Šumadija and Western Serbia

Šumadija and Western Serbia Шумадија и западна Србија Šumadija i zapadna Srbija
Statistical region of Serbia
Location of Šumadija and Western Serbia in Serbia
Country	Serbia
Largest city	Kragujevac
Population (2011 census)
• Total	2,031,697
Districts	8

Šumadija and Western Serbia (Serbian: Шумадија и западна Србија, Šumadija i zapadna Srbija) is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It was formed in 2010. The region has a total population of 2,031,697, according to the 2011 census. It is also a level-2 statistical region according to the European Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).

Formation

In July 2009, the Serbian parliament adopted a new law in which Serbia was divided into seven statistical regions. ^[1] According to the law, territory of present-day Šumadija and Western Serbia was divided into two statistical regions - Western Region (Serbian: Zapadni region / Западни регион) and Central Region (Serbian: Centralni region / Централни регион). However, in May 2010, the law was modified and Western and Central region were merged into a single statistical region whose name is Šumadija and Western Serbia.

Districts

The statistical region of Šumadija and Western Serbia is composed of 8 administrative districts:

District	Area (km²)	Population (2011 Census)	Administrative Capital
Mačva	3,264	298,931	Šabac
Kolubara	2,474	174,513	Valjevo
Moravica	3,016	212,603	Čačak
Zlatibor	6,142	286,549	Užice
Šumadija	2,387	293,308	Kragujevac
Pomoravlje	2,614	214,536	Jagodina
Raška	3,922	309,258	Kraljevo
Rasina	2,664	273,247	Kruševac
Source: Statistical Office of Serbia

Cities and towns

The largest cities and towns of the region are:

City or town	Population (2011 Census)^[2]
Kragujevac	179,417
Kruševac	156,368
Kraljevo	125,488
Šabac	115,884
Čačak	115,337
Novi Pazar	100,410
Valjevo	90,312
Loznica	84,925
Užice	78,040
Jagodina	71,852
Paraćin	54,242
Aranđelovac	46,225
Gornji Milanovac	44,406
Trstenik	42,966

References

External links

Usvojene izmene i dopune Zakona o regionalnom-razvoju (in Serbian)

Statistical regions of Serbia

Vojvodina Belgrade Šumadija and Western Serbia Southern and Eastern Serbia Kosovo and Metohija

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