West Bačka District

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**Западнобачки округ**
**Zapadnobački okrug**
West Bačka (Zapadna Bačka) District within Serbia
Capital	Sombor
Area – Total – % water	? n/a
Population – Total – Density	214,011 (2002) ?
Ethnic groups (2002)	Serbs: 62.91% Hungarians: 10.19% Croats: 6.05% Montenegrins: 4.29% Yugoslavs: 3.21% Rusyns: 2.58% Bunjevci: 1.31%
Commissioner	?
Time zone	UTC +1

West Bačka (Zapadna Bačka) District within Vojvodina

Map of West Bačka District

West Bačka District (Serbian: Zapadnobački okrug or Западнобачки округ, Croatian: Zapadnobački okrug, Hungarian: Nyugat Bácskai Körzet, Slovak: Západnobáčsky okres, Rusyn: Заходнобачки окрух, Romanian: Districtul Bacica de Vest) is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Bačka, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 215,916. The seat of the district is Sombor.

1 Municipalities
2 Ethnic groups
3 Culture
4 Economy
5 External links

[edit] Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:

[edit] Ethnic groups

District population is composed of:

Serbs (62.91%),
Hungarians (10.19%),
Croats (6.05%),
Montenegrins (4.29%),
Yugoslavs (3.21%),
Rusyns (2.58%),
Bunjevci (1.31%),
Others.

[edit] Culture

Sombor is a town of rich cultural tradition: the Roman Catholic church and the Franciscan Monastery from the 18th century, the Perish House originating from the early nineteenth century, the iconostasis of the Big and Small Orthodox church in Stapar are protected monuments registered as cultural heritage, which bare witness to the long history of this town.

[edit] Economy

Today the municipality of Sombor has 1,000 km² of agricultural land, out of which 970 km² makes up the arable land. Besides farming, also cattle raising plays an important part.

Still more dynamic development is achieved in industry, with the prevailing "Bane" metal complex, the Sombor battery factory, the "Crvena zastava" van factory, the "Dunav" shipyard, and particularly food industry which with the capacities of its "Sunce" oil factory and "Somboled" diary, carries out entirely all the processing of the agricultural yield.