Šumadija and Western Serbia

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Šumadija and Western Serbia
Шумадија и западна Србија
Statistical region of Serbia
Location of Šumadija and Western Serbia (yellow green)
Location of Šumadija and Western Serbia (yellow green)
Country Serbia
Founded2010
Largest cityKragujevac
Area
[1]
 • Total
26,493 km2 (10,229 sq mi)
 • Rank1st
Population
[2]
 • Total
1,819,318
 • Rank1st
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • TotalRSD 1,306.248 billion
€11.121 billion (2022)
 • Per capitaRSD 716,000
€6,096 (2022)
ISO 3166 codeRS-12
HDI[4]0.795 (2019)
high · 3rd in Serbia

The Šumadija and Western Serbia (Serbian: Шумадија и западна Србија, romanized: Šumadija i zapadna Srbija) is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a Level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).

History

In 2009, the National Assembly adopted a law in which Serbia was divided into seven statistical regions.[5] According to the law, territory of present-day Šumadija and Western Serbia was divided into two statistical regions – Western Region (Serbian: Западни регион, romanized: Zapadni region) and Central Region (Serbian: Централни регион, romanized: Centralni region).

However, in 2010, the law was modified and Western and Central regions were merged into a single statistical region named Šumadija and Western Serbia.[citation needed]

Administrative districts

The statistical region of Šumadija and Western Serbia is composed of 8 administrative districts:

District Area (km2) Population (2022) Seat
Mačva 3,264 265,377 Šabac
Kolubara 2,474 154,497 Valjevo
Moravica 3,016 189,281 Čačak
Zlatibor 6,142 254,659 Užice
Šumadija 2,387 269,728 Kragujevac
Pomoravlje 2,614 182,047 Jagodina
Raška 3,922 296,532 Kraljevo
Rasina 2,664 207,197 Kruševac

Demographics

Cities and towns

The following list include cities and towns with over 20,000 inhabitants.

City or town Population (2022)[6]
Kragujevac 146,315
Novi Pazar 71,462
Čačak 69,598
Kraljevo 57,432
Valjevo 56,059
Kruševac 53,746
Šabac 51,163
Užice 48,539
Jagodina 34,892
Gornji Milanovac 23,109
Aranđelovac 22,881
Paraćin 22,349

Ethnic structure

Ethnicity Population (2022)[7] Share
Serbs 1,547,121 85.04%
Bosniaks 151,374 8.32%
Romani people 17,167 0.94%
Muslims (ethnic group) 7,559 0.41%
Undeclared 15,234 0.84%
Unknown 66,955 3.68%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Региони у Републици Србији" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf
  3. ^ "REGIONAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Regions and areas of the Republic of Serbia, 2023" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  5. ^ "Uvedeno sedam statističkih regiona". B92.net. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  6. ^ "Serbia: Regions, Districts and Major Cities – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
  7. ^ https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf
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