Novi Sad
Novi Sad (Serbie Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nɔ̝̂v̞iː sâːd] (
listen)) is the caipital[2] o the northren Serbian province o Vojvodina, an the admeenistrative centre o the Sooth Bačka Destrict. The ceety is locatit in the soothrern pairt o Pannonian Plain on the Danube river.
Novi Sad - Нови Сад | |
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Ceety | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Location athin Europe an Serbie | |
| Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.250°N 19.850°E | |
| Kintra |  Serbie |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| Destrict | Sooth Bačka |
| Municipalities | 2 |
| Settled bi Scordisci | 4t century B.C. |
| Foondit | 1694 as Racki Grad (Serb Ceety) |
| Ceety status | 1 Februar 1748 as Novi Sad |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Igor Pavličić (DS) - (DS, LSV, SPS) |
| Area | |
| • Novi Sad | 1,105 km2 (426.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Novi Sad |  231,798[1] |
| • Density | 164.7/km2 (426.5/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 341,625[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21000 |
| Area code(s) | +381(0)21 |
| Caur plates | NS |
| Website | www.novisad.rs |
Novi Sad is the seicont lairgest ceety in Serbie, efter Belgrade.[3][4] Accordin tae the 2011 census[update], the ceety haes a population o 250,439,[5] while the urban aurie o Novi Sad (wi the adjacent urban settlements o Petrovaradin an Sremska Kamenica) haes 277,522 indwallers. The population o the admeenistrative aurie o the ceety staunds at 341,625 fowk.[6] It is locatit on the border o the Bačka an Srem regions, on the banks o the Danube river an Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, facin the northren slopes o Fruška Gora moontain.
The ceety wis foondit in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony athort the Danube frae the Petrovaradin fortress, a Habsburg strategic military post. In the 18t an 19t centuries, it became an important merchant an manufacturin centre, as well as a centre o Serbie cultur o that period, earnin the nickname Serbie Athens.[7][8] The ceety wis hivily devastatit in the 1848 Revolution, but it wis subsequently restored. During the ceety's lang history, it haes maintained its multi-cultural identity, wi Serbs, Hungarians an Germans bein the main ethnic groups. The day, Novi Sad is an industrial an financial centre o the Serbian economy, as well as a major cultural hub.
Sister ceeties
eeditNovi Sad haes relationships wi several twin touns. Ane o the main streets in its ceety centre is named efter Modena in Italy; an likwise Modena haes named a pairk in its toun centre Parco di Piazza d'Armi Novi Sad. The Novi Sad Friendship Brig in Norwich, Unitit Kinrick, bi Buro Happold, wis an aa named in honour o Novi Sad. Besides twin ceeties, Novi Sad haes mony signed greements on joint cooperation wi mony European ceeties (see an aa: Twin ceeties o Novi Sad). Novi Sad's twin touns are:
References
eedit- ↑ a b [1]
- ↑ Official page of government of Vojvodina Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, 12 November 2009
- ↑ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9.
- ↑ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia.[deid airtin]
- ↑ http://media.popis2011.stat.rs/2012/Nacionalna%20pripadnost-Ethnicity.pdf
- ↑ "2011 Census o Population, Hoosehaulds an Dwallins in the Republic o Serbie: Comparative Owerview o the Nummer o Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 an 2011, Data bi settlements" (PDF). Stateestical Office o Republic O Serbie, Belgrade. 2014. p. 84-87. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 27 Juin 2014.
- ↑ Mishkova, Diana. We, the people: politics of national peculiarity in Southeastern Europe. pp. 277–278.
- ↑ "History of Novi Sad". Official Website of Novi Sad. Archived frae the original on 19 Julie 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ↑ "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). © 2009 Twins2010.com. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009. freemit airtin in
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