Prahovo

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Prahovo
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Prahovo
Coordinates: 44°17′32″N22°35′34″E / 44.29222°N 22.59278°E / 44.29222; 22.59278
CountryFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
District Bor District
Municipality Negotin
Population
 (2002)
  Total1,506
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Prahovo is a village on the river Danube in the municipality of Negotin, Serbia with a population of 1506 people at the 2002 census. [1] The battle of Prahovo took place in 1810 near the village during the First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813).

Nearby sections of the river are still crowded with German shipwrecks sunk during the Second World War in late 1944 to block passage to the Soviet military, restricting the navigable channel. [2]

Drought in 2022 dropped river levels and exposed dozens of the sunken warships, still laden with ammunition and explosives, presenting a safety hazard. [3]

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References

  1. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN   86-84433-00-9
  2. "Čišćenje Dunava od NATO bombi". 2011-02-18. Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. Fedja, Grulovic (2022-08-19). "Sunken WW2 German Warships Exposed by Low water Levels on Danube". MarineLink. Retrieved 2022-08-20.

Coordinates: 44°17′32″N22°35′34″E / 44.29222°N 22.59278°E / 44.29222; 22.59278