Sooth Bačka Destrict

**Sooth Bačka Destrict** () is a northren destrict (okrug) o Serbie. It lies in the soothren pairt o Bačka an northren pairt o Syrmia, in the autonomous province o Vojvodina. It haes a population o 607,835. The main ceety an seat o the destrict is Novi Sad, which is an aw the caipital an the lairgest ceety o the Autonomous Province o Vojvodina.

## Name

In Serbie, the destrict is kent as *Južnobački okrug* (Јужнобачки округ), or in official documents, the name mey an aw be spellt *Južno-Bački okrug* (Јужно-Бачки округ). In Croatie it is kent as *Južnobački okrug*; in Hungarian as *Dél-bácskai körzet*; in Slovak as *Juhobáčsky okres*; in Romanie as *Districtul Bacica de Sud* an in Rusyn, a Cyrillic-based script: *Јужнобачки окрух*.

## Municipalities

The Sooth Bačka Destrict is dividit intae 11 municipalities an Ceety o Novi Sad, which is dividit intae twa urban municipalities.

The municipalities are:
*Srbobran
*Bač
*Bečej (Hungarian: *Óbecse*)
*Vrbas
*Bačka Palanka
*Bački Petrovac (Slovak: *Báčsky Petrovec*)
*Žabalj
*Titel
*Temerin
*Beočin
*Sremski Karlovci

Ceety o Novi Sad is dividit intae municipalities o:
*Novi Sad
*Petrovaradin

Note: for municipalities wi Hungarian an Slovak relative or absolute majority names are an aw gien in these leids.

## Settlements

There are 76 touns an veelages, an 1 ceety in Sooth Bačka. The lairgest settlements in the destrict are (wi population figurs):
*Novi Sad (221,854)
*Bačka Palanka (27,924)
*Vrbas (23,910)
*Bečej (23,817)
*Temerin (19,613)
*Futog (18,269)
*Veternik (16,895)
*Petrovaradin (14,298)
*Srbobran (11,968)
*Sremska Kamenica (11,967)
*Kać (11,612)

## Ethnic groups

Destrict population is composed o: 
*Serbs (69.06%)
*Hungarians (9.28%)
*Slovaks (4.65%)
*Montenegrins (2.92%)
*Yugoslavs (2.68%)
*Croats (2.02%)
*Rusyns (1.25%)
*Roma (1.01%)
*Ithers

There are 8 municipal auries wi Serbie ethnic majority: Ceety o Novi Sad (75%), Sremski Karlovci (76%), Titel (85%), Žabalj (86%), Beočin (68%), Srbobran (67%), Bačka Palanka (78%) an Temerin (64%).

Ane municipality in the destrict haes a Slovak majority: Bački Petrovac or Báčsky Petrovec in Slovak (66%), an 3 are mixed: Vrbas, wi relative Serb majority (48%), Bač, wi relative Serb majority (46%) an Bečej or Óbecse in Hungarian, wi relative Hungarian majority (49%).

## Cultur

The first Serbie primary schuil wis foondit in Bečej in 1703, while the first grammar schuil wis established in Sremski Karlovci in 1791.

Novi Sad is hame tae the auldest cultural an scientific institution o the Serbie fowk - the Matica Srpska, which wis foondit in 1826 in Budapest, an transferred tae Novi Sad in 1864. The Serbian National Theatre wis foondit in Novi Sad in 1861.

## Economy

Athin the destrict the follaein industries prevail: chemical, ile, machines, tuils an electrical porcelain, textile, fuid, an construction industry.

## Administration
Bi the Serbie governments 2006 Regulation o the admeenistrative destricts  the names o aw destricts wur chyngit frae *okrug* (destrict) to *upravni okrug* (admeenistrative destrict). Destrict is gorerned bi the prefect (*načelnik*) who is appointit bi the central govrenment. Prefects o the South Bačka Destrict include:
* 1962 - 19?? Nikola Stanimirović 
* 19?? - 1997: Jovo Ubibarip
* 1997 - April 12, 2001: Obrad Milošević
* Aprile 12, 2001 - Juin 28, 2002: Arsen Kurjački (b.1958)
* Juin 28, 2002 - Aprile 29, 2004: Branko Bjelajac
* Aprile 29, 2004 - November 3, 2005: Darko Mandić
* November 3, 2005 - Julie 6, 2007: Svetlana Selaković (b.1957)
* Julie 6, 2007 – present: Darija Šajin (b.1973)

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