The town and municipality bears the name of the historical Raška region.

It was the first Nemanjić’s independent country and the center of culture and the statehood of Serbs in the middle ages.

[3] From 1929 to 1941, Raška was part of the Zeta Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The ethnic composition of the municipality:[5] The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022):[6]

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