It is the fourth largest city in Serbia,
the administrative centre of Sumadija District.
The name of the town derived
from the archaic Serbian word "kraguj",
which is a name used for a particular species of hawk,
thus the name means "hawk's nesting place".
Before the arrival of the Slavs,
the territory of present city was inhabited
by the Illyrians and Romans.
This territory was captured from Byzantium by Stefan Nemanja,
who consolidated the Serbian state in the twelfth century.
Kragujevac has developed transportation infrastructure.
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