Mačvanska Mitrovica

Mačvanska Mitrovica

Мачванска Митровица (Serbian)
Mačvanska Mitrovica Мачванска Митровица (Serbian)
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	Coordinates: 44°57′56″N 19°35′53″E / 44.96556°N 19.59806°E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Mačva
District	Srem
Municipality	Sremska Mitrovica
Area
• Total	2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	3,873
• Density	1,623/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Area code	+ 381(0)22

Mačvanska Mitrovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Мачванска Митровица, pronounced [mât͡ʃv̞anskaː mîtrɔv̞it͡sa]) is a town located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,873 people (2011 census).^[1]

Name edit

Its name means "Mitrovica of Mačva" (Mitrovica of Srem and Mitrovica of Kosovo also exist). In Serbian, the town is known as Mačvanska Mitrovica (Мачванска Митровица), in Croatian as Mačvanska Mitrovica, and in Hungarian as Szenternye. Other Serbian names used for the town include Srpska Mitrovica (Српска Митровица), Mala Mitrovica (Мала Митровица), and Mitrovica (Митровица).

Geography edit

Mačvanska Mitrovica and neighbouring villages - territory of former Mačvanska Mitrovica municipality

Together with the neighbouring villages of Noćaj, Salaš Noćajski, Radenković, Ravnje and Zasavica II, the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica is the only town in Vojvodina located in the Mačva region, i.e. on the right bank of the river Sava, and thus on the Balkan Peninsula.

Notable residents edit

Former professional footballer Nikola Budišić was born in the town

Demographics edit

Ethnic groups (2002 census):

Serbs = 3,621
Romani = 87
Croats = 21
Yugoslavs = 14
Hungarians = 10
others.

Historical population edit

1921: 220
1931: 567
1948: 705
1953: 869
1961: 1,408
1971: 3,357
1981: 3,661
1991: 3,788
2002: 3,896

References edit

^ "Mačvanska Mitrovica, broj stanovnika". brojstanovnika.cu.rs. Retrieved 2022-12-22.

Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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[1] "Mačvanska Mitrovica, broj stanovnika". brojstanovnika.cu.rs. Retrieved 2022-12-22.

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