Vranje

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Vranje (Врање) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 42.57° North, 21.91° East. Its name stems from old word for "black" in Serbian language and first appears in 1093, in the Alexiad by Greek royal Anna Comnena. In 2003 the city had total population of 55,200 most of whom are Serbs.

It is the administrative center of the Pčinja District of Serbia, encompassing the Preševo Valley which lies on Serbia-proper's only land border crossing with the Republic of Macedonia.

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