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South Backa District is a northern district (okrug) of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Backa 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.
Name
In Serbian, the district is known as Južnobacki okrug (?????????? ?????), or in official documents, the name may also be spellt Južno-Backi okrug (?????-????? ?????).
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South Backa District is a northern district (okrug) of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Backa 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.
Name
In Serbian, the district is known as Južnobacki okrug (?????????? ?????), or in official documents, the name may also be spellt Južno-Backi okrug (?????-????? ?????). In Croatian it is known as Južnobacki okrug; in Hungarian as Dél-Bácskai Körzet; in Slovak as Juhobácsky okres; in Romanian as Districtul Bacica de Sud and in Rusyn, a Cyrillic-based script: ?????????? ?????.
Municipalities
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:
Settlements
There are 76 towns and villages, and 1 city in South Backa. The largest settlements in the district are (with population figures):
Ethnic groups
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%), Beocin (68%), Srbobran (67%), Backa Palanka (78%) and Temerin (64%).
One municipality in the district has a Slovak majority: Backi Petrovac or Bácsky Petrovec in Slovak (66%), and 3 are mixed: Vrbas, with relative Serb majority (48%), Bac, with relative Serb majority (46%) and Becej or Óbecse in Hungarian, with relative Hungarian majority (49%).
Culture
The first Serbian primary school was founded in Becej 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.
Economy
Within the district the following industries prevail: chemical, oil, machines, tools and electrical porcelain, textile, food, and construction industry.
Administration
By the Serbian government's 2006 Regulation of the administrative districts the names of all districts were changed from okrug (district) to upravni okrug (administrative district). District is governed by the prefect (nacelnik) who is appointed by the central government. Prefects of the South Backa District were:
- 19?? - 1997: Jovo Ubibarip
- 1997 - April 12, 2001: Obrad Miloševic
- April 12, 2001 - June 28, 2002: Arsen Kurjacki (b.1958)
- June 28, 2002 - April 29, 2004: Branko Bjelajac
- April 29, 2004 - November 3, 2005: Darko Mandic
- November 3, 2005 - July 6, 2007: Svetlana Selakovic (b.1957)
- July 6, 2007 - present: Darija Šajin (b.1973)
External links
Official municipality sites:
Note: All official material made by Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from .
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