Orlja (Pirot)
Orlja | |
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Village | |
Orlja | |
| Coordinates: 43°18′43″N 22°25′24″E / 43.3119°N 22.4233°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Region | Southern and Eastern Serbia |
| District | Pirot |
| Municipality | Pirot |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 75 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Orlja is a village in the municipality of Pirot, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 75 people.[1]
Shale deposit
Orjla sits on an oil shale deposit, which has oil shale reserves amounting to 70 million tonnes, one of the largest oil shale reserves in Serbia and Europe. The deposit has an organic content equivalent to 1.5 million tonnes of shale oil.[2]
References
- ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
- ^ Čokorilo, Voijin; Lilić, Nikola; Purga, Jaanus; Milisavljević, Vladimir (2009). "Oil shale potential in Serbia" (PDF). Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal. 26 (4). Estonian Academy Publishers: 451–462. doi:10.3176/oil.2009.4.02. ISSN 0208-189X. Retrieved 2010-09-12.