Topola

Serbia and Montenegro / Central Serbia / Topola /
 town, former national capital

Topola (Serbian Cyrillic: Топола) is a town and municipality situated in the Šumadija region of Serbia. It was the place where Karađorđe, a Serbian revolutionary, was chosen as the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804.

The name Topola means poplar.
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Coordinates:   44°15'4"N   20°40'56"E
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