Central Banat District

Infobox Serbian district
name_serC = Средњебанатски округ
name_serL = Srednjebanatski okrug
name_alt =
en_name = Central Banat
province_or_region = Vojvodina
capital = Zrenjanin
commissioner = n/a
municipalities = 5
settlements = 55
cities_and_towns = 4
villages = 51
area = 3,256
population = 208,456
density = 64.0
footnotes =

Central Banat District (Serbian: Средњебанатски округ, "Srednjebanatski okrug") is a northeastern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 208,456 (2002). Seat of the District is in the city of Zrenjanin.

Name

In Serbian, the district is known as "Srednjebanatski okrug" or Средњебанатски округ, in Croatian as "Srednjebanatski okrug", in Hungarian as "Közép Bánsági Körzet", in Slovak as "Sredobanátsky okres", in Romanian as "Districtul Banatul de Central", and in Rusyn as "Стредобанатски окрух".

Municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:
*Novi Bečej
*Nova Crnja
*Žitište
*Sečanj
*Zrenjanin

Demographics

According to the last census (2002) in this district live:
*Serbs = 150,794 (72.33%)
*Hungarians = 27,842 (13.35%)
*Roma = 5,682 (2.72%)
*Romanians = 5,156 (2.47%)
*Yugoslavs = 3,759 (1.8%)
*Slovaks = 2,495 (1.19%)
*Others

Churches

There are many buildings that stand out by their beauty: the Orthodox Church of Assumption from 1746, the Roman-Catholic Cathedral from 1868 and the Reformatory Church from 1891.

Economy

Economy of Zrenjanin is diverse: industry, agriculture, forestry, building industry, and transport.

The leading branch is the food-processing industry, integrated under the "Servo Mihalj" Industrial - Agricultural Combine.

Other major representatives of the Zrenjanin economy are: the DD "ZIP" brewery, the DD "Luxol" chemical industry and sugar factory.

However, many companies are in very bad condition, except "Dijamant" oil industry and "Mlekoprodukt" milk factory.

The city of Zrenjanin used to be the fourth largest industry center in former Yugoslavia.

External links

* [http://www.backabanat.com backabanat.com]

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