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![[Flag of Bor]](../images/r/rs-bor.gif)
Flag of Bor - Image by Ivan Sarajčić, 19 January 2007
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Bor is a town located in eastern
Serbia, with one of the largest copper mines in Europe. It is the administrative
center of the Bor District of Serbia.
Bor is in a region called the Timočka Krajina (the Timok Frontier).
It is surrounded by many beautiful places such as Banjsko Polje, the
spa-town Brestovačka Banja, the lake Borsko Jezero, and the mountain
Stol, and it is very close to the mountain Crni Vrh. Just outside of
Bor lies another beautiful village by the name of Brestovac.
Throughout the Middle Ages the area around Bor was constantly part of
the Bulgarian Empire to its very end in the late XIVth and the early
XVth century.
Since the mid-1990s and during the time of sanctions on the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, production in the copper mine dropped significantly
from the very prosperous 1970s and 1980s. This has been due to both
diminishing reserves and the inability to obtain new equipment that
would most efficiently gather the remaining ore no longer of high
grade. Copper mining is the key basis of Bor's economy and the
effects of decreased production can be seen all over the town.
Milan Jovanović, 2 January 2007
The flag of Bor, as seen on TV images, is horizontaly divided by a thin white wavy line. The upper field is
blue (possibly symbolyzing skies) while the lower field is green (possibly
symbolizing the mountainous profile of the region). The flag is charged
with an emblem in the center, obviously showing pine tree foliage and
cone, because the Serbian word "bor" means pine.
The flag is a banner of the municipal arms, which can be seen on the municipal website. These arms are typical of new Serbian heraldry,
but with one exception: the local banner of arms and the Serbian tricolor are in ratio2:3
instead of the broadly used ratio of 1:1.
Milan Jovanović & Ivan Sarajčić, 19 January 2007