Southern and Eastern Serbia

Southern and Eastern Serbia Јужна и источна Србија Južna i istočna Srbija
Statistical region of Serbia
Location of Southern and Eastern Serbia in Serbia
Country	Serbia
Largest city	Niš
Population (2011 census)
• Total	1,563,916
Districts	9

Southern and Eastern Serbia (Serbian: Јужна и источна Србија, Južna i istočna Srbija) is one of five statistical regions of Serbia. It was formed in 2010. The region has a total population of 1,563,916, according to the 2011 census.

Formation

In July 2009, the Serbian parliament adopted a law which divided Serbia into seven statistical regions.^[1] At first, it was decided that in the territory of current statistical region of Southern and Eastern Serbia there would be two statistical regions - Eastern Region (Serbian: Istočni region / Источни регион) and Southern Region (Serbian: Južni region / Јужни регион). However, in May 2010, the law was changed, thus the Eastern and Southern region were merged into a single statistical region named Southern and Eastern Serbia.

Districts

The statistical region of Southern and Eastern Serbia is composed of 9 administrative districts:

District	Area (km²)	Population (2011 Census)	Administrative Capital
Podunavlje	1,250	199,395	Smederevo
Braničevo	3,865	183,625	Požarevac
Bor	3,510	124,992	Bor
Zaječar	3,623	119,967	Zaječar
Nišava	2,727	376,319	Niš
Pirot	2,761	92,479	Pirot
Toplica	2,229	91,754	Prokuplje
Jablanica	2,770	216,304	Leskovac
Pčinja	3,520	159,081	Vranje
Source: Statistical Office of Serbia

Cities and towns

The largest cities and towns of the region are:

City or town	Population (2011 Census)[2]
Niš	260,237
Leskovac	162,206
Smederevo	108,209
Vranje	83,524
Požarevac	75,334
Zaječar	59,461
Pirot	57,928
Aleksinac	51,863
Smederevska Palanka	50,284
Bor	48,615
Prokuplje	44,419
Velika Plana	40,578

References

2. http://www.citypopulation.de/Serbia-Cities.html

External links

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