West Bačka District
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| Западнобачки округ Zapadnobački okrug |
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| Capital | Sombor | ||
| Commissioner | n/a | ||
| Municipalities | 4 | ||
| Settlements | 37 | ||
| - Cities and towns | 5 | ||
| - Villages | 32 | ||
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| Land area | 2,420 km² | ||
| Population (census 2002) | 214,011 | ||
| - density | 88.4/km² | ||
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West Bačka District (Serbian: Zapadnobački okrug or Западнобачки округ) 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.
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[edit] Name
In Serbian, the district is known as Zapadnobački okrug or Западнобачки округ, in Croatian as Zapadnobački okrug, in Hungarian as Nyugat Bácskai Körzet, in Slovak as Západnobáčsky okres, in Rusyn as Заходнобачки окрух, and in Romanian as Districtul Bacica de Vest.
[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.
[edit] External links
Vojvodina: Central Banat • North Bačka • North Banat • South Bačka • South Banat • Srem • West Bačka
Central Serbia: Bor • City of Belgrade • Braničevo • Jablanica • Kolubara • Mačva • Moravica • Nišava • Pčinja • Pirot • Podunavlje • Pomoravlje • Rasina • Raška • Šumadija • Toplica • Zaječar • Zlatibor
UN administered Kosovo (1990-1999) : Kosovo • Kosovo-Pomoravlje • Kosovska Mitrovica • Peć • Prizren
Note: All official material made by Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from official website.
