Nišava District

Nišava District Нишавски округ Nišavski okrug
District of Serbia
Images from the Nišava District
Location of the Nišava District within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°18′N 21°54′E / 43.300°N 21.900°E / 43.300; 21.900
Country	Serbia
Region	Southern and Eastern Serbia
Administrative center	Niš
Government
• Commissioner	Petar Babović
Area
• Total	2,729 km2 (1,054 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[citation needed]
• Total	343,950
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-20
Municipalities	6 and 1 city
Settlements	285
- Cities and towns	8
- Villages	277
Website	www.nis.okrug.gov.rs

The Nišava District (Serbian: Нишавски округ, romanized: Nišavski okrug, pronounced [nîʃaʋskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. It expands to the southeastern parts of Serbia. According to the 2022 census results, it has a population of 343,950 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of Niš. After South Bačka, it is the second largest District in Serbia.

The district is divided into 6 municipalities and the city of Niš, which is divided into 5 municipalities.

The municipalities of the district are:

• Aleksinac
• Svrljig
• Merošina
• Ražanj
• Doljevac
• Gadžin Han

City of Niš is divided into municipalities of:

• Medijana
• Niška Banja
• Palilula
• Pantelej
• Crveni Krst

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Nišava District has 376,319 inhabitants. The census doesn’t include refugees. It’s estimated that there are up to 524,500 people living in Nišava District.^{[citation needed]}

• Serbs — 351,676
• Romani — 11,499
• others — 13,144

Within the city boundaries itself stands the Niš Fortress, which ranks among the most beautiful and best preserved fortresses in the Balkans, built in the late seventeenth century. On the outskirts of Niš there is a unique monument - the Skull Tower (Ćele kula) built by the Turks from the skulls of the Serbian warriors who died in the Battle of Čegar in 1809, led by Stevan Sinđelić, against the Turks. After the Turkish victory, this battle was decisive for the failure of the First Serbian Uprising.

The Nišava District also features Niška Banja, one of the best known spa tourism centers in Serbia. It is located on the bottom of the Suva Planina and a few kilometers away from Niš.

• Administrative divisions of Serbia
• Districts of Serbia

Note: All official material made by the Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from web.archive.org/web/20090221052324/http://www.srbija.gov.rs:80/.

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