Novi Sad - Нови Сад | |
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Ceety | |
![]() Location athin Europe an Serbie | |
Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.250°N 19.850°E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Destrict | Sooth Bačka |
Municipalities | 2 |
Settled bi Scordisci | 4t century B.C. |
Foondit | 1694 as Racki Grad (Serb Ceety) |
Ceety status | 1 Februar 1748 as Novi Sad |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Igor Pavličić (DS) - (DS, LSV, SPS) |
Area | |
• Novi Sad | 1,105 km2 (426.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 80 m (262 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Novi Sad | ![]() |
• Density | 164.7/km2 (426.5/sq mi) |
• Metro | ![]() |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 21000 |
Area code(s) | +381(0)21 |
Caur plates | NS |
Website | www.novisad.rs |
Novi Sad (Serbie Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nɔ̝̂v̞iː sâːd] ( listen)) is the caipital[2] o the northren Serbian province o Vojvodina, an the admeenistrative centre o the Sooth Bačka Destrict. The ceety is locatit in the soothrern pairt o Pannonian Plain on the Danube river.
Novi Sad is the seicont lairgest ceety in Serbie, efter Belgrade.[3][4] Accordin tae the 2011 census[update], the ceety haes a population o 250,439,[5] while the urban aurie o Novi Sad (wi the adjacent urban settlements o Petrovaradin an Sremska Kamenica) haes 277,522 indwallers. The population o the admeenistrative aurie o the ceety staunds at 341,625 fowk.[6] It is locatit on the border o the Bačka an Srem regions, on the banks o the Danube river an Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, facin the northren slopes o Fruška Gora moontain.
The ceety wis foondit in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony athort the Danube frae the Petrovaradin fortress, a Habsburg strategic military post. In the 18t an 19t centuries, it became an important merchant an manufacturin centre, as well as a centre o Serbie cultur o that period, earnin the nickname Serbie Athens.[7][8] The ceety wis hivily devastatit in the 1848 Revolution, but it wis subsequently restored. During the ceety's lang history, it haes maintained its multi-cultural identity, wi Serbs, Hungarians an Germans bein the main ethnic groups. The day, Novi Sad is an industrial an financial centre o the Serbian economy, as well as a major cultural hub.