Vojvodina
Northernmost Autonomous province of Serbia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vojvodina (/ˌvɔɪvəˈdiːnə/ VOY-və-DEE-nə; Serbian Cyrillic: Војводина, IPA: [vǒjvodina]), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital Belgrade and the Sava and Danube Rivers. The administrative centre, Novi Sad, is the second-largest city in Serbia.
Vojvodina
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Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Аутономна Покрајина Војводина (sr) | |
Coordinates: 45.416°N 20.198°E / 45.416; 20.198 | |
Country | Serbia |
Formation of Serbian Vojvodina | 1848 |
Unification with Kingdom of Serbia | 1918 |
Establishment of Autonomous Province | 1944 |
Current Autonomous Province | 1990 |
Administrative center | Novi Sad |
Government | |
• Type | Autonomous province within unitary parliamentary republic |
• Body | Assembly of Vojvodina |
• President of the Government | Maja Gojković (SNS) |
• President of the Assembly | Bálint Juhász (SVM) |
Area | |
• Total | 21,614 km2 (8,304 sq mi) |
Population (2022 census) | |
• Total | 1,740,230 |
• Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official languages | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
HDI (2019) | 0.806[3] very high · 2nd in Serbia |
Website | www |
The historic regions of Banat, Bačka, and Syrmia overlap the province. Modern Vojvodina is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural,[4][5] with some 26 ethnic groups and six official languages.[6] Less than two million people, nearly 27% of Serbia's population, live in the province.[7]