International conference Days of Applied
Psychology is held at the premises of the
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy of
the University of Niš. They are located in Ćirila
i Metodija 2 street, in Niš, Serbia.
Niš is the largest city of southern
Serbia and the third-largest city in Serbia (after
Belgrade and Novi Sad). It is the administrative
center of the Nišava District.
According to the 2011 census, the
city has population of 183,164, while urban area
of Niš (with adjacent urban settlement of Niška
Banja included) has 187,544 inhabitants, and
population of metro area stands at 260,237 people.
The University of Niš (Serbian:
Универзитет у Нишу / Univerzitet u Nišu) is a
university in Niš, Serbia. It was founded in 1965
and it consists of 13 faculties with 1500
teachers, 630 staff and extracurricular staff, and
around 30,000 students. It has a university
library "Nikola Tesla"; the Faculty of Technology
is in Leskovac and the Teacher-Training Faculty is
in Vranje.
Niš is one of the oldest cities in
the Balkans and Europe, and has from ancient times
been considered a gateway between the East and the
West. It was named Navissos by the Scordisci in
279 BC, after an invasion of the Balkans. The city
was among several taken in the Roman conquest in
75 BC; the Romans built the Via Militaris in the
1st century, with Naissus being one of its key
towns; it is also the birthplace of Constantine
the Great, the first Christian Emperor and the
founder of Constantinople, and Constantius III and
Justin I. It is home to one of the oldest churches
in Serbia, dating to the 4th century, located in
the suburb of Mediana.
Niš is one of the most important
industrial centers in Serbia, a center of
electronics industry (see Elektronska Industrija
Niš), industry of mechanical engineering, textile
and tobacco industry. Constantine the Great
Airport is its international airport. In 2013 the
city was host to the celebration of 1700 years of
Constantine's Edict of Milan.
The town was named after the Nišava
River, which flows through the city and which was
named Navissos by the Celtic masters of the city
in the 3rd century BC; it was then known as Roman
Naissus, Byzantine Nysos and Slavic Niš. Legend
has it that Niš was founded by a Prince Nisa, who
built it using the nearby Humska čuka stone.
Niš is situated at the 43°19'
latitude north and 21°54' longitude east, in the
Nišava valley, near the spot where it joins the
South Morava. The main city square, the city's
central part, is at 194 m (636 ft) above sea
level. The highest point in the city area is
"Sokolov kamen" (Falcon's rock) on the Suva
planina (Dry Mountain) (1,523 m (4,997 ft)) while
the lowest spot is at Trupale, near the mouth of
the Nišava (173 m (568 ft)). The city covers
596.71 square kilometres (230 sq mi) of five
municipalities.
The road running from the north down
the Morava River valley forks into two major lines
at Niš: the southern line, leading to Thessalonica
and Athens, and the eastern one leading towards
Sofia and Istanbul.
Average temperature in September,
when Days of Applied Psychology take place, is
17.4 °C, and typically ranges between 11 °C and 25
°C during the day. Average annual
temperature in the area of Niš is 11.2 °C (52.2
°F). July is the warmest month of the year, with
an average of 21.2 °C (70.2 °F). The coldest month
is January, averaging at 0.2 °C (32.4 °F). The
average of the annual rainfall is 567.25 mm (22.33
in). The average barometer value is 992.74 mb. On
average, there are 123 days with rain and snow
cover lasts for 45 days.
Nišville jаzz festivаl is an
international jazz festival that takes place in
Niš, and with a decision of Ministry of Culture of
the Republic of Serbia is marked as an event of
”National Importance”. Nišville also gets award
”Best from Serbia” in 2011 and award ”Tourist
Flower” as the best manifestation in Niš. Nišville
is held in Niška tvrđava (Niš fortress) each
August.
Source and read more on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C5%A1
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