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Serbia is made up of 108 municipalities. It has two autonomous provinces: Kosovo and Metohija in the south (with 30 municipalities), which is presently under the administration of the United Nations, and Vojvodina in the north (with 46 municipalities).

The part of Serbia that is neither in Kosovo nor in Vojvodina is called Central Serbia. Central Serbia is not an administrative division (unlike the two autonomous provinces), and it has no regional government of its own. In English this region is often called "Serbia proper" to denote "the part of the Republic of Serbia not including the provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo", as the Library of Congress puts it *. This usage was apparently also employed in Serbo-Croatian during the Yugoslav era (in the form of "uža Srbija" literally: narrow Serbia). Its use in English is purely geographical without any particular political meaning being implied.

Districts

Main article: Districts of Serbia

A district is called Округ / Okrug in Serbian. The Republic of Serbia is divided into 29 districts and the city of Belgrade. Each okrug is made up of several Општина / Opština (municipalities), the closest equivalent of which would be an English borough, with the difference that all of Serbia is divided into opština, not just urban areas. The five districts of Kosovo does not exist anymore, since they are replaced by seven districts established by UNMIK.

List of districts:

Districts in Central Serbia

Districts in Vojvodina

Districts in Kosovo (1990-1999)

UNMIK Districts of Kosovo (2000-Present)

Under UNMIK administration (established in 1999), new districts in Kosovo were formed. The districts are:

Proposals for new divisions

Some political parties in Serbia (notably Democratic Party of Serbia and Šumadija Coalition) propose creation of new administrative units of Serbia. According to these proposals, Serbia would be divided into 6 regions: Vojvodina (capital city: Novi Sad), Kosovo (capital city: Priština), Šumadija (capital city: Kragujevac), Podunavlje (capital city: Niš), Podrinje (capital city: Užice), and Belgrade City Region.

Maps

Image:M vojvodina03.png|Districts in Vojvodina Image:M central serbia02.png|Districts in Central Serbia Image:M kosovo02.png|Districts in Kosovo (1990-1999) Image:Citys of Kosova.PNG|UNMIK Districts in Kosovo (2000-present)

See also

Subdivisions of Serbia

Suddivisioni della Serbia | Bestuurlijke indeling van Servië | Podział administracyjny Serbii | Subdivisões da Sérvia

 

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