# Administrative districts of Serbia

The administrative districts (Serbian: управни окрузи / upravni okruzi) of Serbia are the country's first-level administrative division. The term okrug (pl. okruzi) means "circuit" and corresponds (in literal meaning) to bezirk in the German language. It can be translated as "county", though it is generally rendered by the government as "district". Prior to a 2006 decree, the administrative districts were named simply districts.
The local government reforms of 1992, going into effect the following year, created 29 districts, with the City of Belgrade having similar status. Following the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, the districts created by the UNMIK-Administration were adopted by Kosovo. The Serbian government does not recognize these districts.
The administrative districts are generally named after historical and geographical regions, though some, such as the Pčinja District and the Nišava District, are named after local rivers. Their areas and populations vary, ranging from the relatively-small Podunavlje District to the much larger Zlatibor District.
As they are mere designations of territorial remit of regional administrative centres through which the central government exercises its power within a hierarchical order, the districts are distinctly not units of regional self-governance, and as such they do not have flags. Still, they are each run by a commissioner as well as cooperating municipal leaders. Rather than being further divisible into municipalities, each district overlaps with its corresponding cluster of municipalities (which are units of local self-government).

## Definition

Administrative districts were first defined by the Government of Serbia's decree of 29 January 1992, which specifies that ministries and other national-level agencies shall conduct their affairs outside their headquarters (i.e. outside the seat of government) via regional offices that they may establish per the designated clusters of municipalities (named only "districts"), also designating the administrative seat of each district ("regional centre of state administration"). The 2005 Law on Public Administration provided a legal definition of a district, under the term "administrative district".
   An administrative district shall be established for the execution of state administration tasks outside the headquarters of the state administration authority. ... The Government shall establish administrative districts by its regulation, by which it shall also determine areas and seats of administrative districts.
In 2006, the Government enacted the Decree on Administrative Districts, which renamed the districts into administrative districts.
The territorial organisation of Serbia is regulated by the Law on Territorial Organisation, adopted by the National Assembly on 29 December 2007. According to the Law, the territorial organisation of the republic comprises municipalities and cities, the City of Belgrade with special status, and autonomous provinces. Districts are not mentioned in this law.

