Mačvanska Mitrovica ( Serbian Cyrillic: Мачванска Митровица, ) is a town located in the

Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, hu, Szávaszentdemeter, la, Sirmium) is a city and the administrative center of the Srem District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank ...

municipality, in the

Srem District The Srem District ( sr, / , ) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geographical regions of Syrmia and Mačva. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of ...

of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,873 people (2011 census).

Name

Its name means "Mitrovica of Mačva" ( Mitrovica of Srem and Mitrovica of Kosovo also exist). In

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* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

, the town is known as ''Mačvanska Mitrovica'' (Мачванска Митровица), in Croatian as ''Mačvanska Mitrovica'', and in Hungarian as ''Szenternye''. Other Serbian names used for the town include ''Srpska Mitrovica'' (Српска Митровица), ''Mala Mitrovica'' (Мала Митровица), and ''Mitrovica'' (Митровица).

Geography

Together with the neighbouring villages of

Noćaj Noćaj (; pronounced ) is a village in northern Serbia. It is located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Syrmia District, Vojvodina province. Geographically, it is situated in the Mačva region. The population of Noćaj is 1,866 peop ...

Salaš Noćajski Salaš Noćajski () (Салаш Ноћајски) is a village in Serbia, near more known village Noćaj. It is located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and it ...

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, Ravnje and Zasavica II, the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica is the only town in Vojvodina located in the Mačva region, i.e. on the right bank of the river Sava, and thus on the

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Notable residents

*Former professional footballer

Nikola Budišić Nikola Budišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Будишић; born 12 October 1947) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a defender, most notably with FK Partizan. In total, he appeared in 348 matches for Partizan (127 d ...

was born in the town

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census): * Serbs = 3,621 *

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= 87 * Croats = 21 * Yugoslavs = 14 * Hungarians = 10 *others.

Historical population

*1921: 220 *1931: 567 *1948: 705 *1953: 869 *1961: 1,408 *1971: 3,357 *1981: 3,661 *1991: 3,788 *2002: 3,896

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. Sremska Mitrovica Populated places in Srem District Mačva Towns in Serbia {{SremRS-geo-stub