Official Name: | Podgorac |
Native Name: | |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Serbia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Serbia |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Zaječar District |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Boljevac |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 2218 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 43.9442°N 21.945°W |
Podgorac (Serbian: Подгорац; Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Podgorț) is a village in the municipality of Boljevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2218 people.[1]
There is an 18th-century Ottoman Turkish public fountain built with the funds donated by a certain Osman Bey and therefore named (in Serbian) Osmanbegova česma.
For a brief period in 1840/41 school year, Đura Jakšić was a village school teacher here.