Kostolac
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| Kostolac Костолац |
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| — Town — | |
| Coordinates: 44°43′N 21°10′E / 44.717°N 21.167°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
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| District | Braničevo |
| Municipality | Požarevac |
| Government | |
| - Municipality president | Dušan Vujčić (SPS) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| - Total | 9,313 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code(s) | +381 12 |
| Car plates | PO |
| Website | http://www.pozarevac.rs/ |
Kostolac (Костолац,Romanian : Caştelu) is a small Serbian town on the Danube river in the Braničevo District. The remains of the Roman capital of the province of Moesia Superior Viminacium are located near Stari Kostolac some 20km to the east of Kostolac. Kostolac is situated in the municipality of Požarevac. Kostolac is a center of area called Stig and home of thermo-power plants and coal mines.
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[edit] Demographics
Ethnic groups in the town (2002 census):
- Serbs = 6,913
- Roma = 1,756
- others (e.g. Vlachs/Romanians)
[edit] History
Viminacium, a major city of the Roman province of Moesia, and the capital of Moesia Superior was situated 20 km to the east of this location, near Stari Kostolac.
Đorđe Vajfert opened coal mines in Kostolac. During WWII, Germans constructed first power plant "Mali Kostolac" ("small Kostolac"). After the war, people from every where came to build it.
[edit] Industry
Kostolac has two thermal power plants:
- TPP "Kostolac A" – with 2 blocks – total available capacity of 281 MW and production of 716 GWh
- TPP "Kostolac B" – with 2 blocks – total available capacity of 640 MW and production of 3,027 GWh
Thermal power blocks of Economic Association "Thermal Power Plants and Mines Kostolac" plc with total available capacity of 921 MW, make 11 percent of the total available capacity of the electric power system of Serbia.
Electric power production in Economic Association "Thermal Power Plants and Mines Kostolac" plc of 3,743 GWh makes almost 11 percent of the total electric power production in EPS's system.
Thermal power plants Economic Association "Thermal Power Plants and Mines Kostolac" plc use fuel lignite produced at open-pit mines "Cirikovac" and "Drmno", for electric power production.
In addition to electric power, TPP "Kostolac A" produces heating energy for heating the cities of Kostolac and Požarevac.
[edit] Features
Near Kostolac is the archaeological site at Viminacium, a former Roman outpost with wide streets, luxurious villas, extensive baths and an amphitheater, just recently opened to the public.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ (in Serbian) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2003. ISBN 86-84443-00-09.
