Central Serbia

Central Serbia under the direct administration of the Serbian government

Central Serbia ( Serbian Централна Србија Centralna Srbija ), in Germany also called Engeres Serbia , is the name of the region of the Republic of Serbia without Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija , which is directly administered by the Serbian government based in Belgrade. The area extends over an area of ​​55,968 km² with a population of 5,466,009 (as of 2002). The area largely corresponds to the size of Serbia before the Balkan Wars .

Central Serbia forms the largest part of the Republic of Serbia with the cities of Belgrade , Kragujevac , Čačak , Valjevo , Niš , Smederevo and Požarevac .

population

The population is predominantly Serbian , in the south of the region there are minorities who form majorities in communities, such as Bosniaks on the border with Montenegro , the so-called Sandžak , Roma , Albanians in the south on the border with Macedonia, Bulgarians in the south-east on the border with Bulgaria and Romanian Wallachians northeast on the border with Romania and Bulgaria. Since the Yugoslav wars, many Serbian refugees from Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina and internally displaced persons from Kosovo have lived in central Serbia .

Political structure

Districts in central Serbia

Serbia has been divided into districts since July 24, 1991 . According to the law, the administrative centers, cities and branches form the basis of the territorial organization. In contrast to the autonomous provinces, central Serbia is directly subordinate to the Serbian central government.

In central Serbia there are 18 districts, which are divided into a total of 122 municipalities.

Web links

Commons : Central Serbia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Census 2002 and statistical data ( English ) ( Memento from March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 370 kB)