Southern and Eastern Serbia
Statistical region of Serbia
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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).
Southern and Eastern Serbia Јужна и источна Србија | |
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Location of Southern and Eastern Serbia | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Largest city | Niš |
| Area | |
• Total | 26,245 km2 (10,133 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,406,050 |
| • Rank | 4th |
| • Density | 53.574/km2 (138.76/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | RSD 1,077.359 billion €9.172 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | RSD 763,000 €6,496 (2022) |
| HDI[4] | 0.757 (2023) high · 4th in Serbia |
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 encompasses 9 administrative districts:
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.
