| Južnobački okrug Јужнобачки округ |
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| — District of Serbia — | |
| Location of South Bačka District in Serbia | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Capital | Novi Sad |
| Government | |
| • Commissioner | Obrad Milošević [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,016 km2 (1,550.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 607,835 |
| • Density | 147.8/km2 (382.8/sq mi) |
| Municipalities | 11 and 1 city |
| Settlements | 77 |
| - Cities and towns | 16 |
| - Villages | 61 |
South Bačka District (Serbian: Јужнобачки округ, Južnobački okrug) is a northern district (okrug) of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Bačka and northern part of Syrmia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 607,835. The main city and seat of the district is Novi Sad, which is also the capital and the largest city of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
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In Serbian, the district is known as Južnobački okrug (Јужнобачки округ), or in official documents, the name may also be spellt Južno-Bački okrug (Јужно-Бачки округ). In Croatian it is known as Južnobački okrug; in Hungarian as Dél-bácskai körzet; in Slovak as Juhobáčsky okres; in Romanian as Districtul Bacica de Sud and in Rusyn, a Cyrillic-based script: Јужнобачки окрух.
District is divided into 11 municipalities and City of Novi Sad, which is divided into two urban municipalities.
The municipalities are:
City of Novi Sad is divided into municipalities of:
Note: for municipalities with Hungarian and Slovak relative or absolute majority names are also given in these languages.
There are 76 towns and villages, and 1 city in South Bačka. The largest settlements in the district are (with population figures):
District population is composed of:
There are 8 municipal areas with Serbian ethnic majority: City of Novi Sad (75%), Sremski Karlovci (76%), Titel (85%), Žabalj (86%), Beočin (68%), Srbobran (67%), Bačka Palanka (78%) and Temerin (64%).
One municipality in the district has a Slovak majority: Bački Petrovac or Báčsky Petrovec in Slovak (66%), and 3 are mixed: Vrbas, with relative Serb majority (48%), Bač, with relative Serb majority (46%) and Bečej or Óbecse in Hungarian, with relative Hungarian majority (49%).
The first Serbian primary school was founded in Bečej in 1703, while the first grammar school was established in Sremski Karlovci in 1791.
Novi Sad is home to the oldest cultural and scientific institution of the Serbian people - the Matica Srpska, which was founded in 1826 in Budapest, and transferred to Novi Sad in 1864. The Serbian National Theatre was founded in Novi Sad in 1861.
Within the district the following industries prevail: chemical, oil, machines, tools and electrical porcelain, textile, food, and construction industry.
By the Serbian government's 2006 Regulation of the administrative districts [2] the names of all districts were changed from okrug (district) to upravni okrug (administrative district). District is governed by the prefect (načelnik) who is appointed by the central government. Prefects of the South Bačka District were:
Official municipality sites:
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