Official Name: | Štitar |
Settlement Type: | Village (Selo) |
Pushpin Map: | Serbia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Serbia |
Subdivision Type1: | Statistical Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Šumadija and Western Serbia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Mačva |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Mačva District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Šabac |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 44.7833°N 55°W |
Štitar is a village in Serbia, located around 9 km west from the town of Šabac, in Mačva District.
Štitar lies is in the heart of Mačva, an alluvial fertile flatland between the rivers Drina and Sava. The area of today's village was until the 18th century covered with dense and virtually impassable forest, Kitog.
By the end of 19th century, Štitar was populated by Serb refugees from outside of then-autonomous (and later independent) Serbia. The first group came from Montenegro in the 18th century, followed by others from Herzegovina, Bosnia, and parts of present-day Serbia that remained under Ottoman rule after the Second Serbian Uprising.
According to 2002 census, the village has 2,285 inhabitants, mostly Serbs.