Central Banat District

{{Short description|Administrative district of Serbia}}

{{More citations needed|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Central Banat District

| native_name = Средњoбанатски округ

| native_name_lang = sr

| settlement_type = Administrative district of Serbia

| image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center

|photo1a =Županijska palata u Zrenjaninu.jpg

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|photo2a =Arača 3.jpg

|photo2b =Zrenjanin, Trg Republike, Vojvođanska banka.jpg

|photo2c =Slatinsko stanišite - Rusanda.jpg

|photo2d =Dvorac Nojhauzen u Srpskoj Crnji - jugoistok.jpg

|photo3a =Стара Тиса код Чуруга3.jpg

|photo3b =Perlez - panoramio (1).jpg

|photo3c =Museo Nacional de Zrenjanin.jpg

|photo4a =Kaštel u Ečki, 12.jpg

|photo4b =Elemir landscape 001.jpeg

|photo5a =Glavaševa kuća u Vranjevu - gostinski salon.jpg

|photo5b =Dvorac Karačonji u Novom Miloševu - terasa portika.jpg

|photo5c =Wiki.Vojvodina X Novo Miloševo 204.jpg

|photo5d =River Begej, at Jankov Most.jpg

|photo6a =Crossing of Timiș River (old meander), near Tomaševac.jpg

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|foot_montage = Images from the Central Banat District

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| image_map = Central Banat in Serbia.svg

| mapsize = 200px

| map_caption = Location of district in Serbia

| coordinates = {{coord|45|22|N|20|23|E|source:itwiki_type:adm2nd|display=inline, title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Serbia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Vojvodina}} Vojvodina

| seat_type = Administrative center

| seat = Zrenjanin

| leader_title = Commissioner

| leader_name = Predrag Rađenović

| total_type = Total

| area_total_km2 = 3,256

| population_total = 157,711

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_footnotes =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipalities

| blank_info_sec1 = 4 and 1 city

| blank1_name_sec1 = Settlements

| blank1_info_sec1 = 55

| website = {{url|http://www.srednjobanatski.okrug.gov.rs}}

| blank2_name_sec1 = - Cities and towns

| blank2_info_sec1 = 4

| blank3_name_sec1 = - Villages

| blank3_info_sec1 = 51

| iso_code = RS-02

| official_name =

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The Central Banat District ({{langx|sr|Средњобанатски округ|Srednjobanatski okrug}}, {{IPA|sh|srêdɲoːbǎnaːtskiː ôkruːɡ|pron}}) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of Banat. According to the 2022 census, the Central Banat District has a population of 157,711 inhabitants. The administrative center is the city of Zrenjanin.

Cities and municipalities

File:Central banat.png

The Central Banat District encompasses the territories of one city and four municipalities:

Demographics

{{Historical populations

|1948|218821 |1953|221667 |1961|229812 |1971|231486|1981|230962 |1991|221353 |2002|208456 |2011|187667 |2022|157711

| source = {{cite web|title=2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga20.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|accessdate=16 January 2017}}

}}

= Towns =

There are two towns with over 10,000 inhabitants.

= Ethnic structure =

class="wikitable"

|+

!Ethnicity

!Populationhttps://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=June 2025}}

!Percentage

Serbs

| 115,815

| 73.4%

Hungarians

| 15,765

| 10%

Roma

| 5,959

| 3.7%

Romanians

| 3,264

| 2%

Slovaks

| 1,597

| 1%

Others

|4,618

|2.9%

Undeclared/Unknown

|10,693

|6.8%

See also

References

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