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
Founded	May 2010
Largest city	Niš
Area
• Total	26,255 km2 (10,137 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	1,563,916
Districts	9
Settlements	1,973

The Southern and Eastern Serbia (Serbian: Јужна и источна Србија / Južna i istočna Srbija) is one of five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a level-2 statistical region according to the European Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). 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:

Cities and towns

The largest cities and towns of the region are:

References

External links

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