovište, Turkish: Eski Pazar) and the younger as Novo Trgovište (New Trgovište, Turkish: Yeni Pazar). The latter developed into the modern city of Novi Pazar.

The name Novi Pazar (meaning "New Bazaar") was derived from the Serbian name Novo Trgovište, via the Turkish name Yeni Pazar, which is itself derived from bazaar (from Persian بازار (bāzār) 'market'; from Pahlavi بهاچار (bahā-chār) 'place of prices').[6] It is still known as Yeni Pazar in modern-day Turkey.

Geography

Novi Pazar is located in the valleys of the Jošanica, Raška, Deževska, and Ljudska rivers. It lies at an elevation of 496m, in the southeast Raška region. The city is surrounded by the Golija and Rogozna mountains, and the Pešter plateau lies to the west. The total area of the city administrative area is 742 km². It contains 100 settlements, mostly small and spread over hills and mountains surrounding the city. The largest village is Mur, with over 3000 residents.

Climate

Novi Pazar has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) typical of the hilly Raška region. It is generally cooler than Serbia's other major cities, though still significantly warmer than the neighboring town of Sjenica.

Climate data for Novi Pazar
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 2.7
(36.9)		 5.6
(42.1)		 11.1
(52.0)		 15.5
(59.9)		 20.1
(68.2)		 23.6
(74.5)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.4
(79.5)		 22.7
(72.9)		 16.5
(61.7)		 8.8
(47.8)		 4.3
(39.7)		 15.3
(59.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.6
(30.9)		 1.6
(34.9)		 6.3
(43.3)		 10.2
(50.4)		 14.6
(58.3)		 18.0
(64.4)		 20.1
(68.2)		 20.1
(68.2)		 16.7
(62.1)		 11.4
(52.5)		 5.2
(41.4)		 1.2
(34.2)		 10.4
(50.7)
Average low °C (°F) −3.9
(25.0)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 1.5
(34.7)		 5.0
(41.0)		 9.2
(48.6)		 12.5
(54.5)		 14.1
(57.4)		 13.8
(56.8)		 10.7
(51.3)		 6.4
(43.5)		 1.6
(34.9)		 −1.8
(28.8)		 5.6
(42.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 71
(2.8)		 64
(2.5)		 66
(2.6)		 74
(2.9)		 92
(3.6)		 78
(3.1)		 68
(2.7)		 62
(2.4)		 69
(2.7)		 80
(3.1)		 93
(3.7)		 83
(3.3)		 900
(35.4)
Source: [7]

History
Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul from the 9th century

One of the oldest monuments of the area is the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul first built in the Roman era. The capital city of the Principality of Serbia, Ras, which was ruled by the Vlastimirović dynasty from 768 to 980, was near the modern city and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In the next centuries, the region of modern Novi Pazar served as the principal province of the Serbian realm. It was an administrative division, usually under the direct rule of the monarch and sometimes as an appanage. It was the crownland, seat or appanage of various Serbian states throughout the Middle Ages, including the Serbian Kingdom (1217-1345) and the Serbian Empire (1345-1371). In 1427, the region and the remnant of Ras, as part of the Serbian Despotate, was ruled by Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. One of the markets was called "despotov trg" (Despot's square).[8] In 1439, the region was captured by the Ottoman Empire, but was reconquered by the Serbian Despotate in 1444. In the summer of 1455, the Ottomans conquered the region again, and named the settlement of Trgovište Eski Bazar (Old Market). Novi Pazar was formally founded as a city in its own right in 1461 by Ottoman general Isa-Beg Ishaković, the Bosnian governor of the district (sanjak) who also founded Sarajevo.[9] Ishaković decided to establish a new town on the area of Trgovište as an urban center between Raška and Jošanica, where at first he built a mosque, a public bath, a marketplace, a hostel, and a compound.

It was the chief town of the Ras province (vilayet) until its disestablishment in 1463, when it became part of the Jeleč Vilayet. The first written document which mentions Novi Pazar dates from the 15th century, and describes the decision of the Republic of Ragusa to appoint a consul there. The town was well developed by this time, being at the intersection of important routes leading to Dubrovnik, Niš, Sofia, Constantinople, Salonica, Sarajevo, Belgrade and Budapest. The town also remained the capital of the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, which continued until the 20th century as a constitutive unit of Bosnia Eyalet. The sanjak was occupied and administered by Austria-Hungary from 1878. In 1908 it was returned to the Ottoman Empire as part of the Kosovo Vilayet, but taken over by the Kingdom of Serbia in 1912, during the First Balkan War.

