Vojvodina
Northernmost Autonomous province of Serbia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vojvodina (Serbian Cyrillic: Војводина), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital Belgrade and the Sava and Danube Rivers. The administrative center, Novi Sad, is the second-largest city in Serbia.
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Аутономна Покрајина Војводина (sr) | |
![]() Location of Vojvodina within Serbia | |
Coordinates: 45.416°N 20.198°E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 | |
• President of the Government | Igor Mirović (SNS) |
• President of the Assembly | István Pásztor (SVM) |
Area | |
• Total | 21,614 km2 (8,345 sq mi) |
Population (2021 census) | |
• Total | 1,749,356 |
• 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 |
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] About two million people, nearly 27% of Serbia's population, live in the province.[7]