Mačvanska Mitrovica Explained

Official Name:Mačvanska Mitrovica
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Serbia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Serbia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Mačva
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Srem
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Sremska Mitrovica
Area Total Km2:2.4
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:3,873
Population Density Km2:1623
Coordinates:44.9656°N 19.5981°W
Elevation M:76
Postal Code:22202
Area Code:+ 381(0)22

Mačvanska Mitrovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Мачванска Митровица, pronounced as /mât͡ʃv̞anskaː mîtrɔv̞it͡sa/) is a town located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,873 people (2011 census).[1]

Name

Its name means "Mitrovica of Mačva" (Mitrovica of Srem and Mitrovica of Kosovo also exist). In Serbian, the town is known as Mačvanska Mitrovica (Мачванска Митровица), in Croatian as Mačvanska Mitrovica, and in Hungarian as Szenternye. Other Serbian names used for the town include Srpska Mitrovica (Српска Митровица), Mala Mitrovica (Мала Митровица), and Mitrovica (Митровица).

Geography

Together with the neighbouring villages of Noćaj, Salaš Noćajski, Radenković, Ravnje and Zasavica II, the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica is the only town in Vojvodina located in the Mačva region, i.e. on the right bank of the river Sava, and thus on the Balkan Peninsula.

Notable residents

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census):

Historical population

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mačvanska Mitrovica, broj stanovnika . 2022-12-22 . brojstanovnika.cu.rs.