of 1883 resulted from economic, political and social factors. Between 1918 and 1922, two districts of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes existed in the area – Krajina District, with seat in Negotin, and Timok District with seat in Zaječar. In 1922, these two districts were merged into the newly formed Timok Oblast with seat in Zaječar. Timok Oblast existed until 1929 when it was included into the newly formed Morava Banovina with seat in Niš. At present there are two districts in the area: Bor District with seat in Bor; and Zaječar District with seat in Zaječar. Culture Ethnic groups The region is inhabited by a majority of Serbs and minority of Romanians. Based on the 2002 census and results in the Bor and Zaječar Districts (which together had 284,112 inhabitants), there were 85,58% Serbs, 8,31% Romanians and 0,96% Romani. The Serb community traditionally speak the Kosovo–Resava dialect in the north and the Prizren-Timok dialect in the south, however, standard Serbian is used in formal communication. The Romanians speak a variety of two dialects (Banat and Oltenian dialects) of the Romanian language. Both Serbs and Romanians are Eastern Orthodox by denomination. There is currently controversy regarding the ethnic identification of the Timok Romanian community and whether they are Romanians or not. The local Romanians are known as "Vlachs" in Serbian and do not identify with the state of Romania. Gallery References Sources External links Geographical regions of Serbia Geography of Southern and Eastern Serbia