2011 census
the town has a population of 42,916, and its coordinates are 43.91° North,
22.30° East. Zaječar has a number of primary and secondary schools as well as
the first private college established in Serbia, the Faculty of Management Megatrend
University. Zaječar is widely known for its rock music festival Gitarijada which has existed for more than 40
years and for the festival dedicated to contemporary art,ZALET. It is the
administrative center of the Zaječar
District and a main town in
the Timočka Krajina region
