The Central Banat District (Serbian: Средњобанатски округ, romanized: Srednjobanatski okrug, pronounced [srêdɲoːbǎnaːtskiː ôkruːɡ]; Hungarian: Közép-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of Banat. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 186,851 inhabitants. The administrative center is the city of Zrenjanin.
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Central Banat District
Srednjobanatski okrug Средњобанатски округ Közép-bánsági körzet | |
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District of Serbia | |
Images from the Central Banat District | |
![]() Location of the Central Banat District within Serbia | |
Coordinates: 45°22′N 20°23′E | |
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Administrative center | Zrenjanin |
Government | |
• Commissioner | Predrag Rađenović |
Area | |
• Total | 3,256 km2 (1,257 sq mi) |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 187,667 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
ISO 3166 code | RS-02 |
Municipalities | 4 and 1 city |
Settlements | 55 |
- Cities and towns | 4 |
- Villages | 51 |
Website | www |
In Serbian, the district is known as Srednjobanatski okrug or Средњобанатски округ, in Croatian as Srednjobanatski okrug, in Hungarian as Közép-bánsági körzet, in Slovak as Sredobanátsky okres, in Romanian as Districtul Banatul Central, and in Rusyn as Стредобанатски окрух.
It encompasses the city of Zrenjanin and the following municipalities:
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 218,821 | — |
1953 | 221,667 | +0.26% |
1961 | 229,812 | +0.45% |
1971 | 231,486 | +0.07% |
1981 | 230,962 | −0.02% |
1991 | 221,353 | −0.42% |
2002 | 208,456 | −0.54% |
2011 | 187,667 | −1.16% |
Source: [1] |
According to the last official census done in 2011, the Central Banat District has 187,667 inhabitants.
Ethnic composition of the Central Banat district:[2]
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Serbs | 134,264 | 71.54% |
Hungarians | 23,550 | 12.55% |
Romani | 7,267 | 3.87% |
Romanians | 4,214 | 2.25% |
Slovaks | 2,135 | 1.14% |
Croats | 796 | 0.42% |
Yugoslavs | 769 | 0.41% |
Macedonians | 521 | 0.28% |
Montenegrins | 378 | 0.20% |
Bulgarians | 298 | 0.16% |
Germans | 219 | 0.12% |
Albanians | 194 | 0.10% |
Muslims | 116 | 0.06% |
Slovenes | 113 | 0.06% |
Russians | 108 | 0.06% |
Others | 12,725 | 6.78% |
Total | 187,667 |
There are many buildings that stand out by their beauty: the Orthodox Church of Assumption from 1746, the Roman Catholic Church in Arač from 13th century and the Roman Catholic Cathedral from 1868 and the Reformatory Church from 1891.
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Cities, towns and villages in the Central Banat District | |
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Zrenjanin |
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Žitište |
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Nova Crnja |
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Novi Bečej |
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Sečanj |
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(*) bold are municipalities or cities |
Districts of Serbia | |
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Vojvodina | |
Belgrade | |
Šumadija and Western Serbia | |
Southern and Eastern Serbia | |
Kosovo and Metohija1 | |
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