Municipalities of Serbia
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There are 200 municipalities in Serbia: 124 in Central Serbia, 46 in Vojvodina and 30 in Kosovo (UNMIK). Of those, 29 are urban municipalities, which are parts of cities of Belgrade (17), Kragujevac (5), Niš (5) and Novi Sad (2).
Like in many other countries, municipalities are the basic entities of local autonomy in Serbia: they have assemblies elected on local elections (held every 4 years), presidents (predsednici opština), property (including public service companies) and budget. Districts (okruzi) are only administrative units, and have no assemblies or independent budget. In addition, the urban municipalities of the four cities above mentioned also have their city assemblies and other prerogatives; only their presidents are formally referred to as mayors (gradonačelnici), although the non-city municipality presidents are often informally referred to as such.
Advocates of reform of Serbian local autonomy system point out that Serbian municipalities (with 50,000 citizens in average) are the largest in Europe, both by territory and number of citizens, and as such can be inefficient in handling citizens' needs and distributing the income from the country budget into most relevant projects.[1][2][unreliable source?] The most populous municipality is New Belgrade, with around 218,000 citizens, and the largest is Zrenjanin with 1,380 km² (532.8 sq mi).
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[edit] Municipalities in Central Serbia
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- Bor District (Borski okrug), with its seat in Bor, with municipalities:
- Braničevo District (Braničevski okrug), with its seat in Požarevac, with municipalities:
- Jablanica District (Jablanički okrug), with its seat in Leskovac, with municipalities:
- Kolubara District (Kolubarski okrug), with its seat in Valjevo, with municipalities:
- Mačva District (Mačvanski okrug), with its seat in Šabac, with municipalities:
- Moravica District (Moravički okrug), with seat in Čačak, with municipalities:
- Nišava District (Nišavski okrug), with its seat in Niš, with municipalities:
- Pčinja District (Pčinjski okrug), with its seat in Vranje, with municipalities:
- Pirot District (Pirotski okrug), with its seat in Pirot, with municipalities:
- Podunavlje District (Podunavski okrug), with its seat in Smederevo, with municipalities:
- Pomoravlje District (Pomoravski okrug), with its seat in Jagodina, with municipalities:
- Rasina District (Rasinski okrug), with its seat in Kruševac, with municipalities:
- Raška District (Raški okrug), with its seat in Kraljevo, with municipalities:
- Šumadija District (Šumadijski okrug), with seat in Kragujevac, with municipalities:
- Aranđelovac
- Batočina
- Knić
- City of Kragujevac, with municipalities:
- Lapovo
- Rača
- Topola
- Toplica District (Toplički okrug), with its seat in Prokuplje, with municipalities:
- Zaječar District (Zaječarski okrug), with seat in Zaječar, with municipalities:
- Zlatibor District (Zlatiborski okrug), with its seat in Užice, with municipalities:
[edit] Municipalities in Vojvodina
- Central Banat District (Srednje - Banatski okrug), with its seat in Zrenjanin, with municipalities:
- North Bačka District (Severno - Bački okrug), with seat in Subotica, with municipalities:
- North Banat District (Severno - Banatski okrug), with its seat in Kikinda, with municipalities:
- South Bačka District (Južno - Bački okrug), with its seat in Novi Sad, with municipalities:
- Bač
- Bačka Palanka
- Bački Petrovac
- Bečej
- Beočin
- City of Novi Sad, with municipalities
- Srbobran
- Sremski Karlovci
- Temerin
- Titel
- Vrbas
- Žabalj
- South Banat District (Južno - Banatski okrug), with its seat in Pančevo, with municipalities:
- Srem District (Sremski okrug), with its seat in Sremska Mitrovica, with municipalities:
- West Bačka District (Zapadno - Bački okrug), with its seat in Sombor, with municipalities:
[edit] Municipalities in Kosovo (UNMIK)
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- District of Đakovica (Komuna e Gjakovës/Đakovički okrug), with its seat in Đakovica, with municipalities:
- District of Gnjilane (Komuna e Gjilanit/Gnjilanski okrug), with its seat in Gnjilane, with municipalities:
- District of Kosovska Mitrovica (Komuna e Mitrovicës/Kosovskomitrovački okrug), with its seat in Kosovska Mitrovica, with municipalities:
- District of Peć (Komuna e Pejës/Pećki okrug), with its seat in Peć, with municipalities:
- District of Priština (Komuna e Prishtinës/Prištinski okrug), with its seat in Priština, with municipalities:
- District of Prizren (Komuna e Prizrenit/Prizrenski okrug), with its seat in Prizren, with municipalities:
- District of Uroševac (Komuna e Ferizajt/Uroševački okrug), with its seat in Uroševac, with municipalities:
[edit] See also
- Districts of Serbia
- Districts of Kosovo
- Municipalities of Kosovo
- former Districts of Kosovo and Metohija
[edit] References
- (English) Municipalities of Serbia, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, issued 2006, ISSN 1452-4856
[edit] External links
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jerinić, Jelena. "Konkretni oblici učeća građana", Lokalna samouprava, Permanent conference of cities and municipalities/Vreme, 2006-12-01, p. 6. Retrieved on 2007-07-31. (Serbian)
- ^ Local Communities in Serbia: How to Become an Effective Voice for Citizens. USAID/Serbia Local Government Report Program (2004-07-01). Retrieved on 2007-07-31.
- ^ (Serbian) Informatika JP Novi Sad, Stanje u registru stanovništva April 11, 2005; municipality of Petrovaradin was formally established in 2005 to fulfill the legal requirements on city status, but as of 2006 has no characteristics of full-functioning municipality.
