Districts (Serbian: Окрузи, Okruzi ) are the administrative units of Serbia, comprising several municipalities each. They are defined by the Government of Serbia Enactment of 29 January 1992
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[edit] Term
The slavic the word okrug (округ) denotes administrative subdivision in some states. Its etymology is similar to the German Kreis, circle (in the meaning of administrative division) (although translated in German as Bezirk): okrug is literally something "encircling". In the subdivisions of Serbia, the term is translated as district, sometimes as county.
[edit] Definition
The territorial order of Serbia is regulated by the Law on Territorial Organization, adopted in the National Assembly on 29 December 2007.[1] According to the law, "Territorial organization of the Republic comprises municipalities and cities are the territorial units where the local autonomy is exercised, city of Belgrade as a separate territorial unit, and autonomous provinces as a form of territorial autonomy".
By its Enactment of 29 January 1992, the Government of Serbia defined the districts as "regional centers of state authority", enacting affairs run by the relevant Ministries. Additionally, since the adoption of UNSCR 1244 in 1999 the southern province of Kosovo and Metohija is placed under administration of UN authorities as UNMIK that made a reform to its subdivisions. Serbia is divided into 29 districts (in Central Serbia, Vojvodina and Kosovo) plus the district city of Belgrade.[2]
[edit] List of districts
[edit] Districts in Central Serbia
| District | Capital | Area in km² |
Population in 2002 (rank) |
Population per km² |
Municipalities and cities | Settlements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Belgrade (Grad Beograd)  |
Belgrade | 3,222.68 | 1,576,124 | 488 | 159 | |
| Bor District (Borski okrug)  |
Bor | 3,507 | 146,551 | 41.8 | 90 | |
| Braničevo District (Braničevski okrug)  |
Požarevac | 3,865 | 200,503 | 51.9 | ||
| Jablanica District (Jablanički okrug)  |
Leskovac | 2,769 | 240,923 | 87.0 | 336 | |
| Kolubara District (Kolubarski okrug)  |
Valjevo | 2,474 | 192,204 | 77.7 | 218 | |
| Mačva District (Mačvanski okrug)  |
Šabac | 3,268 | 329,625 | 100.9 | 228 | |
| Moravica District (Moravički okrug)  |
Čačak | 3,016 | 224,772 | 74.5 | 206 | |
| Nišava District (Nišavski okrug)  |
Niš | 2,729 | 381,757 | 139.9 | 285 | |
| Pčinja District (Pčinjski okrug)  |
Vranje | 3,520 | 227,690 | 64.7 | 363 | |
| Pirot District (Pirotski okrug)  |
Pirot | 2,761 | 105,654 | 38.3 | 214 | |
| Podunavlje District (Podunavski okrug)  |
Smederevo | 1,248 | 210,290 | 168.5 | 58 | |
| Pomoravlje District (Pomoravski okrug)  |
Jagodina | 2,614 | 227,435 | 87.0 | 191 | |
| Rasina District (Rasinski okrug)  |
Kruševac | 2,667 | 259,441 | 96 | 296 | |
| Raška District (Raški okrug)  |
Kraljevo | 3,918 | 291,230 | 74.3 | 359 | |
| Šumadija District (Šumadijski okrug)  |
Kragujevac | 2,387 | 298,778 | 125.2 | 174 | |
| Toplica District (Toplički okrug)  |
Prokuplje | 2,231 | 102,075 | 45.7 | 267 | |
| Zaječar District (Zaječarski okrug)  |
Zaječar | 3,623 | 137,561 | 37.7 | 173 | |
| Zlatibor District (Zlatiborski okrug)  |
Užice | 6,140 | 313,396 | 51.0 | 438 |
[edit] Districts in Vojvodina
| District | Capital | Area in km² |
Population in 2002 (rank) |
Population per km² |
Municipalities and cities | Settlements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Banat District (Srednje-banatski okrug)  |
Zrenjanin | 3,256 | 208,456 | 64.0 | 55 | |
| North Bačka District (Severnobački okrug)  |
Subotica | 1,784 | 200,140 | 112.2 | 45 | |
| North Banat District (Severno-banatski okrug)  |
Kikinda | 2,329 | 165,881 | 71.2 | 50 | |
| South Bačka District (Južnobački okrug)  |
Novi Sad | 4,016 | 593,666 | 147.8 | 77 | |
| South Banat District (Južno-banatski okrug)  |
Pančevo | 4,245 | 313,937 | 73.6 | 94 | |
| Srem District (Sremski okrug)  |
Sremska Mitrovica | 3,486 | 335,901 | 96.4 | 109 | |
| West Bačka District (Zapadno-bački okrug)  |
Sombor | 2,420 | 214,011 | 88.4 | 37 |
[edit] Districts in Kosovo and Metohija[a]
Five of the Districts of Serbia are in what it claims as the province of Kosovo and Metohija, with 28 municipalities and 1 city. In 1999, UNMIK created 7 Districts of Kosovo[citation needed] and 30 Municipalities of Kosovo. Serbia does not exercise sovereignty over this polity. For the UNMIK districts and the districts of Kosovo, see Districts of Kosovo.
| District | Capital | Population in 2002 (rank) |
Municipalities and cities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo District (Kosovski okrug)  |
Pristina | 672,292 | |
| Kosovo-Pomoravlje District (Kosovsko-Pomoravski okrug)  |
Gnjilane | 217,726 | |
| Kosovska Mitrovica District (Kosovsko - Mitrovački okrug)  |
Kosovska Mitrovica | 275,904 | |
| Peć District (Pećki okrug)  |
Peć | 414,187 | |
| Prizren District (Prizrenski okrug)  |
Prizren | 376,085 |
[edit] Notes and references
- Notes
| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The Assembly of Kosovo unilaterally declared its independence on 17 February 2008, a move that is recognised by 65 of the 192 UN member states and the Republic of China (Taiwan), but not by other UN member states. Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. |
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