Titograd District
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Titograd District
Titogradski srez Титоградски срез | |
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| Country |  Montenegro |
| Administrative centre | Titograd |
| Government | |
| • Commissioner | n/a |
| Municipalities | 7 |
| - Cities and towns | 7 |
The Titograd District (Montenegrin: Титоградски срез, romanized: Titogradski srez) was a former district within Montenegro. The administrative centre of the Titograd District was Titograd (modern-day Podgorica).[1] Along with other cities (Veles, Drvar, Korenica, Vrbas, Mitrovica and Velenje), it was named in honor of Josip Broz Tito, former President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980. [2]
Background
After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Podgorica became a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1918 to 1941 in the Zeta Oblast, then replaced by Zeta Banovina, where it would fall to German occupation of Yugoslavia in World War II, where it would be bombed over 80 times. [3] Shortly after the fall of the city, it would be liberated on 19 May 1944 by Yugoslav Partisans, being 14 days prior bombed by the United States Army Air Force in an attack against Axis forces.
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
On 12 July 1946, Josip Broz Tito made one of his visits to Podgorica where he would hold his speech there,[4] citing that the city would be rebuilt altogether because of their responsibility and the sacrifices the city had given.[5] On 25 July 1948, the vice president of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Andrija Mugoša along with secretary Gavron Cemović had renamed Podgorica into "Titovgrad" [6] where it would in a contradiction, the legal code of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had recorded the name as "Titograd" excluding the letter V,[7] ultimately being used over "Titovgrad".[8] Adding to the new name, Titograd had seen large development, including the construction of the Radoje Dakić factory in 1946 for heavy machinery,[9] Kombinat constructed in 1969 after a competition between Zadar and Mostar [10] and the foundation of the Public University "Veljko Vlahović" established in 1974 in the city.
Contemporary history
As Yugoslavia began to broke up, what was once Titograd was renamed to Podgorica after a referendum on 2 April 1992, returning to its old name and being succeeded by Podgorica Capital City.[11]
Municipalities
The district encompassed the municipalities of: