Šumadija and Western Serbia
Statistical region of Serbia
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The Šumadija and Western Serbia (Serbian: Шумадија и западна Србија, romanized: Šumadija i zapadna Srbija) is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a Level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).
Šumadija and Western Serbia Шумадија и западна Србија | |
|---|---|
Location of Šumadija and Western Serbia (yellow green) | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Largest city | Kragujevac |
| Area | |
• Total | 26,493 km2 (10,229 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,819,318 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Density | 68.672/km2 (177.86/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | RSD 1,306.248 billion €11.121 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | RSD 716,000 €6,096 (2022) |
| ISO 3166 code | RS-12 |
| HDI (2022)[4] | 0.765 high · 3rd in Serbia |
History
In 2009, the National Assembly adopted a law in which Serbia was divided into seven statistical regions.[5] According to the law, territory of present-day Šumadija and Western Serbia was divided into two statistical regions – Western Region (Serbian: Западни регион, romanized: Zapadni region) and Central Region (Serbian: Централни регион, romanized: Centralni region).
However, in 2010, the law was modified and Western and Central regions were merged into a single statistical region named Šumadija and Western Serbia.[citation needed]
Administrative districts
The statistical region of Šumadija and Western Serbia encompasses the territories of 8 administrative districts:
Demographics
Cities and towns
The following list include cities and towns with over 20,000 inhabitants.
| City or town | Population (2022)[6] |
|---|---|
| Kragujevac | 146,315 |
| Novi Pazar | 71,462 |
| Čačak | 69,598 |
| Kraljevo | 57,432 |
| Valjevo | 56,059 |
| Kruševac | 53,746 |
| Šabac | 51,163 |
| Užice | 48,539 |
| Jagodina | 34,892 |
| Gornji Milanovac | 23,109 |
| Aranđelovac | 22,881 |
| Paraćin | 22,349 |
Ethnic structure
| Ethnicity | Population (2022)[7] | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serbs | 1,547,121 | 85% |
| Bosniaks | 151,374 | 8.3% |
| Roma | 17,167 | 0.9% |
| ethnic Muslims | 7,559 | 0.4% |
| Undeclared | 15,234 | 0.8% |
| Unknown | 66,955 | 3.7% |
