Southern and Eastern Serbia

Southern and Eastern Serbia
Јужна и источна Србија
Statistical region of Serbia
   Location of Southern and Eastern Serbia
Country Serbia
Founded2010
Largest cityNiš
Area
[1]
 • Total
26,245 km2 (10,133 sq mi)
 • Rank2nd
Population
[2]
 • Total
1,406,050
 • Rank4th
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • TotalRSD 1,077.359 billion
€9.172 billion (2022)
 • Per capitaRSD 763,000
€6,496 (2022)
HDI[4]0.797 (2019)
high · 4th in Serbia

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

History

In 2009, the National Assembly adopted a law which divided Serbia into seven statistical regions.[5] 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: Источни регион, romanized: Istočni region) and Southern Region (Serbian: Јужни регион, romanized: Južni region). However, in 2010, the law was changed, thus the Eastern and Southern regions were merged into a single statistical region named Southern and Eastern Serbia.

Administrative districts

The statistical region of Southern and Eastern Serbia is composed of 9 administrative districts:

District Area (km2) Population (2022) Seat
Podunavlje 1,250 175,573 Smederevo
Braničevo 3,865 156,367 Požarevac
Bor 3,510 101,100 Bor
Zaječar 3,623 96,715 Zaječar
Nišava 2,727 343,950 Niš
Pirot 2,761 76,700 Pirot
Toplica 2,229 77,341 Prokuplje
Jablanica 2,770 184,502 Leskovac
Pčinja 3,520 193,802 Vranje

Demographics

The region is heavily affected by depopulation. Most critical situation is in municipalities of Gadžin Han, Crna Trava, Ražanj, Trgovište, Dimitrovgrad, and Bosilegrad. A stark example of depopulation is Crna Trava, which used to have 13,614 inhabitants in 1948, while in 2022 only 1,063 people were registered.[6]

Cities and towns

The following list include cities and towns with over 20,000 inhabitants.

City or town Population (2022)[7]
Niš 182,797
Smederevo 59,261
Leskovac 58,338
Vranje 50,954
Požarevac 42,530
Pirot 34,942
Zaječar 32,448
Bor 28,822
Prokuplje 24,627
Smederevska Palanka 20,345

Ethnic structure

Ethnicity Population (2022)[8] Share
Serbs 1,173,092 83.43%
Albanians 58,145 4.14%
Romani people 50,671 3.60%
Vlachs 19,569 1.39%
Bulgarians 10,554 0.75%
Undeclared 20,495 1.46%
Unknown 59,725 4.25%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Региони у Републици Србији" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Први резултати Пописa становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2022". stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ "REGIONAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Regions and areas of the Republic of Serbia, 2023" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  5. ^ "Uvedeno sedam statističkih regiona". B92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  6. ^ "SANU: Jug Srbije sve prazniji, potrebne sistemske promene". Južne vesti. 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Serbia: Regions, Districts and Major Cities – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
  8. ^ https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf
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