Okrug Severni Banat

Severnobanatski okrug
Severni Banat
State :	Serbia
Area :	2,329 km²
Residents :	165,881 (2002)
Capital :	Kikinda
ISO 3166-2 :	RS-03

Severni Banat ( . Serb Severno-Banatski okrug or Северно-Банатски округ , Hungarian. Észak-bánsági körzet , slowak. Severobanátsky okres , rum. Districtul Banatul de Nord , kroat. Sjeverno-Banatski okrug , German District Nordbanat ) is a Serbian administrative district in northern part of Vojvodina .

It consists of the following city administrations:

Kanjiža (Hungarian Magyarkanizsa )
Senta (Hungarian Zenta )
Ada
Čoka (Hungarian Csóka )
Novi Kneževac (Hungarian Törökkanizsa )
Kikinda (Hungarian Nagykikinda )

According to the 2002 census, this district has 165,881 inhabitants. The main administrative seat is the city of Kikinda .

Ethnically, the population in the district consists mainly of Magyars (78,551 or 47.4%) and Serbs (72,242 or 43.6%) and others.

The most commonly used languages are Serbian and Hungarian with 48% each.

City administrations with a Serb majority are Kikinda (76%) and Novi Kneževac (59%), with a Magyar majority Ada (77%), Čoka (52%), Kanjiža (86%) and Senta (81%). Of the 50 sub-municipalities, there are 19 with a Serb majority, 1 with a mixed majority and the rest with a Magyar majority.

In Kikinda was founded in 1878 , the first Serbian printing the first library opened a year later Serbia . Well-known personalities of the city are for example the painters Teodor Ilić Češljar, Nikola Aleksić, Đura Pecić and Đura Jakšić, who are also known internationally.

Kikinda is the center of Serbian clay material production with the company IGM DD Toza Marković , which is the oldest European clay factory. Other economic focuses are the manufacture of agricultural machines and tools ( 25 Maj and Electron ), which also has many international customers.

Largest settlements

(Status: 2002 census)

Place name	Cyrillic	Residents
Kikinda	Кикинда	41,825
Senta	Сента	20,363
Ada	Ада	10,546
Kanjiža	Кањижа	10.193
Novi Kneževac	Нови Кнежевац	7,567
Mole	Мол	6,780
Horgoš	Хоргош	6,300
Mocrine	Мокрин	5,905
Čoka	Чока	4,720

Okrug Severni Banat

Largest settlements

See also