Jagodina (Serbian Cyrillic: Јагодина, pronounced [jâɡodina] ⓘ) is a city and the administrative center of the Pomoravlje District in central Serbia.

In the early Neolithic settlement, the world's largest collection of prehistoric artefacts was found, with nearly a 100 manlike figures made of stone, bones and clay, about 8000 years old.

[citation needed] Geophysical research in 2012 in the area of Belica uncovered a prehistoric settlement, surrounded by a circular trench that has a 75-metre-long (246 ft) diameter.

In addition, Bronze Age settlement has been discovered in a part of town called Sarina Međa.

On top of Juhor mountain there was a Celtic oppidum, and in the village of Novo Lanište a Triballi settlement.

Coins of Emperor Phokas and Constantine IV from 643/4 and fibulae have been found in the region, as well as Early Slavic pottery dating to the 6th century.

[3] In 1183 Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja liberated the areas of Belica, Levač and Lepenica from the rule of Byzantine Empire.

During the second half of the 15th century, in the Ottoman Empire's tax registers, a certain Miloš Belmužević is mentioned as the landlord of Jagodina.

In Jagodina, by the command of Dervish-bey, certain German clockmaker built a clock tower, which was a rarity in Ottoman Empire at the time.

In the year 1660, a traveler named Evlija Čelebija states that the town has 1500 houses and that the entire population is made of Christians that were converted to Islam.

During the Serbian Revolution (1804–1815), when Serbs began their uprising against the centuries-long Ottoman rule, Jagodina was a scene of numerous battles, given the town's strategic importance within Serbia proper.

Following the Ottoman defeat and re-establishment of the Kingdom of Serbia, Jagodina experienced a period of relative industrial and civic development.

Following World War II, Jagodina was heavily industrialized and underwent a period of planned expansion and growth within communist Yugoslavia.

The ethnic composition of the municipality:[6] Ratko Stevanović, vice president of United Serbia party, is the mayor of Jagodina.

When the Aqua Park and Zoo opened, the tourism rate in Jagodina started to rise exponentially.

Vivo shopping park attracts people not only from the local region, but from several other cities as well, including Belgrade.

About ⅔ of its production is placed on the foreign market, representing more than 60% of the total exports of the Serbian cable industry.

As for the roads of regional significance, the following pass through the city: An electric double-track railway goes through Jagodina which connects Central Europe with Southern Europe and Asia.Total length of railway network in the city is 34 km (21 mi), of which 28 km (17 mi) are electric.