Districts of Serbia

Main article: Administrative divisions of Serbia

Districts of Serbia.

Districts (Serbian: Окрузи, Okruzi), officially called administrative districts (управни окрузи, upravni okruzi) are the administrative units of Serbia, comprising several municipalities and/or cities each. They are defined by the Government of Serbia's Enactment of 29 January 1992. Districts are regional centers of state authority and they do not have any form of self-government. They run affairs in the name of the Government.

There are 29 districts in Serbia (7 in Vojvodina, 17 in Central Serbia and 5 in Kosovo). The only part of Serbia that is not part of any district is the territory of the City of Belgrade which has a special status, very similar to that of a district. Every districts has its seat in the largest city of the district.

Term

The slavic 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.

Definition

The territorial organisation of Serbia is regulated by the Law on Territorial Organization, adopted by the National Assembly on 29 December 2007. According to the Law, the territorial organization of the republic comprises municipalities and cities, the City of Belgrade with special status, and autonomous provinces. Districts are not mentioned in this law but are defined by the Government of Serbia's Enactment of 29 January 1992. They are defined as the districts as "regional centers of state authority", enacting affairs run by the relevant Ministries.

Serbia is divided into 29 districts (17 in Central Serbia, 7 in Vojvodina and 5 in Kosovo), plus the City of Belgrade. The City of Belgrade is not part of any district, but has a special status very similar to that of a district.

Districts of Kosovo

Serbian laws treat Kosovo as integral part of Serbia (Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija). The Enactment defines five districts on the territory of Kosovo. But, since 1999, Kosovo is under United Nations' administration of UNMIK. In 2000, the UNMIK administration changed territorial organisation on the territory of Kosovo. All five districts were abolished, and seven new districts were created. Serbian government does not recognize this move, and accepts only five pre-2000 districts.

Further information: Districts of Kosovo

List of districts

Districts in Central Serbia

Districts in Central Serbia.

District	Seat	Area in km²	Population in 2011 (rank)	Population per km²	Municipalities and cities	Settlements
Bor District (Borski okrug)	Bor	3,507	123,848	35.3	Bor Kladovo Majdanpek Negotin	90
Braničevo District (Braničevski okrug)	Požarevac	3,865	180,480	46.7	Veliko Gradište Požarevac Golubac Malo Crniće Žabari Petrovac Kučevo Žagubica	189
Jablanica District (Jablanički okrug)	Leskovac	2,769	215,463	77.8	Leskovac Bojnik Lebane Medveđa Vlasotince Crna Trava	336
Kolubara District (Kolubarski okrug)	Valjevo	2,474	174,228	70.4	Osečina Ub Lajkovac Valjevo Mionica Ljig	218
Mačva District (Mačvanski okrug)	Šabac	3,268	297,778	91.1	Bogatić Šabac Loznica Vladimirci Koceljeva Mali Zvornik Krupanj Ljubovija	228
Moravica District (Moravički okrug)	Čačak	3,016	212,149	70.3	Gornji Milanovac Čačak Lučani Ivanjica	206
Nišava District (Nišavski okrug)	Niš	2,729	373,404	136.8	Aleksinac Svrljig Merošina Ražanj Doljevac Gadžin Han City of Niš	285
Pčinja District (Pčinjski okrug)	Vranje	3,520	158,717	45.1	Vladičin Han Surdulica Bosilegrad Trgovište Vranje Bujanovac Preševo	363
Pirot District (Pirotski okrug)	Pirot	2,761	92,277	33.4	Bela Palanka Pirot Babušnica Dimitrovgrad	214
Podunavlje District (Podunavski okrug)	Smederevo	1,248	198,184	158.8	Smederevo Smederevska Palanka Velika Plana	58
Pomoravlje District (Pomoravski okrug)	Jagodina	2,614	212,839	84.8	Jagodina Ćuprija Paraćin Svilajnac Despotovac Rekovac	191
Rasina District (Rasinski okrug)	Kruševac	2,667	240,463	90.2	Varvarin Trstenik Ćićevac Kruševac Aleksandrovac Brus	296
Raška District (Raški okrug)	Kraljevo	3,918	300,102	76.6	Kraljevo Vrnjačka Banja Raška Novi Pazar Tutin	359
Šumadija District (Šumadijski okrug)	Kragujevac	2,387	290,900	121.8	Aranđelovac Topola Rača Batočina Knić Lapovo City of Kragujevac	174
Toplica District (Toplički okrug)	Prokuplje	2,231	90,600	40.6	Prokuplje Blace Kuršumlija Žitorađa	267
Zaječar District (Zaječarski okrug)	Zaječar	3,623	118,295	32.6	Boljevac Knjaževac Zaječar Sokobanja	173
Zlatibor District (Zlatiborski okrug)	Užice	6,140	284,729	46.4	Bajina Bašta Kosjerić Užice Požega Čajetina Arilje Nova Varoš Prijepolje Sjenica Priboj	438

