City of Leskovac Profile 1 Contents 1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…6 2 Background information……………………………………………………………………………………………..7 2.1 Location (geography) ...................................................................................................... 8 2.2 General information ......................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Climate ......................................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Local government (administration) ................................................................................... 18 2.5 History, tradition and cultural heritage .............................................................................. 19 3 Natural resources ............................................................................................ 21 4 Human resources ............................................................................................. 23 4.1 Population statistics (number of inhabitants and population growth) .................................... 23 4.2 Population by type of neighborhood ................................................................................. 24 4.3 Population events........................................................................................................... 24 4.4 Population by marital status ............................................................................................ 25 4.5 Major age groups ........................................................................................................... 25 4.6 Gender structure of population ........................................................................................ 27 4.7 Ethnic structure of population .......................................................................................... 28 4.8 Religious structure of population ...................................................................................... 29 4.9 Language structure of population ..................................................................................... 29 4.10 Population by work-ability ............................................................................................... 29 4.10.1 Structure population by work-ability and gender .............................................................29 4.10.2 Working population by profession and sector of work .....................................................30 4.11 Educational structure of population .................................................................................. 31 4.12 Families and households ................................................................................................. 32 4.12.1 Families ..........................................................................................................................32 4.12.2 Households.....................................................................................................................32 4.13 Migration of population ................................................................................................... 33 4.13.1 Moved in ........................................................................................................................33 4.13.2 Daily commuting ............................................................................................................34 5 Housing resources .......................................................................................... 35 5.1 Housing statistics ........................................................................................................... 35 5.2 Housing construction ...................................................................................................... 37 5.3 Market prices ................................................................................................................. 38 6 Economy ............................................................................................................ 39 6.1 Economy structure by sectors .......................................................................................... 40 6.2 Industry ........................................................................................................................ 45 6.3 Agriculture .................................................................................................................... 49 6.4 Forestry ........................................................................................................................ 52 6.5 Total production ............................................................................................................ 53 6.6 Companies according to number of employees .................................................................. 53 6.7 Macroeconomic indicators ............................................................................................... 53 6.8 Export structure ............................................................................................................. 55 6.9 Export structure by destination ........................................................................................ 55 City economy......................................................................................................................... 56 6.10 City budget revenues ...................................................................................................... 56 6.11 City budget expenditures ................................................................................................ 56 Institutions ............................................................................................................................ 56 6.12 Public utility enterprises .................................................................................................. 56 6.13 Public enterprises ........................................................................................................... 57 6.14 Financial institutions ....................................................................................................... 57 Investments .......................................................................................................................... 58 6.15 Realized investments in private sector .............................................................................. 59 6.16 Planned investments in private sector ............................................................................... 59 6.17 Investment structure ...................................................................................................... 61 6.18 Industrial zones and industrial parks ................................................................................ 62 6.18.1 Sites of industrial zones/parks ........................................................................................63 6.18.2 Topographic characteristics of sites ................................................................................63 6.18.3 Access roads ..................................................................................................................64 2 2 6.18.4 Zoning ............................................................................................................................64 6.18.5 Soil composition .............................................................................................................64 6.18.6 Available utility infrastructure .........................................................................................64 6.18.7 Capacity development costs and operation costs of industrial zones/parks .....................65 6.19 Other investment sites .................................................................................................... 65 6.20 City incentives ............................................................................................................... 66 6.21 Taxes – local, regional and national.................................................................................. 68 6.22 Permitting process ......................................................................................................... 69 7 Labor .................................................................................................................. 73 7.1 Number and structure of employed .................................................................................. 73 7.2 Employment by sectors ................................................................................................... 73 7.3 Average wages .............................................................................................................. 74 7.4 Wages by sectors ........................................................................................................... 75 7.5 Employment .................................................................................................................. 75 7.6 Unemployment .............................................................................................................. 76 7.7 Unemployment rate ........................................................................................................ 76 7.8 Unemployment by education level .................................................................................... 77 7.9 Unemployment by length of unemployment .....................................................................