Mali Zvornik

Mali Zvornik
Mali Zvornik; Мали Зворник
	Municipality and Town
	Zvornik (left) and Mali Zvornik (right) Zvornik (left) and Mali Zvornik (right)
	Location of the municipality of Mali Zvornik within Serbia; Location of the municipality of Mali Zvornik within Serbia
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Country	Serbia
District	Mačva
Settlements	12
Government
• Mayor	Jovo Rogan (SD)
Area
• Municipality	184 km2 (71 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Town	4,384
• Municipality	12,496
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	15318
Area code	+381 15
Car plates	LO
Website	www.malizvornik.org

Mali Zvornik (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали Зворник, pronounced [mâːliː zʋɔ̌rniːk]) 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

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On Orlovine Hill near Mali Zvornik there are remains of the large Medieval fortress that was probably built in the first half of the 15th century, in the time of the Serbian Despotate. During the Ottoman rule, this area was part of the Pashaluk of Bosnia.

Until 1878 it was the only Bosnian municipality on the right side of river Drina, when it eventually became part of the independent Kingdom of Serbia. In the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century, population of Mali Zvornik numbered 115 houses. The municipality of Mali Zvornik was officially established in 1955.