Podunavlje District

The Podunavlje District (Podunavski okrug, Подунавски округ) lies in Serbia, it expands across the central part of Serbia. The population of the district is 226,589, and the Seat of the District is in the city of Smederevo.

1 Municipalities
2 The ethnic structure of the Podunavlje District (2002 census)
3 Historical population
4 History and culture
5 Economy
6 Settlements
7 See also

[edit] Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:

[edit] The ethnic structure of the Podunavlje District (2002 census)

Total population of the District in 2002 was 210,290, including:

Serbs = 202,008 (96.1%)
Roma = 2,541 (1.2%)
Montenegrins = 774 (0.4%)
Macedonians = 555 (0.3%)
Yugoslavs = 471 (0.2%)
Croats = 326 (0.2%)
Hungarians = 186 (0.1%)
Romanians = 136 (0.1%)
Others = 3,293 (1.4%)

[edit] Historical population

Year	Population
1948	153,423
1961	180,558
1971	197,656
1981	220,930
1991	226,589
2002	210,290

[edit] History and culture

Smederevo was the capital of the Serb State in the fourteenth century - there stood the royal palace at the time of the then Serbian ruler Đurađ Branković. Today, in the remnants of the Smederevo fortress, finished in 1430, traces of the former palace, chapel, and the house of the royal family can be discerned. At the old city cemetery stands a church from the fourteenth century, assumed to have been the family vault of the Serb ruler Đurađ Branković, which gave rise to numerous legends.

[edit] Economy

In economic regard, Smederevo is today one of the leading cities in Serbia. Its major companies are the Smederevo Metal-processing Combine, the DP "Zelvoz" working on the technology of passenger, transport and special railroad cars, the "Fagram" holding enterprise producing constructional machines - which, together with the "Tehnogas", "Jugopetrol", and "Lasta" have contributed to making this region a successful and dynamic industrial center.