Novi Sad

Novi Sad (Serbie Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nɔ̝̂v̞iː sâːd] ( listen)) is the caipital^[2] o the northren Serbian province o Vojvodina, an the admeenistrative centre o the Sooth Bačka Destrict. The ceety is locatit in the soothrern pairt o Pannonian Plain on the Danube river.

Novi Sad - Нови Сад
Ceety
Banner Coat airms
Location athin Europe an Serbie
Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E
Kintra	Serbie
Province	Vojvodina
Destrict	Sooth Bačka
Municipalities	2
Settled bi Scordisci	4t century B.C.
Foondit	1694 as Racki Grad (Serb Ceety)
Ceety status	1 Februar 1748 as Novi Sad
Govrenment
• Mayor	Igor Pavličić (DS) - (DS, LSV, SPS)
Area
• Novi Sad	1,105 km2 (426.5 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (262 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Novi Sad	231,798[1]
• Density	164.7/km2 (426.5/sq mi)
• Metro	341,625[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	21000
Area code(s)	+381(0)21
Caur plates	NS
Website	www.novisad.rs

Novi Sad is the seicont lairgest ceety in Serbie, efter Belgrade.^[3][4] Accordin tae the 2011 census^[update], the ceety haes a population o 250,439,^[5] while the urban aurie o Novi Sad (wi the adjacent urban settlements o Petrovaradin an Sremska Kamenica) haes 277,522 indwallers. The population o the admeenistrative aurie o the ceety staunds at 341,625 fowk.^[6] It is locatit on the border o the Bačka an Srem regions, on the banks o the Danube river an Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, facin the northren slopes o Fruška Gora moontain.

The ceety wis foondit in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony athort the Danube frae the Petrovaradin fortress, a Habsburg strategic military post. In the 18t an 19t centuries, it became an important merchant an manufacturin centre, as well as a centre o Serbie cultur o that period, earnin the nickname Serbie Athens.^[7][8] The ceety wis hivily devastatit in the 1848 Revolution, but it wis subsequently restored. During the ceety's lang history, it haes maintained its multi-cultural identity, wi Serbs, Hungarians an Germans bein the main ethnic groups. The day, Novi Sad is an industrial an financial centre o the Serbian economy, as well as a major cultural hub.

Sister ceeties

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Serbie

Novi Sad haes relationships wi several twin touns. Ane o the main streets in its ceety centre is named efter Modena in Italy; an likwise Modena haes named a pairk in its toun centre Parco di Piazza d'Armi Novi Sad. The Novi Sad Friendship Brig in Norwich, Unitit Kinrick, bi Buro Happold, wis an aa named in honour o Novi Sad. Besides twin ceeties, Novi Sad haes mony signed greements on joint cooperation wi mony European ceeties (see an aa: Twin ceeties o Novi Sad). Novi Sad's twin touns are:

• Banja Luka, Bosnie an Herzegovinae
• Budva, Montenegro
• Dortmund, Germany^[9]
• Ilioupoli, Greece
• Modena, Italy
• Irkutsk, Roushie
• Nizhny Novgorod, Roushie
• Norwich, Unitit Kinrick
• Changchun, Cheenae
• Pécs, Hungary
• Timişoara, Romanie