Sjenica

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Sjenica is a town in southwestern Serbia known for its harsh winters, high-altitude plateau setting, and production of the famous Sjenica cheese.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeRole municipal seat of the Municipality of Sjenica
areaCode +381 20
cheeseProtectedStatus geographical indication in Serbia
climate continental climate with very cold winters
coordinateLocation 43.27°N 20.00°E
country Serbia
distanceTo about 130 km from Užice
about 60 km from Novi Pazar
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1000 metres
ethnicGroup Bosniaks NERFINISHED
Serbs NERFINISHED
hasCheeseType Sjenica cow milk cheese
Sjenica sheep milk cheese
hasClimateCharacteristic frequent snow cover in winter
very low winter temperatures
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
hasMunicipality Municipality of Sjenica NERFINISHED
hasNearbyProtectedArea Pešter Plateau Special Nature Reserve NERFINISHED
hasPopulation around 14,000 inhabitants (town, early 2020s estimate)
hasProduct Sjenica cheese
dairy products
hasTransportConnection regional roads to Nova Varoš
regional roads to Novi Pazar
regional roads to Prijepolje
historicalRegion Raška region NERFINISHED
knownFor Sjenica cheese NERFINISHED
harsh winters
high-altitude plateau climate
livestock farming
sheep breeding
locatedIn southwestern Serbia NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Zlatibor District NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Sandžak NERFINISHED
locatedNear Uvac River NERFINISHED
locatedOn Pešter Plateau NERFINISHED
majorReligion Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
Islam
municipalityArea over 1000 square kilometres
nearbyAttraction Uvac Special Nature Reserve NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Serbian NERFINISHED
partOf Pešter Plateau NERFINISHED
postalCode 36310
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
vehicleRegistrationCode SJ NERFINISHED

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Raška region contains Sjenica
Sandžak majorTown Sjenica