Editing Timok Valley (section)

==Culture==
===Ethnic groups===
{{see also|Vlachs of Serbia|Romanian language in Serbia|Bulgarian language in Serbia}}
[[File:Map of Vlach community in eastern Serbia.jpg|thumb|The Vlach community in eastern Serbia.]] 
The region is inhabited by a majority of [[Serbs]] and minority of [[Romanians]]/[[Vlachs of Serbia|Vlachs]]. 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% Vlachs and 0,96% [[Romani in Serbia|Romani]]. The Serb community traditionally speak the Kosovo–Resava dialect in the north and the Prizren-Timok dialect in the south; however, Standard [[Serbian language|Serbian]] is used in formal communication. The Vlachs speak a variety of two dialects ([[Banat Romanian dialect|Banat]] and [[Oltenian dialect|Oltenian]] dialects) of the Romanian language, which awaits standardization into a hypothetical new language for the Vlachs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 August 2007 |title=Romanii din Valea Timocului, recunoscuti drept minoritate nationala. |url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/a103742/romanii-din-valea-timocului-recunoscuti-drept-minoritate-nationala.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222741/http://www.romanialibera.ro/a103742/romanii-din-valea-timocului-recunoscuti-drept-minoritate-nationala.html |archive-date=2007-09-26 |access-date=2007-10-19 |website=România liberă |language=ro}}</ref> Both Serbs and Vlachs are Eastern Orthodox by denomination. There is currently controversy regarding the ethnic identification of the Vlach community and whether they are Romanians or not.