Braničevo District
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Braničevo District
Браничевски округ | |
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 Location of district in Serbia | |
| Coordinates: 44°37′N 21°11′E / 44.617°N 21.183°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Administrative center | Požarevac |
| Government | |
| • Commissioner | Aleksandar Đokić |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,865 km2 (1,492 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 156,367 |
| • Density | 40.46/km2 (104.8/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | RS-11 |
| Municipalities | 7 and 1 city |
| Settlements | 189 |
| - Cities and towns | 7 |
| - Villages | 182 |
| Website | branicevski |
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
[edit]The present-day administrative districts (including Braničevo District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia.
Cities and municipalities
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The Braničevo District encompasses the territories of one city and seven municipalities:
- Požarevac (city)
- Kučevo (municipality)
- Golubac (municipality)
- Malo Crniće (municipality)
- Petrovac (municipality)
- Veliko Gradište (municipality)
- Žabari (municipality)
- Žagubica (municipality)
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 246,859 | — |
| 1953 | 259,329 | +5.1% |
| 1961 | 263,780 | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 263,466 | −0.1% |
| 1981 | 264,182 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 253,992 | −3.9% |
| 2002 | 200,806 | −20.9% |
| 2011 | 183,625 | −8.6% |
| 2022 | 156,367 | −14.8% |
| Source: [1] | ||
Towns
[edit]There is just one town with over 10,000 inhabitants: Požarevac, with 42,530 inhabitants.
Ethnic structure
[edit]| Ethnicity | Population[2] | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "НАЦИОНАЛНА ПРИПАДНОСТ: Подаци по општинама и градовима" [Ethnicity: Data by municipalities and cities] (PDF). 2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings. Belgrade: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2023.
- ↑ "ETHNICITY - Data by municipalities and cities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-04-28.
Sources
[edit]- 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.
External links
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