The area has traditionally had a large number of Albanians and Muslim Slavs with a different culture from the Orthodox Serbs.[10] A contemporary report stated that when the Serb forces entered the Sandjak of Novi Pazar, they "pacified" the Albanians.[11] In 1913, Novi Pazar officially became part of the Kingdom of Serbia, and as such, became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918. From 1929 to 1941, Novi Pazar was part of the Zeta Banovina of the Yugoslavia.

In the Battle for Novi Pazar, fought at the end of 1941 during the Second World War, the Chetniks, initially supported by the Partisans, unsuccessfully tried to capture the city. Following the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević on 5 October 2000, newly elected Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Đinđić made considerable efforts to help economically the whole area of Novi Pazar. Also, with the help of Đinđić, the International University of Novi Pazar was founded in 2002. He made close relations with the leaders of Bosniaks, as part of his wider plan to reform Serbia.[12] Twelve years following his assassination, the Novi Pazar Assembly decided to rename one street in his name.[13]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
194844,020—    
195350,189+2.66%
196158,776+1.99%
197164,326+0.91%
198174,000+1.41%
199185,249+1.43%
200285,996+0.08%
2011100,410+1.74%
Source: [14]
Prvomajska Street in Novi Pazar.

According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Novi Pazar has 100,410 inhabitants, while the city itself has 68,749 inhabitants. A total of 68.47% of population live in urban area of the city. The population density is 135.32 inhabitants per square kilometer.[15]

Novi Pazar has 23,022 households with 4,36 members on average; the number of homes is 28,688.[16]

Religion structure in the city of Novi Pazar is predominantly Muslim (82,710), with Serbian Orthodox (16,051), Atheists (71), Catholics (51), and other minority groups.[17] Most of the population speaks either Bosnian (74,501) or Serbian (23,406).[17]

The composition of population by sex and average age:[17]

  • Male - 49,984 (32.90 years) and
  • Female - 50,426 (34.14 years).

A total of 33,583 citizens (older than 15 years) have secondary education (44.41%), while the 7,351 citizens have higher education (9.72%). Of those with higher education, 5,005 (6.62%) have university education.[18]

Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition of Novi Pazar settlements (2002 census)

From the 15th century to the Balkan Wars, Novi Pazar was the capital of the sanjak of Novi Pazar. Typically, like other centres of the wider area, its composition was multiethnic, with Albanians, Serbs and Slavic-speaking Muslims as the main communities.[19] The Ottoman travel writer Evliya Celebi noted that it was one of the most populated towns in the Balkans in the 17th century. Jews also lived in the city until World War II.[20] The entire Jewish population of Novi Pazar - 221 individuals, were imprisoned, sent to the concentration camp Staro Sajmište and killed during the rule of Aćif Hadžiahmetović.[21] The ethnic composition of the city administrative area:[22][23]

Ethnic group Population
1953[24]		 Population
1961[25]		 Population
1971[26]		 Population
1981[27]		 Population
1991[28]		 Population
2002[29]		 Population
2011[3]
Bosniaks - - - - - 65,593 77,443
Serbs 25,177 27,933 25,076 21,834 19,064 17,599 16,234
Muslims - 23,250 37,140 49,769 64,251 1,599 4,102
Roma - 37 210 444 334 69 566
Gorani - - - - - 15 246
Albanians 144 126 307 233 209 129 202
Montenegrins 174 543 359 295 232 109 44
Yugoslavs 13,564 1,261 183 931 700 136 67
Turks 11,009 - - - - - -
Others 263 5,627 1,057 494 459 747 1,506
Total 50,331 58,777 64,326 74,000 85,249 85,996 100,410

Ethnic composition of the urban area of the city:

Ethnic group Population
1948[30]		 Population
1953[24]		 Population
1981[27]		 Population
1991[28]		 Population
2002[29]		 Population
2011[3]
Bosniaks/Muslims 1,085 - 32,798 43,774 47,243 58,252
Serbs 10,678 3,466 6,689 6,698 6,724 6,576
Gorani - - - - - 240
Albanians - 134 208 172 120 162
Yugoslavs - 5,944 848 570 105 64
Turks - 4,280 - - - -
Montenegrins - 145 246 190 93 39
Others 229 135 310 345 1,541 3,410
Total 11,992 14,104 41,099 51,749 54,604 68,749

Settlements

Aside from the urban area of Novi Pazar (54,604), the city administrative area includes the following settlements, with population from the 2002 census:

Politics

Novi Pazar is governed by a city assembly composed of 47 councillors, a mayor and vice-mayor. After the last legislative election held in 2012, the local assembly is composed of the following groups:[31]

  • European Novi Pazar - Rasim Ljajić SDP, SDPS (18)
  • Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (11)
  • Bošnjačka demokratska zajednica Sandžaka - Muamer Zukorlić (10)
  • Aleksandar Vučić - Srbija pobeđuje (5)
  • Mirsad Đerlek - SNP (3)

Economy

Lying on crossroads between numerous old and new states, Novi Pazar has always been a strong trade center. Along with the trade, the city developed manufacturing tradition. During the 20th century, it became a center of textile industry.

