Oraovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ораовица) is a village in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2210 people.
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The Grdelica train bombing occurred on 12 April 1999, when two AGM-130 missiles fired by a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle fighter bomber hit a passenger train while it was passing across a railway bridge over the South Morava river in the Grdelica gorge, some 300 kilometres south of Belgrade, Serbia. At least 20 civilian passengers were killed or declared missing. Estimates of the total death toll run as high as 60. It is considered the deadliest rail bombing by two NATO missiles in Serbian history.
The bombing occurred during Operation Allied Force, a NATO operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia aimed at forcing the FRY government to end the repression of Albanians in Kosovo. The campaign had begun by attacking mainly military targets, but by mid-April the emphasis had changed to strategic and economic targets such as transport links, particularly major bridges.
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Grdelica is a town in southern Serbia. It is situated in the Leskovac municipality, in the Jablanica District. The total population of the town was 3,194 people as of the 2011 census. For census purposes, Grdelica is divided into two adjacent parts, southern "Grdelica town" and northern "Grdelica village".
Grdelica lies at the South Morava river, on the mountainous terrain at the entrance of the Grdelica Gorge. It lies at an important transport route, on the main road and railway corridor linking Serbia with Macedonia and Greece. In 2016., the section around Grdelica was the last part of the A1 motorway to be completed to a full dual carriageway profile.
It is the largest settlement on the route from Leskovac to Vranje, and it was a seat of a municipality until absorbed by the Leskovac municipality in the 1960s.
Grdelica has a football stadium, a basketball court and a swimming pool. "Desanka Maksimović" is the name of the primary school. Woodworks "Danilo Bošković" and "Textile Industry Grdelica" are two major factories.
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Slatina is a village in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 639 people.
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Nesvrta is a village in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 128 people.
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Dedina Bara is a village in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 802 people.