Districts in Vojvodina

Districts in Vojvodina.

District	Seat	Area in km²	Population in 2011 (rank)	Population per km²	Municipalities and cities	Settlements
Central Banat District (Srednjebanatski okrug)	Zrenjanin	3,256	186,851	57.4	Novi Bečej Nova Crnja Žitište Sečanj Zrenjanin	55
North Bačka District (Severnobački okrug)	Subotica	1,784	185,552	104.0	Subotica Bačka Topola Mali Iđoš	45
North Banat District (Severnobanatski okrug)	Kikinda	2,329	146,690	63.0	Kanjiža Senta Ada Čoka Novi Kneževac Kikinda	50
South Bačka District (Južnobački okrug)	Novi Sad	4,016	607,835	151.3	Srbobran Bač Bečej Vrbas Bačka Palanka Bački Petrovac Žabalj Titel Temerin Beočin Sremski Karlovci City of Novi Sad	77
South Banat District (Južnobanatski okrug)	Pančevo	4,245	291,327	68.6	Plandište Opovo Kovačica Alibunar Vršac Bela Crkva Pančevo Kovin	94
Srem District (Sremski okrug)	Sremska Mitrovica	3,486	311,053	89.2	Šid Inđija Sremska Mitrovica Irig Ruma Stara Pazova Pećinci	109
West Bačka District (Zapadnobački okrug)	Sombor	2,420	187,581	77.5	Sombor Apatin Odžaci Kula	37

Districts in Kosovo and Metohija

Districts in Kosovo and Metohia.

Five of Serbian Districts are on the territory of Kosovo, comprising 28 municipalities and 1 city. In 2000, UNMIK created 7 new districts^{[citation needed]} and 30 municipalities. Serbia does not exercise sovereignty over this polity. For the UNMIK districts and the districts of Kosovo, see Districts of Kosovo. For known reasons and the whole situation on Kosovo and Metohija, it was not included in 2011 census so there is no newer information about demographics on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija.

District	Seat	Population in 2002 (rank)	Municipalities and cities
Kosovo District (Kosovski okrug)	Pristina	672,292	Pristina Glogovac Kosovo Polje Lipljan Obilić Podujevo Uroševac Štimlje Kačanik Štrpce
Kosovo-Pomoravlje District (Kosovsko-Pomoravski okrug)	Gnjilane	217,726	Kosovska Kamenica Novo Brdo Gnjilane Vitina
Kosovska Mitrovica District (Kosovskomitrovički okrug)	Kosovska Mitrovica	275,904	Kosovska Mitrovica Leposavić Srbica Vučitrn Zubin Potok Zvečan
Peć District (Pećki okrug)	Peć	414,187	Peć Istok Klina Đakovica Dečani
Prizren District (Prizrenski okrug)	Prizren	376,085	Orahovac Suva Reka Prizren Gora

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 latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 86 UN member states.

References

See also

• Administrative divisions of Serbia
• Municipalities and cities of Serbia
• ISO 3166-2:RS