Braničevo District

The Braničevo District (Serbian: Браничевски округ, romanized: Braničevski okrug, pronounced [brǎnitʃɛv̞skiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 156,367 inhabitants. Braničevo District is named after the village of Braničevo. The administrative center of the district is Požarevac.

Braničevo District Браничевски округ
Administrative district of Serbia
Images from the Braničevo District
Location of district in Serbia
Coordinates: 44°37′N 21°11′E
Country	Serbia
Administrative center	Požarevac
Government
• Commissioner	Aleksandar Đokić
Area
• Total	3,865 km2 (1,492 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	156,367
• Density	40.46/km2 (104.8/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-11
Municipalities	7 and 1 city
Settlements	189
- Cities and towns	7
- Villages	182
Website	branicevski.okrug.gov.rs

History

The present-day administrative districts (including Braničevo District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia.

Cities and municipalities

Map of the Braničevo District

The Braničevo District encompasses the territories of one city and seven municipalities:

• Požarevac (city)
• Kučevo (municipality)
• Golubac (municipality)
• Malo Crniće (municipality)
• Petrovac (municipality)
• Veliko Gradište (municipality)
• Žabari (municipality)
• Žagubica (municipality)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1948	246,859	—
1953	259,329	+5.1%
1961	263,780	+1.7%
1971	263,466	−0.1%
1981	264,182	+0.3%
1991	253,992	−3.9%
2002	200,806	−20.9%
2011	183,625	−8.6%
2022	156,367	−14.8%
Source:

Towns

There is just one town with over 10,000 inhabitants: Požarevac, with 42,530 inhabitants.

Ethnic structure

Ethnicity	Population	Share
Serbs	130,250	83.3%
Vlachs	8,040	5.1%
Roma	4,625	3%
Others	2,457	1.5%
Undeclared/Unknown	10,995	7%

See also

• Administrative districts of Serbia
• Administrative divisions of Serbia

Sources

• Bataković, Dušan T., ed. (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe [History of the Serbian People] (in French). Lausanne: L’Age d’Homme. ISBN 9782825119587.
• Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
• Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472081497.
• Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472082604.
• Uzelac, Aleksandar B. (2011). "Tatars and Serbs at the end of the Thirteenth Century". Revista de istorie Militara. 5–6: 9–20.

External links

• Official website