Stara Pazova
Stara Pazova (, ) is a town and municipality located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 64792, while Stara Pazova municipality has 65,792 inhabitants. 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: Demographics. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Stara Pazova has a population of 65,792 inhabitants. Ethnic groups. All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority. The ethnic composition of the municipality: Economy. The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): International relations. Twin towns — Sister cities. Stara Pazova is twinned with: Stara Pazova