South Bačka District

South Bačka District (Serbian: Јужнобачки округ or 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 593,666. 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.

1 Name
2 Municipalities
3 Settlements
4 Ethnic groups
5 Culture
6 Economy
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Name

In Serbian, the district is known as Јужнобачки округ or Južnobački okrug (in official documents name is also spelled Јужно-Бачки округ or Južno-Bački okrug), in Croatian as Južnobački okrug, in Hungarian as Dél Bácskai Körzet, in Slovak as Juhobáčsky okres, in Rusyn as Јужнобачки окрух, and in Romanian as Districtul Bacica de Sud.

[edit] Municipalities

District is divided into 11 municipalities and City of Novi Sad, which is divided into two urban municipalities.

The municipalities are:

Srbobran
Bač
Bečej (Hungarian: Óbecse)
Vrbas
Bačka Palanka
Bački Petrovac (Slovak: Báčsky Petrovec)
Žabalj
Titel
Temerin
Beočin
Sremski Karlovci

City of Novi Sad is divided into municipalities of:

[edit] Settlements

South Bačka (Južna Bačka) District within Vojvodina

Map of South Bačka District

There are 76 towns and villages, and 1 city in South Bačka. The largest settlements in the district are (with population figures):

Novi Sad (215,659)
Bačka Palanka (29,431)
Vrbas (25,887)
Bečej (25,703)
Temerin (19,143)

[edit] Ethnic groups

District population is composed of:

Serbs (69.06%),
Hungarians (9.28%),
Slovaks (4.65%),
Montenegrins (2.92%),
Yugoslavs (2.68%),
Croats (2.02%),
Rusyns (1.25%),
Roma (1.01%),
Others.

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%).

[edit] Culture

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.

[edit] Economy

Within the district the following industries prevail: chemical, oil, machines, tools and electrical porcelain, textile, food, and construction industry.