Šumadija and Western Serbia

Statistical region of Serbia

Statistical region of Serbia

The Šumadija and Western Serbia (Serbian: Шумадија и западна Србија / Šumadija i zapadna Srbija) is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). It was formed in 2010. As of 2022 census, the regions has a total of 1,819,318 inhabitants.^[2]

Formation

In July 2009, the Serbian parliament adopted a new law in which Serbia was divided into seven statistical regions.^[5] According to the law, territory of present-day Šumadija and Western Serbia was divided into two statistical regions – Western Region (Serbian: Западни регион, romanized: Zapadni region) and Central Region (Serbian: Централни регион, romanized: Centralni region).

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.^{[citation needed]}

Districts

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

Demographic structure

Cities and towns

The largest cities and towns of the region are:

References

1. "Региони у Републици Србији" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
2. "Први резултати Пописa становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2022". stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
3. "REGIONAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Regions and areas of the Republic of Serbia, 2023" (PDF).
4. "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
5. "Uvedeno sedam statističkih regiona". B92.net. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
6. "Serbia: Regions, Districts and Major Cities – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".

External links

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