## List of districts

Under the Law on Public Administration, administrative districts are formed by the Government by its Decree on Administrative Districts, which also determines the territory and head office of each administrative district. There are 29 administrative districts in the Republic of Serbia.
| District | Seat | Area in km$^2$ | Population 2022 | Population per km$^2$ | Municipalities and cities | Settlements |
| Bor District (Borski okrug) | Bor | 3,507 | 101,100 | 28.8 | City of Bor Kladovo Majdanpek Negotin | 90 |
| Braničevo District (Braničevski okrug) | Požarevac | 3,865 | 156,367 | 40.5 | City of Požarevac Golubac Kučevo Malo Crniće Petrovac Veliko Gradište Žabari Žagubica | 189 |
| Central Banat District (Srednjebanatski okrug) | Zrenjanin | 3,256 | 157,711 | 48.4 | City of Zrenjanin Novi Bečej Nova Crnja Sečanj Žitište | 55 |
| Jablanica District (Jablanički okrug) | Leskovac | 2,769 | 184,502 | 66.6 | City of Leskovac Bojnik Crna Trava Lebane Medveđa Vlasotince | 336 |
| Kolubara District (Kolubarski okrug) | Valjevo | 2,474 | 154,497 | 62.4 | City of Valjevo Lajkovac Ljig Mionica Osečina Ub | 218 |
| Mačva District (Mačvanski okrug) | Šabac | 3,268 | 265,377 | 81.2 | Bogatić City of Šabac City of Loznica Vladimirci Koceljeva Krupanj Ljubovija Mali Zvornik | 228 |
| Moravica District (Moravički okrug) | Čačak | 3,016 | 189,281 | 62.8 | City of Čačak Gornji Milanovac Ivanjica Lučani | 206 |
| Nišava District (Nišavski okrug) | Niš | 2,729 | 343,950 | 126.0 | City of Niš Aleksinac Doljevac Gadžin Han Merošina Ražanj Svrljig | 285 |
| North Bačka District (Severnobački okrug) | Subotica | 1,784 | 160,163 | 89.8 | City of Subotica Bačka Topola Mali Iđoš | 45 |
| North Banat District (Severnobanatski okrug) | Kikinda | 2,329 | 117,896 | 50.6 | City of Kikinda Ada Čoka Kanjiža Novi Kneževac Senta | 50 |
| Pčinja District (Pčinjski okrug) | Vranje | 3,520 | 193,802 | 55.1 | City of Vranje Bosilegrad Bujanovac Preševo Surdulica Trgovište Vladičin Han | 363 |
| Pirot District (Pirotski okrug) | Pirot | 2,761 | 76,700 | 27.8 | City of Pirot Babušnica Bela Palanka Dimitrovgrad | 214 |
| Podunavlje District (Podunavski okrug) | Smederevo | 1,248 | 175,573 | 140.7 | City of Smederevo Smederevska Palanka Velika Plana | 58 |
| Pomoravlje District (Pomoravski okrug) | Jagodina | 2,614 | 182,047 | 69.6 | City of Jagodina Ćuprija Despotovac Paraćin Rekovac Svilajnac | 191 |
| Rasina District (Rasinski okrug) | Kruševac | 2,667 | 207,197 | 77.7 | City of Kruševac Aleksandrovac Brus Ćićevac Trstenik Varvarin | 296 |
| Raška District (Raški okrug) | Kraljevo | 3,918 | 296,532 | 75.7 | City of Kraljevo City of Novi Pazar Raška Tutin Vrnjačka Banja | 359 |
| South Bačka District (Južnobački okrug) | Novi Sad | 4,016 | 607,178 | 151.2 | City of Novi Sad Bač Bačka Palanka Bački Petrovac Bečej Beočin Srbobran Sremski Karlovci Temerin Titel Vrbas Žabalj | 77 |
| South Banat District (Južnobanatski okrug) | Pančevo | 4,245 | 260,244 | 61.3 | City of Pančevo City of Vršac Alibunar Bela Crkva Kovin Kovačica Opovo Plandište | 94 |
| Srem District (Sremski okrug) | Sremska Mitrovica | 3,486 | 282,547 | 81.1 | City of Sremska Mitrovica Inđija Irig Pećinci Ruma Stara Pazova Šid | 109 |
| Šumadija District (Šumadijski okrug) | Kragujevac | 2,387 | 269,728 | 113.0 | City of Kragujevac Aranđelovac Batočina Knić Lapovo Rača Topola | 174 |
| Toplica District (Toplički okrug) | Prokuplje | 2,231 | 77,341 | 34.7 | City of Prokuplje Blace Kuršumlija Žitorađa | 267 |
| West Bačka District (Zapadnobački okrug) | Sombor | 2,420 | 154,491 | 63.8 | City of Sombor Apatin Kula Odžaci | 37 |
| Zaječar District (Zaječarski okrug) | Zaječar | 3,623 | 96,715 | 26.7 | City of Zaječar Boljevac Knjaževac Sokobanja | 173 |
| Zlatibor District (Zlatiborski okrug) | Užice | 6,140 | 254,659 | 41.5 | City of Užice Arilje Bajina Bašta Čajetina Kosjerić Nova Varoš Požega Priboj Prijepolje Sjenica | 438 |
| Kosovo District (Kosovski okrug) | Priština | 3,310 | 570,835 | 172.5 | Glogovac Kačanik Kosovo Polje Lipljan Obilić Podujevo Priština Štimlje Štrpce Uroševac | |
| Kosovo-Pomoravlje District (Kosovsko-pomoravski okrug) | Gnjilane | 1,389 | 184,864 | 133.1 | Gnjilane Kosovska Kamenica Novo Brdo Vitina | |
| Kosovska Mitrovica District (Kosovsko-mitrovački okrug) | Kosovska Mitrovica | 2,053 | 234,262 | 114.1 | Kosovska Mitrovica Leposavić Srbica Vučitrn Zubin Potok Zvečan | |
| Peć District (Pećki okrug) | Peć | 2,459 | 351,680 | 143.2 | Dečani Đakovica Istok Klina Peć | |
| Prizren District (Prizrenski okrug) | Prizren | 2,196 | 319,330 | 145.4 | Gora Orahovac Prizren Suva Reka | |