page_title: Gornji Milanovac
hierarchical_section_title: Gornji Milanovac
caption_attribution_description: English: Municipal location in Serbia
context_page_description: Gornji Milanovac is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406.
  The city was founded in 1853. Before 1859 the original name of the city was Despotovac, after the Despotovica river passing by the town. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of the Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović. Its name means Upper Milanovac.
context_section_description: Gornji Milanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Гoрњи Милановац, [ɡôːrɲiː mǐlanoʋats] (listen)) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406.
  The city was founded in 1853. Before 1859 the original name of the city was Despotovac, after the Despotovica river passing by the town. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of the Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović. Its name means Upper Milanovac (there is a Lower Milanovac as well, while Milanovac stems from the name Milan in Serbian).
caption: Location of the municipality of Gornji Milanovac within Serbia
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