Mačva District

Mačva District Мачвански округ Mačvanski okrug
District of Serbia
Location of Mačva District in Serbia
Country	Serbia
Administrative centre	Šabac
Government
• Commissioner	n/a
Area
• Total	3,268 km² (1,262 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	298,931
• Density	91.5/km² (237/sq mi)
Municipalities	6 and 2 cities
Settlements	228
- Cities and towns	5
- Villages	223

The Mačva District (Serbian: Мачвански округ / Mačvanski okrug) pronounced [mǎtʃʋanskiː ôkruːɡ]) is a district of Serbia. The District expands in the western parts of Serbia, in the geographical regions of Mačva, Podrinje, Posavina, and Pocerina. It has a population of 298,931 people. The administrative centre of the Mačva district is Šabac.

Cities and municipalities

The district encompasses the cities and municipalities of:

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Маčva District has 298,931 inhabitants. 29.14% of the population lives in the urban areas. Ethnic composition of the district:

Ethnic group	Population
Serbs	284,165
Roma	4,537
Muslims	1,501
Croats	327
Bosniaks	271
Yugoslavs	261
Montenegrins	185
Macedonians	150
Hungarians	108
Others	7,426
Total	298,931

History and culture

Famous monuments can be seen in the vicinity of Šabac, dedicated to events from the history of Serbian people: the Monument to Karađorđe and Serbian Heroes of the First Serbian Uprising and the Museum of the Battle of Mišar, the remnants of the ancient cities on the banks of the Sava river: Novo Selo, the site of the King Milutin's Palace and Kosanin grad, the medieval fortress on the Cer Mountain.

Not far away from Loznica stands the village of Tršić, the birthplace of the reformer of Serbian language and orthography, Vuk Karadžić. From Tršić, a footpath leads to the Tronoša Monastery, one of the oldest medieval endowments of the Nemanjić dynasty. This fourteenth-century monastery played an important part in the preservation of Serbian culture and tradition. Over a long period, particularly during the fourteenth century, a copying school tradition was nourished in it for its own and other monasteries' needs. This preserved the historic and cultural documents of the Serbian people.

Economy

The economy of this region is characterized by the big companies like Elixir Zorka chemical industry, "Mlekara Šabac" diary plant and others. In the 2000-s, one of the biggest exporters from this district was a tin mill, a subsidiary of Železara Smederevo. It produced more than 200,000 tones of tin plate per year.

Districts of Serbia

Vojvodina	Central Banat North Bačka North Banat South Bačka South Banat Syrmia West Bačka

Belgrade	City of Belgrade

Šumadija and Western Serbia	Kolubara Mačva Moravica Pomoravlje Rasina Raška Šumadija Zlatibor

Southern and Eastern Serbia	Bor Braničevo Jablanica Nišava Pčinja Pirot Podunavlje Toplica Zaječar

Kosovo and Metohija¹	Kosovo Kosovo-Pomoravlje Kosovska Mitrovica Peć Prizren

¹ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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Mačva District

Cities and municipalities

Demographics

History and culture

Economy

See also