Sooth Banat Destrict

Sooth Banat Destrict ([Јужнобанатски округ, Južnobanatski okrug] ) is a northeastren destrict o Serbie wi the seat o the destrict in Pančevo. It borders Romanie tae the east. The destrict lees in the region o Banat, in the autonomous province o Vojvodina. It haes a population o 291,327.

Južnobanatski okrug Јужнобанатски округ
Destrict o Serbie
Location o Sooth Banat Destrict in Serbie
Kintra	Serbie
Caipital	Pančevo
Govrenment
• Commissioner	n/a
Area
• Total	4,245 km2 (1,639 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	291,327
• Density	68.6/km2 (178/sq mi)
Municipalities	7 + 1 ceety
Settlements	94
- Ceeties an touns	10
- Veelages	84

Map o Sooth Banat Destrict

Ethnic map o Sooth Banat Destrict

Name

In Serbie, the destrict is kent as Južnobanatski okrug (Јужнобанатски округ), in Croatie as Južnobanatski okrug, in Hungarian as Dél-bánsági körzet, in Slovak as Juhobanátsky okres, in Romanie as Districtul Banatul de Sud, an in Rusyn as /Јужнобанатски окрух/.

Municipalities

It encompasses the follaein municipalities:

• Plandište
• Opovo
• Kovačica (Slovak: Kovačica)
• Alibunar
• Vršac
• Bela Crkva
• Pančevo
• Kovin

Ethnic groups

The major ethnic groups (2002) are:

• Serbs: 220,641 (70.28%)
• Romanians: 21,618 (6.88%)
• Hungarians: 15,444 (4.91%)
• Slovaks: 15,212 (4.84%)
• Macedonies: 7,636 (2.43%)
• Roma: 6,268 (1.99%)
• Yugoslavs: 5,687 (1.81%)

Maist o the municipalities in the destrict hae an ethnic Serb majority, while the municipality o Kovačica is ethnically mixed, wi a relative Slovak majority (41%).

Cultur

Pančevo is distinguished for its numerous cultural institutions: the Naitional Library 'Veljko Vlahović', the Historic Archives, an the Institute for Protection o Cultur Monuments.

The maist remarkable cultural monuments o this region are: The Vojlovica Monastery, biggit in 1405, the Kirk o Assumption an the Kirk o Transfiguration biggit in 1811 an the Naitional Museum, biggit in 1833.

Economy

In this modren, industrial region staund oot the Pančevo Ile Refinery, the Azotara Fertilizers Plants, an the Pančevo Petrochemistry.

Note: Aw offeecial material made bi Govrenment o Serbie is public bi law. Information wis taken frae offeecial wabsteid.

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