Donja Borina
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Village
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in Serbia
Serbia
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. It is situated in the Mali Zvornik
Mali Zvornik
Mali Zvornik is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 4,384, while the population of the municipality is 12,496. It lays opposite of the Drina river from the town of Zvornik, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:There are traces of...
municipality
Municipality
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, in the Mačva District
Macva District
Mačva District is a district of Serbia. The District expands in the western parts of Serbia, in the geographical regions of Mačva, Podrinje, Posavina, and Pocerina. It has a population of 297,778 people...
of Central Serbia
Central Serbia
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. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population was 1,731 in 2002.
- 1948: 1,187
- 1953: 1,290
- 1961: 1,395
- 1971: 1,446
- 1981: 1,521
- 1991: 1,707
- 2002: 1,731
About village
Donja Borina consists of two major settlements Batar and Andraca. For any of them they do not know exactly how they got the name. Batar is much more urban than Andraca, there is a church, primary school, post,surgery and cultural center, where is the local administration. Andraca is much more rural than Batar, people are mostly engaged in agriculture, lime and selling of timber. Other hamlets are: Dedinje, Stojanovici, Petkovici, Kikanovici, Pavlovici, Filipovici, Lepenica and Gucevo.
Popular Places
Certainly the most attractive part of the village is located near the Drina River, along which there are two restaurants, an old and new Ribarski.Better known is a new one which started in the 1976th and was an unavoidable stop for all those who have journeyed to the sea.His real name is the restaurant "Mladica" and got the name because there is the kind of fish that is a true trophy to all fishermen. Old Ribarski renovated 2000th and now is a pizza restaurant "La Bella."Other restaurants : "kod Micuke", "kod Milisava", "kod Crnogorca", "Stella" and restaurant "Drinska stena"
See also
- List of places in Serbia