Draca

Seven kilometers from Kragujevac's center, surveyors calculated the geographic center of Serbia—and placed it within Drača's domain. This mathematical distinction encapsulates the village's position in Serbia's historical heartland: Šumadija, the forested region that sheltered resistance to Ottoman rule and produced the leaders of both Serbian uprisings. The 2011 census recorded 911 inhabitants in a settlement that has occupied this central terrain for centuries.

Drača Monastery, 9 kilometers north near Gornji Milanovac, anchors the village's spiritual heritage. The monastery's Church of Saint Nicholas dates to 1734, part of the religious infrastructure that survived Ottoman suppression and provided organizational continuity for Serbian identity. The monastery belongs to a network that includes Divostin and Grnčarica—foundations that maintained monastic traditions through centuries of foreign occupation and preserved the ecclesiastical learning that supported national revival.

Modern Drača functions as an agricultural village in Kragujevac's extended hinterland, its residents producing for regional markets while increasingly seeking urban employment. The geographic center designation provides symbolic status but no economic benefit; tourists do not travel to visit abstract coordinates. By 2026, Drača's trajectory depends on whether Kragujevac's industrial economy (centered on the Stellantis automotive plant) creates commuter opportunities or whether continued rural depopulation reduces even Serbia's geographic center to elderly-only occupation.