Braničevo District

Braničevo District
Браничевски округ
Administrative district of Serbia
Images from the Braničevo District
Location of district in Serbia
Coordinates: 44°37′N 21°11′E / 44.617°N 21.183°E / 44.617; 21.183
Country Serbia
Administrative centerPožarevac
Government
 • CommissionerAleksandar Đokić
Area
 • Total
3,865 km2 (1,492 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
156,367
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeRS-11
Municipalities7 and 1 city
Settlements189
- Cities and towns7
- Villages182
Websitebranicevski.okrug.gov.rs

The Braničevo District (Serbian: Браничевски округ, romanized: Braničevski okrug, pronounced [brǎnitʃɛv̞skiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 156,367 inhabitants.[1] Braničevo District is named after the village of Braničevo. The administrative center of the district is Požarevac.

History

The present-day administrative districts (including Braničevo District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia.

Cities and municipalities

The Braničevo District encompasses the territories of one city and seven municipalities:

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1948246,859—    
1953259,329+5.1%
1961263,780+1.7%
1971263,466−0.1%
1981264,182+0.3%
1991253,992−3.9%
2002200,806−20.9%
2011183,625−8.6%
2022156,367−14.8%
Source: [2]

Towns

There is just one town with over 10,000 inhabitants: Požarevac, with 42,530 inhabitants.

Ethnic structure

Ethnicity Population[3] Percentage
Serbs 130,250 83.3%
Vlachs 8,040 5.1%
Roma 4,625 3%
Others 2,457 1.5%
Undeclared/Unknown 10,995 7%

See also

References

  1. ^ https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf
  2. ^ https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf
  3. ^ https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf

Sources

  • Bataković, Dušan T., ed. (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe [History of the Serbian People] (in French). Lausanne: L’Age d’Homme. ISBN 9782825119587.
  • Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
  • Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472081497.
  • Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472082604.
  • Uzelac, Aleksandar B. (2011). "Tatars and Serbs at the end of the Thirteenth Century". Revista de istorie Militara. 5–6: 9–20.
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