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Gazetteer - Gazetteer See also World gazetteer A gazetteer is a database used to relate text labels to geospatial or in some cases temporal information. For instance, if one types "California, USA", the database would return the location and possibly the actual footprint of the feature. Another, more archaic use of the word gazetteer is that which refers to a writer or a journalist..

World gazetteer - World gazetteer A world gazetteer is a world-wide geographic dictionary index; a combination atlas/almanac. It typically contains information concerning the geographic makeup of a country or region, and the social statistics, e.g. population, GDP, literacy rate, etc. They can be found in reference sections of most libraries. Gazetteer editors gather information from census reports and organize it in digest form. World gazetters usually consist of an alphabetical listing of countries, with pertenant statistics for each one, with some gazetters listing information on cities of varying sizes. Gazetteers are not limited to describing political features; they can also describe any geographical features such as mountains, waterways, or roads. A world gazetteer is distinguished from other gazetteers by virtue of its inclusion of the entire world, instead of centering.

Kaludjerica - and Montenegro ''Source: The World Gazetteer.

Kikinda - cities in Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

Kosovo Polje - "Field of Blackbirds". In 2003 the city had a total population of 28,600. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

Kosovska Mitrovica - Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

Kragujevac - 44.02° North, 20.92° East(The World Gazetteer). Its name stems from word "sparrow-hawk" in Serbian language. Kragujevac is known for its weapons munitions and car factory, Zastava, which produces Yugo automobiles. The University of Kragujevac (f. 1976) is also located there. The first University in Serbia was founded in this city in 1838, as well as the first Grammar school(Gymnasium), Printworks (both in 1833), Theatre (1834) and Military school (1837). During the period of 1818- 1839, Kragujevac was the capital of a Domain of Serbia, during the reign of the Serbian prince Milos Obrenovic. City insignia Kragujevac experienced a lot of historical turbulence, not always without severe casulties.First mentioned in Turkish documents from the 15th century as a "village of Kragujevdza" (the name comes after the bird griphon - "kraguj" in Serbian),.

Kraljevo - of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

Krusevac - in Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

Jagodina - of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

Indjija - it may have existed as early as 1455. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

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Vrbas - at 45.57° North, 19.65° East. Its name stems from word "Willow" in Serbian language. In 2002 the city has total population of 25,887. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Reference "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com )''.

Vranje - of 55200. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Reference "The World Gazetteer" - http://www.world-gazetteer.com.

Vrsac - 26000. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Reference "The World Gazetteer" http://www.world-gazetteer.com.

Geographic references - and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page. 1 The United States Census Bureau's 2000 gazetteer. This was the primary source for the latitude and longitude values for about 23,500 U.S. cities. The data are indexed by state, county, and place FIPS codes. Source: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html 2 The United States Census Bureau's 2000 census data. Much of the geographic and demographic information for the U.S. states, counties, and cities came from the raw data on the site. The data are not totally accurate due to various polling errors, but they are a sufficient estimator. See the Bureau's website for more information. The data were used for the following topics: geographic areas (total, land, and water), population and housing unit densities, demographic spreads across race,.

Geographic coordinates (obtaining) - where you find coordinates, always look to see if they seem reasonable. See also Geographic coordinate system External Links : Census Gazetteer: to identify U.S. places with coordinates. Getty TGN coordinates of places all over the world..

Gnjilane - estimated to have 69,200 citizens. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

Zajecar - Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).

Gornji Milanovac - the west; the nearest village on the road is Takovo, where Takovo Uprising begun; and into road Gornji Milanovac-Donji Banjani (see Donji Banjani) to the north; the nearest village on the road is Kalimanici. South of Milanovac, villages Brdjani to the west and Prislonica to the east are connected to E763 with local roads. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro Data taken from "The World Gazetteer" (http://www.world-gazetteer.com ).


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