en Mačva District

Mačva District

Мачвански округ
Mačvanski okrug
Mačva District Мачвански округ ; Mačvanski okrug
District of Serbia
	Location of the Mačva District within Serbia
	Coordinates: 44°21′25″N 19°35′24″E / 44.357°N 19.59°E
Country	Serbia
Region	Šumadija and Western Serbia
Administrative center	Šabac
Government
• Commissioner	Dragoslav Milanović
Area
• Total	3,268 km2 (1,262 sq mi)
Population (2021 census)
• Total	268,096
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-08
Municipalities	6 and 2 cities
Settlements	228
- Cities and towns	5
- Villages	223
Website	macvanski.okrug.gov.rs/macokr

The Mačva District (Serbian: Мачвански округ / Mačvanski okrug, pronounced [mǎtʃʋanskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It expands in the western parts of Serbia, in the geographical regions of Mačva, Podrinje, Posavina, and Pocerina. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 298,931 inhabitants. The administrative center of the Mačva district is the city of Šabac.

History and culture

Famous monuments can be seen in the vicinity of Šabac, dedicated to events from the history of Serbian people: the Monument to Karađorđe and Serbian Heroes of the First Serbian Uprising and the Museum of the Battle of Mišar, the remnants of the ancient cities on the banks of the Sava river: Novo Selo, the site of the King Milutin's Palace and Kosanin grad, the medieval fortress on the Cer Mountain.

Not far away from Loznica stands the village of Tršić, the birthplace of the reformer of Serbian language and orthography, Vuk Karadžić. From Tršić, a footpath leads to the Tronoša Monastery, one of the oldest medieval endowments of the Nemanjić dynasty. This fourteenth-century monastery played an important part in the preservation of Serbian culture and tradition. Over a long period, particularly during the fourteenth century, a copying school tradition was nourished in it for its own and other monasteries' needs. This preserved the historic and cultural documents of the Serbian people.

Vuk Karadžić's house in Tršić
The Memorial Ossuary to the victims of the Battle of Cer

Geography

Cities and municipalities

The district encompasses the cities of Šabac and Loznica and municipalities of:

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1948	270,053	—
1953	293,169	+8.6%
1961	311,916	+6.4%
1971	324,427	+4.0%
1981	338,247	+4.3%
1991	339,647	+0.4%
2002	329,625	−3.0%
2011	298,931	−9.3%
2022	265,377	−11.2%
Source: ^[1]

According to the last official census, which was performed in 2011, the Маčva District has 298,931 inhabitants, while 29.14% of the population lives in urban areas.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic composition of the Mačva district:

Ethnic group	Population	%
Serbs	284,165	95.06%
Romani	4,537	1.52%
Muslims	1,501	0.50%
Croats	327	0.11%
Bosniaks	271	0.09%
Yugoslavs	261	0.09%
Montenegrins	185	0.06%
Macedonians	150	0.05%
Hungarians	108	0.04%
Others	7,426	2.48%
Total	298,931

References

^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

Note: All official material made by Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from web.archive.org/web/20090221052324/http://www.srbija.gov.rs/.

External links

Official website

[1] "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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Mačva District