South Banat District

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**Јужнобанатски округ**
**Južnobanatski okrug**
South Banat (Južni Banat) District within Vojvodina
Capital	Pančevo
Area – Total – % water	? n/a
Population – Total – Density	313,937 (2002) ?
Ethnic groups (2002)	Serbs: 70.28% Romanians: 6.88% Hungarians: 4.91% Slovaks: 4.84% Macedonians: 2.43% Roma: 1.99% Yugoslavs: 1.81%
Commissioner	?
Time zone	UTC +1

Map of South Banat District

South Banat District (Serbian: Južnobanatski okrug or Јужнобанатски округ, Croatian: Južnobanatski okrug, Hungarian: Dél Bánsági Körzet, Slovak: Juhobanátsky okres, Romanian: Districtul Banatul de Sud, Rusyn: Јужнобанатски окрух) is a northeastern district of Serbia with the seat of the district in Pančevo. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 313,937 (2002).

1 Municipalities
2 Ethnic groups
3 Culture
4 Economy

[edit] Municipalities

It encompasses the following municipalities:

[edit] Ethnic groups

The major ethnic groups (2002) are:

Serbs: 220,641 (70.28%)
Romanians: 21,618 (6.88%)
Hungarians: 15,444 (4.91%)
Slovaks: 15,212 (4.84%)
Macedonians: 7,636 (2.43%)
Roma: 6,268 (1.99%)
Yugoslavs: 5,687 (1.81%)

Most of the municipalities in the district have an ethnic Serb majority, while the municipality of Kovačica is ethnically mixed, with a relative Slovak majority (41%).

[edit] Culture

Pančevo is distinguished for its numerous cultural institutions: the National Library 'Veljko Vlahović', the Historic Archives, and the Institute for Protection of Culture Monuments.

The most remarkable cultural monuments of this region are: The Vojlovica Monastery, built in 1405, the Church of Assumption and the Church of Transfiguration built in 1811 and the National Museum, built in 1833.