Paradoxically, during the turbulent 1990s and, Novi Pazar prospered, even during the UN sanctions, boosted by the strong private initiative in textile industry. Jeans of Novi Pazar, first of forged trademarks, and later on its own labels, became famous throughout the region. However, during the relative economic prosperity in Serbia of the 2000s, the Novi Pazar economy collapsed, with demise of large textile combines in mismanaged privatization, and incoming competition from the import.

Economic figures

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2019):[32]

Activity Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing60
Mining and quarrying55
Manufacturing3,887
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply148
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities454
Construction2,042
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles3,855
Transportation and storage1,443
Accommodation and food services849
Information and communication253
Financial and insurance activities214
Real estate activities7
Professional, scientific and technical activities542
Administrative and support service activities279
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security1,347
Education2,517
Human health and social work activities1,580
Arts, entertainment and recreation281
Other service activities635
Individual agricultural workers592
Total21,038

Society and culture

Monuments

The old Serbian Orthodox monastery of Sopoćani, the foundation of St King Uroš I, built in the second half of the 13th century and located west of Novi Pazar, is a World Heritage Site since 1979 accompanying with Stari Ras (Old Ras), a medieval capital of the Serbian great župan Stefan Nemanja.[33][34][35]

The city also houses the oldest intact church in Serbia and one of the oldest ones in the region which dates from the 9th-century, the Church of St Peter. The church's walls were defaced with graffiti on 6 April 2008. The police have not officially concluded why the incident occurred.[36]

On a hilltop overlooking Novi Pazar is the 12th century monastery of Đurđevi stupovi, long left in ruin, but recently restored and with a monastic community using it, with plate glass to keep out the weather and preserve the fine frescos. The main mosque of the city, the Altun-Alem Mosque, was built in the first half of the 16th century by architect Abdul Gani.[37][38]

There are various other historic Ottoman buildings, such as the 17th-century Amir-agin Han, a 15th-century Hammam, and the 15th-century Turkish fortress (all gone but the walls, the site of which is now a walled park in the city centre).[39][40]

Education
Faculty for Islamic studies in Novi Pazar

Novi Pazar is home to two universities, the International University of Novi Pazar and the State University of Novi Pazar.

Sport
Novi Pazar City Stadium

The city's football club FK Novi Pazar was founded in 1928, under the name "FK Sandžak", which later changed to "FK Deževa". The club has played under its current name since 1962, when Deževa and another local football club, FK Ras, unified under this name. The club was a SFRJ amateur champion, and a member of the Yugoslav Second League. FK Novi Pazar qualified for a promotional play-off twice, but lost both times (to FK Sutjeska Nikšić in 1994, and to FK Sloboda Užice in 1995). FK Novi Pazar finally promoted to Serbian SuperLiga in 2011-12 season. FK Novi Pazar is the oldest second-league team in Serbia. Football is still an extremely popular sport in Novi Pazar and the city stadium is always full.

Volleyball clubs in the city are OK Novi Pazar (first league) and OK Koteks.

The Handball club is in the second league and used to have the name "Ras" but it was changed to RK Novi Pazar in 2004.

The Basketball club of the city is OKK Novi Pazar.

Famous athletes from the city include Turkish basketball national team player Mirsad Jahović Türkcan, former football player of Besiktas Sead Halilagić, handball-player Mirsad Terzić (who represents Bosnia and Herzegovina) and young football players Adem Ljajić, Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Armin Đerlek and alpinist Basar Čarovac who climbed all seven continents' highest peaks.

International cooperation
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia

List of Novi Pazar's sister and twin cities:[41]

Other friendships and cooperations, protocols, memorandums:[41]

  • Novi Pazar city center
  • Novi Pazar city center
  • Novi Pazar city center
  • Novi Pazar Mosque in the neighborhood
  • Archeological artifacts, Museum of Ras
  • Serbian household from the 19th and early 20th century, Museum of Ras

Notable residents

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