Štitar, Serbia

Štitar

Штитар (Serbian)
Štitar Штитар (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
	Štitar
	Coordinates: 44°47′N 19°36′E / 44.783°N 19.600°E
Country	Serbia
Statistical Region	Šumadija and Western Serbia
Region	Mačva
District	Mačva District
Municipality	Šabac
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Štitar (Serbian Cyrillic: Штитар) is a village in Serbia, located around 9 km west from the town of Šabac, in Mačva District.

Geography

Štitar lies is in the heart of Mačva, an alluvial fertile flatland between the rivers Drina and Sava. The area of today's village was until the 18th century covered with dense and virtually impassable forest, Kitog.

History

By the end of 19th century, Štitar was populated by Serb refugees from outside of then-autonomous (and later independent) Serbia. The first group came from Montenegro in the 18th century, followed by others from Herzegovina, Bosnia, and parts of present-day Serbia that remained under Ottoman rule after the Second Serbian Uprising.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village has 2,355 inhabitants, mostly Serbs.

Population of Štitar 1948–2002^[1]
Year	Population
1948	1447
1953	1630
1961	1949
1971	2072
1981	2183
1991	2256
2002	2355

Famous inhabitants

Branimir Ćosić (1903–1934), Serbian writer and journalist
Miroslav Đukić (born 1966), Serbian footballer and coach
Olivera Marković (born 1992)
Petar Dinić (born 1993), Serbian Web developer

References

↑ Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима [Population, comparative overview of the number of inhabitants 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, data by settlements] (PDF) (in Serbian). Beograd: Serbian Institute of Statistics. 2004. p. 48. ISBN 86-84433-14-9. Retrieved 15 March 2026.

44°47′N 19°36′E / 44.783°N 19.600°E / 44.783; 19.600

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[1] Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима [Population, comparative overview of the number of inhabitants 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, data by settlements] (PDF) (in Serbian). Beograd: Serbian Institute of Statistics. 2004. p. 48. ISBN 86-84433-14-9. Retrieved 15 March 2026.

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