# Stara Pazova

Stara Pazova (Serbian Cyrillic: Стара Пазова, pronounced; Slovak: Stará Pazova; Hungarian: Ópazova) is a small town located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 18,522, while Stara Pazova municipality has 62,318 inhabitants (2022 census). The entrance into town from Inđija lies on 45th parallel north, it is half-way between the North Pole and the equator.

## Name

In Serbian, the town is known as Stara Pazova (Стара Пазова), formerly also Pazova (Пазова); in Slovak as Stará Pazova; in German as Alt-Pasua, Alt-Pazua or Pazua; and in Hungarian as Ópazova.

## History

During the Ottoman administration (16th-18th century), Pazova was populated by ethnic Serbs and was part of the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia. In 1718, the town became part of the Habsburg monarchy. In the 18th century (after 1760) Lutheran Slovaks settled in Pazova, and in 1791 Germans arrived here as well. The Germans lived in a separate settlement known as Nova Pazova ("New Pazova"), thus the old settlement was named Stara Pazova ("Old Pazova"). Until the second half of the 20th century, Slovaks were the largest ethnic group in the town of Stara Pazova, while the largest ethnic group in the surrounding municipality were Serbs.
For most part of the Habsburg rule, Stara Pazova was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier (abolished in 1882), while in 1848–1849 it was part of Serbian Vojvodina. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Stara Pazova was a district centre in the Syrmia County (part of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary and Austria-Hungary). According to the 1910 census, the population of the Stara Pazova municipality numbered 46,430 inhabitants, of whom 24,262 spoke Serbian, 9,348 German, 5,779 Slovak, and 5,670 Croatian. The town itself had a Slovak majority in 1910.
After 1918, the town was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states.

## Inhabited places

Stara Pazova municipality includes the town of Stara Pazova and the following settlements:
* Belegiš
* Vojka
* Golubinci
* Krnješevci
* Nova Pazova
* Novi Banovci
* Stari Banovci
* Surduk

## Demographics

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Stara Pazova had a population of 65,792 inhabitants.

### Ethnic groups

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority. The ethnic composition of the municipality:
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Serbs | 54,516 | 82.86% |
| Slovaks | 5,212 | 7.92% |
| Croats | 1,336 | 2.03% |
| Romani | 1,193 | 1.81% |
| Yugoslavs | 206 | 0.31% |
| Montenegrins | 122 | 0.19% |
| Macedonians | 179 | 0.27% |
| Hungarians | 131 | 0.20% |
| Muslims | 83 | 0.13% |
| Russians | 52 | 0.08% |
| Ukrainians | 47 | 0.07% |
| Slovenes | 27 | 0.04% |
| Germans | 27 | 0.04% |
| Gorani | 21 | 0.03% |
| Bosniaks | 17 | 0.03% |
| Bulgarians | 12 | 0.02% |
| Others | 2,611 | 3.97% |
| Total | 65,792 | |

## Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):
| Activity | Total |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 297 |
| Mining and quarrying | 13 |
| Manufacturing | 7,474 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 94 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 281 |
| Construction | 939 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 5,548 |
| Transportation and storage | 2,311 |
| Accommodation and food services | 593 |
| Information and communication | 165 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 145 |
| Real estate activities | 63 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 548 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 1,325 |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 583 |
| Education | 796 |
| Human health and social work activities | 811 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 238 |
| Other service activities | 320 |
| Individual agricultural workers | 404 |
| Total | 22,950 |

## Gallery

* The Serbian Orthodox church.
* The Slovak Evangelical church.
* The Catholic church.
* Town Hall
* Monument to the victims of fascism and wars of the 90s
* Girl in Slovak Folk Wedding Costume

## International relations
### Twin towns — Sister cities

Stara Pazova is twinned with:
* Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina