Kolašin
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Kolašin (Cyrillic: Колашин, ) is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 2,989 (2003 census). Kolašin is the centre of Kolašin Municipality (population 9,949) and an unofficial centre of Morača region, named after Morača River.
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- Kolašin
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- Колашин
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- Town and municipality
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- Kolašin Town Center.jpg
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- Main town square in Kolašin
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- Location of Kolašin in Montenegro.
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- Montenegro
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- Location of Kolašin in Montenegro <!--
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- 42.823800
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- 19.52374 -->
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- Country
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- Montenegro
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1
- Northern
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- Municipality
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- Kolašin
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- Founded
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- 17th century
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 8380
- Area
- 897
- Official website
- opstinakolasin.me
- Image
- Kolasin - Town view.JPG
- Licence plate code
- KL
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- Kolašin
- postal code
- 81210
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Kolašin (Cyrillic: Колашин, ) is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 2,989 (2003 census). Kolašin is the centre of Kolašin Municipality (population 9,949) and an unofficial centre of Morača region, named after Morača River.
==Etymology== Rebecca West wrote that the district was originally named Kol I Shen, which is Albanian for 'St. Nicholas', which was inhabited by Catholic Albanians who converted to Islam and who were expelled in 1858 by local tribes.
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